To knit two together.—To knit two stitches, taken together, in one.
Knitting and pearling in the same row.—When the stitch, next after a pearled stitch, is to be knitted, it is obvious that the thread must be passed back under the needle, before this can be done;—in like manner, when a stitch is to be pearled, after a knitted stitch, the thread must be brought in front under the needle;—processes, however, very different from those of passing the thread over, and bringing the thread forward, both of which are for the purpose of making a stitch, and are done above the needle.
To slip, or pass a stitch.—To change it from one needle to the other, without knitting it.
To fasten on.—The best way to fasten on, is to place the two ends contrariwise, and knit a few stitches with both together: but, when knitting with silk, or fine cotton, a weaver’s knot will be found the best.
A Loop Stitch.—Made by bringing the thread before the needle, which, in knitting the succeeding stitch, will again take its own place.
Pearl, seam, and rib-stitch.—All signify the same.
It appears almost unnecessary to observe that, in some of the directions, in order to avoid repetition, the following mode of abbreviation has been adopted.—When a part of a row, or round, only is to be repeated, it is separated from the preceding part, by a letter of the alphabet, inserted in smaller type, between two brackets; thus,—repeat from (a) signifies that the part placed next after (a) alone is to be repeated. Further, to prevent confusion, when it was necessary to employ such an abbreviation more than once in the same directions, the other letters of the alphabet, in a similar manner, have been taken in their order of succession.
N.B. The sizes of the needles are given according to the Standard Filière.