f 5 plain stitches and 1
purled, taken from behind.

[Illustration: FIG. 375. PIQUE PATTERN. MATERIALS: Coton a tricoter
D.M.C Nos. 6 to 30.]

7th row--purl from behind the 3rd of the 5 plain, and knit 5 plain more
and so on.

PIQUE PATTERN (fig. 376).--Cast on a number of stitches divisible by
14.

[Illustration: FIG. 376. PIQUE PATTERN. MATERIALS: Coton a tricoter
D.M.C Nos. 6 to 30, or Coton pour crochet 4 fils D.M.C Nos. 4 to 20.[A]]

1st and 2nd row--* purl 7, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl
1, knit 1; repeat from *.

3rd and 4th row--* knit 7, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit
1, purl 1; repeat from *.

Repeat the whole from the 1st row.

PIQUE PATTERN (fig. 377).--Cast on a number of stitches divisible by
4.

[Illustration: FIG. 377. PIQUE PATTERN. MATERIALS: The same as for fig.
371.]

The 8 first rows--knit 2, purl 2.

9th and 10th row--knit 2 over the 2 purled, purl 2 over the 2 knitted of
the 8th row.

11th and 12th rows--the same as the first 8 rows.

13th and 14th row--the same as the 9th and 10th row.

15th to the 23rd--the same as the first 8 rows.

STRIPES FOR COUNTERPANES (fig. 378).--This pattern is to be worked in
stripes, of two colours; we may here take occasion to mention that in
choosing two colours, one dark and one light, for a piece of work, the
dark cotton should always be one or two numbers finer than the light,
because the dark dyes thicken the cotton more than the light ones do.
The blue, red and dark brown dyes sink into the cotton more and cause
it to swell, whereas the lighter dyes do not affect its thickness.

[Illustration: FIG. 378. STRIPES FOR COUNTERPANES. MATERIALS: Coton a
tricoter D.M.C No. 6, 8, 10 or 12. COLOURS: Rouge-Turc 321 and
Gris-Tilleul 391.[A]]

Hence it comes, that for the stripes, here described, we were obliged to
take No. 8 of the red cotton and No. 6 of the green, in order that the
same number of stitches should make the same length of stripe.

Cast on 28 stitches:

1st needle--slip 1, knit 2, over, knit 1, knit 1 from behind, purl 1
from behind, knit 1 from behind, purl 2, knit 5, purl 2, knit 1 from
behind, purl 1 from behind, knit 1 from behind, purl 1 from behind, knit
1 from behind, purl 1 from behind, knit 1 from behind, purl 1 from
behind, knit 1, over, knit 3, 1 chain stitch.

2nd needle--wrong side: slip 1, purl 2, purl 2 together, purl 1 from
behind, knit 1 from behind, purl 1 from behind, knit 1 from b