Open Stripe Pattern for a Tidy, etc.
Cast on twenty-four stitches for each pattern.—Needles, No. 18.—Cotton, No. 14.
First row—knit two together,—four times; bring the thread forward, knit one,—seven times; bring the thread forward, knit two together; knit two together,—three times; knit one.—Repeat.
Second row—pearl knitting.
Repeat these two rows, until a piece be worked of the required size; then,—finish by casting off every twenty-three stitches, and dropping every twenty-fourth stitch, to form the open stripe.
Another Tidy.
Cast on six stitches for each pattern, and four, for two edge stitches on either side.—Needles, No. 18.—Cotton, No. 14.
N.B. To prevent confusion, the edge stitches are omitted in the directions.
First row—knit two together; knit two; bring the thread forward, knit two together; bring the thread forward.—Repeat.