Reversed, means quite round the needle, the cotton being passed over the needle, and then carried back to its place.
Together, means knit 2 stitches in 1.
Set, or Tuft, the bunches of cotton used in making some of the Fringes.
To widen means to increase.
The netting meshes are numbered from the knitting needle gauge, as I am not aware there is any other rule for them.
[2-*] If you wish to make a seam on the outside of the glove, or a pattern down the back, it may be done by purling one or more stitches.
[8-*] These stitches may be decreased again or not.
[24-*] Double knitting. Begin with the wool forward, slip a stitch, pass the wool back, knit a stitch, continue to repeat these 2 stitches. Double knitting cannot be done round.
[62-*] In rows like this always keep the cotton before in slipping a stitch.
[106-*] See Contents—Double Knitting. For a blanket it is better to put the wool twice round the needle in the knitted stitches.