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alternately bead beginning blue border bring the silk bring the thread bring the wool brown Cast claret colours Commence cotton cuffs decreasing divided double Edition eight Fifth finish fleecy four rows four-thread Fourth front German wool green HISTORY hundred inches increasing knit five Knit one plain Knit one row Knit six plain knit three knit two toge knit two together.-Repeat Lady last stitch netting nine number of stitches pass the slip pass the slip-stitch pattern Pearl one row pearl three plain knitting plain round plain stitch Purse Quilt remaining Repeat round the needle round-bring round-knit round-pearl row-bring the wool row-knit row-pearl knitting row-slip second row seven Seventh sewn shade Shawl shoe side silk forward six plain rows sixteen Sixth square stripes taken ther Third thread forward turn the thread turning the wool twelve volume ward wool forward wool twice round
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Page 72 - Knit three, turn over twice, purl two together, knit thirteen. Fourth Row. — Knit thirteen, turn over twice, purl two together, knit three. Fifth Row. — Knit three, turn over twice, purl two together, knit two, turn over twice, knit two together, turn over twice, knit two together, turn over twice, knit two together, knit five.
Page 25 - Pearl one row, decreasing one stitch at each end. Knit one row, decreasing two stitches at each end. Knit one row, decreasing one stitch at each end. Knit a fancy row as before. Third — coloured.
Page 26 - There should be forty stitches left on the needle in the last row.* Pick up thirty stitches on each side, and make the borders at the sides and back like the first. Make up the cap by turning in the border to the fancy row, and hem it all round : it is to be tied behind, and under the chin, with ribbons or plaited wool, with tassels of the same.
Bibliographic information
| Title | My knitting book |
| Author | Frances Lambert (embroideress.) |
| Published | 1843 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Oct 2006 |
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