parate pin, and after knitting 2
seamed rows, join it to the front part of the stocking, then knit
2 plain rounds all round to join the whole, but in the back
part reduce 4 stitches to make it equal with the 28 in front.
Commence the pattern or bars on the back pin, and make the 1st
stitch a plain one, at the end of that pin, and on the front one
seam 3 stitches to form the side of the shoe, with 2 plain rows
as before, narrowing at the end and beginning of the pins. At the
beginning of the pins, narrow the 1st stitch, and at the end before
the 3 seamed stitches, and only narrow in the plain rows. When
you have narrowed to have 10 on the front and back pins, 20 in
all, knit 4 plain rows, and finish by turning it and binding down.
The front part of the shoe should have 4 rows of bars; join the
sides of the shoe and stocking, and knit 4 seamed rows; draw a
ribbon through the back part where you made the holes.

Shell Pattern for a Baby's Cap.

Pins No. 22, and the finest linen thread.

The front part is knit with 2 needles only. Cast on 208 stitches,
knit 5 rows plain for the beginning. After these 5, you must
diminish 1 stitch in every shell, so as to have only 192. Then 3
rows of the pattern, or shells, 2 rows of holes (for putting narrow
ribbon in) before doing the pattern again, which is done in this
manner: bring your thread forward, knit 2 stitches together, and
so on to the end of your needle. Knit 5 rows of plain between
these 2 rows of holes; when this is concluded, knit 4 rows of the
shells, and then 2 rows of the holes the same as before, with the
5 plain rows between, then again 2 rows of the pattern or shells.
You now take your two other needles, and increase 43 stitches for
the back of the head; 2 rows plain, 1 row for putting ribbon in,
and 3 rows plain, then knit 8 rows of the shells; the 7th row you
must have 7 holes in each shell, and the 8th but 6. After this,
seam the first and second stitches, knit the third plain, without
taking it off, and twist it so as to make 2 stitches of this last
one; then seam the fifth, slip the sixth without knitting, knit the
seventh plain, and pass the sixth over, knit the eighth plain, slip
the ninth, and the tenth knit plain, and pass the ninth over it.
The next row: seam the first stitch, slip the second, knit the
third, and pass the second over without taking it off, and knit it
twisted; twist the fourth, seam the fifth, and knit the 3 remaining
plain. Af