Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière

“ In purling a row, the wool should be in front of the pin. When there are purl and plain stitches in a row, bring the cotton forward to purl, and pass it back before knitting the plain stitch.
To knit 3 together—Slip a stitch, knit 2 together, turn the slipped stitch over them, leaving but 1 stitch.
A slipped stitch should always be taken off the purl way.
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To purl, is to put the pin the contrary way to knitting plain; in knitting, the pin is put up the stitch, in purling it is put down. ”

“ Many ladies in working a pattern, copy on cards each row separately; this prevents confusing one row with another.
The stitches between the mark, thus (knit 2 together 3 times) are worked, knit 2 together, knit 2 together, knit 2 together; this prevents useless repetition.
The pins and meshes are all gauged by the standard or wire-drawer’s gauge.
To raise stitches—Put the pin in the selvedge or side of the knitting, put the wool round the pin as in knitting, and bring it through, so as to form a stitch. ”

“ Make a chain of 88 stitches white.
Make it round; work 2 rounds plain, and 3 rounds, putting a bead on every stitch, shaded blue; work the star pattern; then 3 rounds in beads with white, 6 rounds plain, and 34 rows backwards and forwards for the opening, working 3 bead stitches at the beginning and end of every other row; make it round, and repeat the pattern. ”