LEAF PATTERN,
FOR AN ANTI-MACASSAR.
Cast on any number of stitches that will divide by eight. First row—make a stitch, knit one, make one, knit two, slip two as one, knit one, and draw the slipt ones over it; purl back. Third row—make one, knit three, make one, knit one; diminish; knit one, purl back. Fifth row—make one, knit five; diminish; purl back. Seventh row—diminish, knit two, make one, knit one, make one, purl back. Ninth row—knit one, diminish, knit one, make one, knit three, make one, purl back. Eleventh row—make one, knit five, make one, purl back.
KNITTED FRINGE.
Cast on seven stitches, slip the first, bring the cotton forward, and knit two together twice, then put the needle into the last stitch, without drawing it out, until you have wound the cotton round two fingers three times, the whole of which must be taken together as one stitch; knit the last stitches back row plain knitting.
KNITTED BAG,
WITH BLACK, GARNET, OR STEEL BEADS.
Thread half a bunch of beads on a skein of coarse netting silk, and cast on eighty-eight stitches. First and second row plain knitting without beads. Third row—slip one, knit one with a bead, knit one to the end of the row; repeat from first row eighty-four times; observe, at the commencement of every row, to make a slipt stitch; join up the two sides, leaving an opening at the top, and finished with two bars and a gold or steel chain, a fringe of the garnet beads, with gold points; it should have a stiff lining. No. 16 pins, eight skeins of silk, and four bunches of beads, including those required for the fringe, will be wanted.
DIRECTIONS FOR A FULL-SIZED QUILT.
No. 18 COTTON, No. 20 PINS.
Eight stripes with one hundred and thirteen stitches for each, with a border of fifty stitches; a counterpane without a border will require more stripes.