A Purse.

Cast on one hundred stitches.—No. 20 needles.

First row—slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it; bring the silk forward, knit one; bring the silk forward, pearl one.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Every succeeding row is the same.

Three skeins of coarse netting silk are required. It forms a strong gentleman's purse.

Pretty Stitch for a Purse.

Cast on any even number of stitches, with middle-sized netting silk.—No. 22 needles.

First row—plain knitting.

Second row—knit two together.—The first and last stitches in this row are to be knitted plain.

Third row—make one between each stitch, by taking up the silk between the stitches of the preceding row, except between the two last stitches.