andsome purse

Mousquetaire crochet collar

Raised rose crochet collar

Point collar

Point collar, in crochet

Lounging-cap, in crochet

Crochet edgings and insertions

Insertions

Venetian edging

Venetian bars

Edging Venetian bars

Sorrento bars

Stitches

Open English lace

Brabant edging

Lyons point

Brussels lace

Little Venetian lace

Deep point-lace edging

Collar in Spanish rose point

Handkerchief border, in antique point lace

Apron in broderie en lacet

Pincushion cover in point lace

Pincushion

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THE

LADIES' WORK BOOK.

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KNITTING.

There is not one art practised by ladies which is more deservedly
popular than Knitting. It is so easy, requires so little eyesight, and
is susceptible of so much ornament, that it merits the attention of
every lady; and in giving instructions for acquiring it, we add, also,
such admirable diagrams of the various processes, we are sure that no
difficulty will be felt in executing any pattern.

[Illustration: CASTING ON WITH ONE NEEDLE.]

The first process in knitting is known by the term CASTING ON. There
are two ways of doing this: with one needle, and with two. Our first
diagram represents the former process. Take the thread between
the second and third fingers of the left hand, leaving an end of about
a yard for every hundred stitches; pass it round the thumb of that
hand, giving it a twist, so as to form a loop. Take a knitting-needle
in the right hand, insert the point in the loop, and pass the thread
from the ball round the needle; then bend the point of the needle
through the loop, which tighten, and one stitch will be complete.
Continue to make loops over the thumb, with the end of thread, and
knit them with that from the ball until the proper number is cast on.

TO CAST ON WITH TWO NEEDLES (generally called the Spanish method),
begin by making a loop on the end of the thread, into which slip the
point of one needle, holding it in the left hand. Take the other
needle in the right hand, and slip its point into the same loop, bring
the thread round the point of this needle, and bend the needle towards
you, so that the thread forms a loop on it. Slip that also on the left
needle, without withdrawing it from the right. Put the thread round
the right again, and repeat the