Knitting pattern

“ Commence again, as at first round; but, in order to keep the pattern in a slanting direction, the stitch that the slip-stitch was passed over in the previous row, must be made the first knit stitch, bringing the last of the former knitted stitches in the open part.
When a sufficient number of patterns have been knitted, to form a bolster of the desired length, it is to be drawn up at the ends, and soft tassels added. As the pattern is open, a bright coloured silk lining looks best;—cerise or blue, for instance, with the knitting in white. The bolster should be stuffed with down, or soft wool. ”

“ This pattern may be worked in pink, and white, nine-thread fleecy.—Needles No. 2.—Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by three.
First row—with white,—bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two, pass the slip-stitch over them.—Repeat.
Second row—with pink,—pearl knitting.
Third row—the same as the first, with pink.
It is not necessary to break off the wool, as it may be passed from row to row. The colour is always to be changed in the pearled row. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Knit 4, decrease 1, purl 40, decrease 1, knit 4. A plain row. Knit 4, decrease 1, slip 2, knit 4, and so on to the end. It will be seen that care is taken to place the 2 middle stitches of the 4 over the stitches which were slipped in the last pattern; when the decrease comes on the slipped stitch it is made not on that but in the following 4. Continue to decrease 2 in every other row. When only 10 stitches are left, every row is plain knitting, decreasing as before every other row until you have only 2 stitches, knit them together and pass the cotton through the last stitch. ”

“ Repeat these 4 rows till you have net all the shades, beginning with the lightest and ending with the darkest; 4 rows of each.
For the fringe, on the wide mesh, with double wool, taking the 2 shades marked for the fringe.
Another Pretty Pattern for a Knit Purse.
Pins No. 16. Cast on 76 stitches, knit 1 plain stitch at each edge, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, seam 1. Four skeins of silk are required, and passing 3 beads at a time makes it very handsome: 3 bunches of No. 6 beads, the beads are passed in every alternate row at the made stitch; every row is the same. ”

“ Cast stitches off two to six nails, depending on the size of the buttonhole to be made, beginning at the sixth nail from the edge. Add these nails again in the very next row of knitting.
Crochet around the buttonholes with a single stitch or finish with a buttonhole stitch, using one strand of yarn.
Loops may be made instead of buttonholes by crocheting along the edge to be fastened, leaving loops of chain-stitch long enough to go over the button.
9. How to Determine the Quantity of Yarn Required for Any Pattern.
Some yarns work up more quickly than others, and some stretch more. ”

“ At the end of a row, tie in new color and continue in pattern. In Scandinavian, Fair Isle or Ski patterns the additional colors are carried on the wrong side of work. Designs of this type are usually worked from a chart with a color code. When changing colors always twist yarns around each other to prevent a hole. If color is carried over more than 4 sts, the carried color should be twisted around the yarn that is being worked to prevent loose lengths on wrong side. Twist the 14 yarn in following manner; pick up carried color, before knitting st in usual manner twist over yarn that is carried. ”

“ Then do 2 rows of plain knitting all round, 2 rows of the holes (for ribbon) , knitting 2 rows plain to divide them, and 4 plain rows to finish with. Take off your stitches on a needle with coarse thread, and tie it up.
The pattern stitch:—First row:—Seam the 1st stitch, twist the 2d and 3d, seam the 4th, knit the 5th plain, bring your thread forward, and so continue for 9 stitches plain, counting the 5th for 1; by putting your thread forward, you will have 17 stitches. ”

“ The cost of these couvrettes is generally about the same.
2 or 3 skeins of 4-thread fleecy, of each colour, according to the length required. Pins, No. 10. Scarlet, gold, green, violet, dark crimson, and blue. 6 skeins black, and 6 white filoselle, at 3d. per skein, from Adams and Co., 5 New Street, Bishopsgate Street, E.
Cast on 22. Knit any length you like and cast off. Now select any simple wool-work pattern—a palm is best—or any Moorish pattern, and work it in cross-stitch on the knitting. Do 5 on one strip and 6 on the next, so that they do not come exactly in a line one with another. ”

“ Eighth row—pearl knitting, except on the first three, and last three, stitches, which are to be knitted plain.
Repeat the seventh, and eighth, rows, making altogether, twelve rows from the commencement.
The above forms the upper border of the D’Oyley. The side borders are included in the directions given for each row of the centre patterns.—The lower border—worked the same (reversed) as the upper—it appears unnecessary to repeat.
N.B. The pattern of the centre is always commenced on the thirteenth row of each D’Oyley. ”

“ Elderly people, or those at all inclined to rheumatic twinges, appreciate the knee-cap, and a pair of them will make a most acceptable gift to grandpa or grandma. No. 12 steel needles and Germantown yarn were used for the model, which may be made more or less heavy, as desired, by choosing coarser or finer yarn.
Cast 35 stitches upon each of three needles and knit around 30 times in single rib—that is, knit 1, purl 1, alternately. You are now ready to begin the gore, which may be done in single rib, like the rest, or in basket-stitch (or other fancy pattern) as in the model. ”

“ With silk stockings the size of pins is important.
Heel of a Stocking or Sock.
To inexperienced knitters the heel seems to present mountains of difficulty, but in reality the mountain is but a mole-hill after all. The following pattern is one of the best.
Divide your stitches. We will say you have 50 altogether, on three needles: take 12 on each side of the seam-stitch, and knit these 25 backwards and forwards in rows, not rounds (making the seam-stitch all the same) ; you must pearl backwards, so as to keep the knitting even. ”

“ Repeat this pattern 9 times: at the 10th time slip a stitch, knit 7 double stitches, make 8 holes, narrowing from the last hole, 7 times, in the same manner as usual; this will reduce the pattern 6 stitches. For the 11th time: slip 1, knit 7 double stitches, make 2 holes, narrowing from the 2d hole in the usual manner; this will have reduced the heel 14 stitches in each stripe, and finishes the pattern. Knit 10 plain rows, knitting all the seam-stitches except the middle one plain. ”

“ Three-thread fleecy, or Zephyr wool.—No. 13 needles.
Cast on thirty-six stitches.
Knit twenty plain stitches, and sixteen in double knitting.
When they are sufficiently large, knit or sew them up. The double knitting comes over the hand, the plain knitting setting tight to the wrist.
Knitted Cuffs, Shell Pattern.
These may be made either with silk, cotton, or fine wool.—Needles No. 22.
Cast thirty stitches on each of two needles, and forty on a third;—knit one plain round.
[19] Second round—pearl one; pass the silk back, knit one; pearl one ”

“ Take a wool-needle, and with black wool make 2 little lengthway stitches on the plain stitches of the ribbed part. Then make a yellow stitch between the black, to imitate ermine spots. Now double back the plain knitting and hem it in a neat fold. Any other colour may be substituted for scarlet. A bright blue is pretty.
Lady’s Muffatee. (QUICK PATTERN.)
Pins, No. 14. 1 oz. white Berlin, 1⁄2 oz. bright blue.
Cast on 20 on two needles, 24 on the 3rd. Plain 3, pearl 3. Knit 3 inches and cast off. With a bone crochet-needle make a very narrow crochet edging lengthways up and down each rib. ”

“ Materials.—Half-an-ounce of bright cherry-coloured Berlin wool; two shades of green ditto, or of chenille a broder, two skeins of the best green fleecy of different shades, or shaded Shetland will do as well.
For the Moss.—If fleecy wool be used, it must be split, and a thread of each shade taken, by using Pyrenees wool this trouble is obviated. Take a pair of very fine knitting needles; cast on 16 to 20 stitches: knit a piece as tightly as possible, four times the length required: wet, and bake or dry it before the fire. ”

“ If larger needles and coarser wool be employed, the knitting will be still more elastic, and a fewer number of stitches will be required. The same directions, with a change of material, are equally adapted for a large loose night, or bath, sock. ”

“ Cast on 128 stitches in black, do 12 rounds of 2 plain, 2 pearl. Now make the first stitch the seam-stitch, and do plain knitting until 4 inches are done, making the stripes come quite evenly, one inch broad. When you have once joined the rose-coloured, let the black thread hang down inside the seam-stitch; do not break off every time you change colour, which must always take place at the seam-stitch. ”

“ Many varieties of fancy patterns are formed by combinations of knitted, purled, and slipped stitches; these patterns being useful in knitting shawls, tidies, stockings, etc. When used for round knitting, as in stockings, care must be taken to reverse the stitch in every alternate row, that is a plain stitch must be purled, a purled stitch plain. ”

“ Work two patterns in each shade of colour, decreasing, by knitting two together, at the beginning of each row, except on the first four;—when four hundred and twenty stitches will remain on the needle for the centre of the shawl. ”

“ To slip, or pass a stitch.—To change it from one needle to the other, without knitting it.
To fasten on.—The best way to fasten on, is to place the two ends contrariwise, and knit a few stitches with both together: but, when knitting with silk, or fine cotton, a weaver’s knot will be found the best.
A Loop Stitch.—Made by bringing the thread before the needle, which, in knitting14 the succeeding stitch, will again take its own place. ”

“ The transition from one needle to more, and the weaving of thread into forms of beauty, was a progress natural to the spirit of invention, and the facilities for thought which the first step in any art creates.
Probably the first progress which Knitting made toward a distinct art, was when yarn stockings were invented in Flanders. The stitch, as every New England housewife knows, is simple enough. But inventive genius has so adorned and varied it, that stockings are easily enriched with lace-work, and lace itself is abundantly manufactured by a little thread and a pair of knitting needles. ”

“ Either 8-thread German or 3-thread fleecy should be used. Pins No. 12. Cast on 90 stitches; keep the wool in front, slip a stitch the reversed way, knit 2 together, pass the wool in front, slip a stitch the reversed way, knit 2 together, pass the wool in front, slip a stitch the reversed way, knit 2 together, and so on. The whole of the knitting is done in this manner; then knit 2 rows of dark for the edge, 2 rows of the colour for the centre, 2 more dark: these 6 rows form an edge, which is done on each side of each piece. ”

“ The stocking cap, Fig. 56, can be made to hang longer on the side of the head by adding a few more rows of knitting to sections A and C, Fig. 55.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] As the knitting proceeds it will be found that a nail at one end or the other is left with only one thread each time the yarn passes over and back. This corresponds to the first “slipped stitch” in knitting with needles.
[2] Care must be taken to do this after each row of stitches has been lifted over the nails. As the knitting grows it can also be gently pulled through from the other side of the rake. ”

“ The principle of knitting is quite distinct from that of weaving. In the weaving of cloth the yarns of one system cross those of another system at right angles, thus producing a solid, firm texture. The great elasticity of any kind of texture produced by knitting is the chief feature that distinguishes hosiery from woven stuffs. The nature of the loop formed by the knitting needle [Pg 154] favors elongation and contraction without marring in the least the general structure of the goods. ”