8th and 9th, 11th and 12th, 14th and 15th,
17th and 18th rounds--plain.

4th round--1 plain, 1 intake with the 2nd and 3rd stitches, and with the
last 2 on each needle.

7th round--knit the 2 first plain, make 1 intake with the 3rd and 4th
stitches, and 1 with the 2 last.

In each of the next rounds with intakes, knit 1 plain stitch more.

When the two seams meet, pull the last stitch on each needle over the
first of the next; knit the stitches between the intakes plain. Continue
to decrease in this manner until the last stitches are reached.

MENDING KNITTING.--Knitted articles are repaired by reconstructing
the web with a needle and thread. When the stitches are not actually
broken, they can be strengthened by new ones made over them, by means of
a needle and thread.

MATERIALS FOR DARNING STOCKINGS.--The thread used for darning a
stocking should be a little finer than that of which it is made. Coton a
repriser D.M.C[A] is the best, for as it consists of several strands it
can be subdivided as occasion requires.

STRENGTHENING THE STITCHES (figs. 366 and 367).--This can be done in
two ways. In fig. 366, the thread is brought out between two horizontal
bars, passed upwards over a perpendicular bar, put in by the side of the
same and brought out between the next horizontal bars.

Work the second row of stitches backwards; take up two threads on the
left, pass downwards to the right, over one thread, take up the thread
you passed over, and so on.

[Illustration: FIG. 366. STRENGTHENING THE LOOPS. FIRST WAY.]

[Illustration: FIG. 367. STRENGTHENING THE LOOPS. SECOND WAY.]

The other way, fig. 367, is, when you have brought out your needle, to
carry it over one thread to the right and upwards over two, take up the
next two threads on the left, pass downwards over two horizontal
threads, and over one thread to the right, and put in the needle where
it first came out; then working from right to left, take up two threads,
pass over one to the right, and downwards over two horizontal ones, and
so on. In the next row, hold your work, the finished part uppermost,
carry the needle downwards over one horizontal thread, bring it out
between two threads that lie separately and take it downwards again over
two horizontal threads, pick up two threads, working from right to left,
pass upwards over two threads and over one to the right, take up two to
the left, and so on.

REPAIRING PLAIN KNITTING (fig. 368).--When a broke