N.B. There are to be two plain stitches at the beginning and end of each row, to form an edge.
Other Patterns for Shawls.
With fine Shetland, or Lady Betty's wool, and No. 10 needles, most beautiful shawls may be knitted from the Leaf and Trellis Pattern (page 36), Point Pattern (page 42), Scotch Pattern (page 44), or Lace Pattern (page 47).
Double Diamond Stitch for a Quilt.
This is prettiest in stripes of about five inches in width, in any two colours.
Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by three, allowing two over, for a stitch at each end of the row.
Second row—slip one;(a) bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two together.—Repeat from (a).—Plain knit the last stitch.
Third row—slip one; knit one; the next stitch is a double stitch (that is,—a stitch and a loop)—knit the stitch and slip the loop;—continue to knit the stitch and slip the loop, to the end of the row.
Fourth row—commence again, as at second row.