ightly knitted.

1853. To Knit Three Stitches Together.

To knit three stitches together, so that the centre one shall be in
front.--Slip 2 off the needle together knit the third, and draw the
others over together.

1854. To Raise a Stitch.

To raise a stitch is to knit the bar of thread between the two
stitches as one.

1855. Abbreviations.

The abbreviations used are:

K, knit;
P, purl;
D. decrease;
K 2 t, knit two together;
P 2 t, purl 2 together;
M 1, make one.

1856. Size of Needles.

Take care to have needles and cotton or wool that are suitable to each
other in size. The work of the best knitter in the world would appear
ill done if the needles were too fine or too coarse. In the former
case, the work would be close and thick; in the latter it would be too
much like a cobweb.

1857. Instructions in Embroidery and Canvas Work.

1858. Embroidery.

Embroidery, properly speaking, includes every sort of ornamental work
done with a sewing needle of any kind; but in its popular acceptation,
it applies only to the ornamentation of any article by the eye, or
from drawn or marked patterns--whatever may be the material, or
combination of materials employed; Berlin or canvas work, on the
contrary, is the usual designation of all kinds of embroidery on
canvas, _done by counting threads_, and frequently by the aid of a
painting on checked paper.

1859. Distinction in Embroidered Work.

Although these two different sorts of work are really equally entitled
to the designation of _embroidery_, yet for the sake of making our
hints as intelligible as possible, we will adopt the popular terms,
and confine our present remarks to that sort of embroidery which is
not executed by the stitch.

[BE A FRIEND TO VIRTUE--A STRANGER TO VICE.]

1860. Materials.

Every sort of embroidery material may be used for embroidering upon.
The most common are muslin, cambric, velvet, satin, cloth, and leather.

1861. Application.

The simplest style of embroidery is that termed _Application,_--that
is, where the pattern is in one material, laid on another which forms
the ground. In this way muslin is worked on net, velvet is laid on
cloth, or on another velvet, and cretonne designs cut out and laid on
another material, the edges being either sewed over, or ornamented
with fancy cord, braid,