ANOTHER QUILT 88
A QUILT, OR COUVRE-PIED, IN SQUARES 89
A COVER FOR AN AIR PILLOW 92
A BABY'S HOOD 92
A BABY'S SOCK 97
ANOTHER BABY'S SOCK 99
A BABY'S STOCKING 100
A CARRIAGE BOOT 102
A DOUBLE-KNITTED NIGHT SOCK 104
A FRILEUSE OR NECK TIPPET 106
WHEEL PATTERN FOR TIDIES, ETC 106
KNITTED CORAL 107
HINTS ON KNITTING 107
MY KNITTING BOOK.
Explanation of Terms used in Knitting.
_To cast on._--The first interlacement of the cotton on the needle.
_To cast off._--To knit two stitches, and to pass the first over the
second, and so on to the last stitch, which is to be secured by drawing
the thread through.
_To cast over._--To bring the cotton forward round the needle.
_To narrow._--To lessen, by knitting two stitches together.
_To seam._--To knit a stitch with the cotton before the needle.
_To widen._--To increase by making a stitch, bringing the cotton round
the needle, and knitting the same when it occurs.
_A turn._--Two rows in the same stitch, backwards and forwards.
_To turn._--To change the stitch.
_To turn over._--To bring the wool forward over the needle.
_A row._--The stitches from one end of the needle to the other.
_A round._--A row, when the stitches are on two, three, or more needles.
_A plain row._--That composed of simple knitting.
_To pearl a row._--To knit with the cotton before the needle.
_To rib._--To work alternate rows of plain and pearl knitting.
_To bring the thread forward._--To bring the cotton forward so as to
make an open stitch.
_A loop stitch._--Made by bringing the cotton before the needle, which,
in knitting the succeeding stitch, will again take its own place.
_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
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