.
Knit one row, }

Pearl one row,--coloured. In the next row,--

Bring the wool before the needle, and knit two stitches together.

Pearl one row, } white.
Knit one row, }

Pearl one row, } white.
Knit one row, }

The above forms the border.

_First division_--coloured.

Pearl one row.

Knit one row, decreasing one stitch at each end.

Knit one row.

Knit a fancy row, by bringing the wool forward, and knitting two
stitches together.

_Second_--white.

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.

Pearl one row, decreasing one stitch at each end.

Knit one row, decreasing one stitch at each end.

Knit one row, _without_ decreasing.

Knit the fancy row as before.

_Fourth_, _Fifth_, _Sixth_, _Seventh_--

The third division is to be repeated, alternately with white and
coloured wool.

_Eighth_--white. _Ninth_--coloured.

In these two last divisions, only two stitches are to be decreased in
each; this is to be done in the row after the pearl,--decreasing one
stitch at each end.

N.B. There should be forty-six 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 that in front.

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.

A Sontag, or Cephaline

The border for this cap is worked the same as the preceding,--casting on
one hundred and two stitches;--single German wool;--No. 15 needles.

Knit one row in white, to bring the pearl on the right side. Then,--

With the darkest shade, bring the wool round the needle, pearl two
together; pearl one.--Repeat to the end of the row.

In the next row--bring the wool forward, knit two together; knit
one.--Repeat to the end of the row.

Knit forty-two rows in the same manner, taking in one stitch at the end
of almost every row, so that the number of stitches in the last row is
reduced to seventy-two, taking care to keep the pattern regular, and
changing the colour every two rows.

Take up forty stitches, on each side, and knit one row of white round
all the three sides: knit another row to make the pearl, and finish the
border with whi