. Join on the blue wool
and purl 1 row. 2nd row; bring the wool forward, knit 2 taken together,
knit 2 stitches and pull the stitch in which you decreased over them,
(every 2nd blue row begins thus) bring the wool forward, knit 3 stitches
pull the 1st over the 2 last, repeat these 3 stitches to the end of the
row. Use the black wool and repeat the whole. For a small muff do 21
stripes of each color, for a large one 42. Cast off.

To make up a small muff you must buy 5-8ths of gros-de-naples, 1-1/2 oz.
of fine carded wool and 1 oz. of fine horse-hair. Double the silk in
halves and place on it 1 layer of wool. 1 layer of horse-hair and a
second layer of wool. Quilt these to one-half of the silk and fold the
other half over, and sew it to the knitted cover; turn the muff inside
out and sew up first the knitted part and then the silk. Finish the muff
at the edges by a cord or a quilling of ribbon.

_Another Muff._

Two needles No. 10 and 3 skeins of coarse fleecy.

Cast on sixty stitches. Knit 1 row; rib 1 row; knit 1 row taking 2
stitches together all the way. 4th row; knit 1 stitch, pick up and knit
a loop between the stitches, continue the same to the end of the row. As
by this you would lose 1 stitch, this must be prevented by picking up
and knitting a loop alternately, before beginning or at the end of every
4th row.

Make up the muff like the preceding pattern.

TERMS USED IN KNITTING.

_A turn_ means two rows.

_To turn_ means to change from plain to purled stitches, or the
reverse.

_A ridge_ is formed by two rows when knitting with only two pins.

_A loop stitch_ is formed by passing the thread before the needle,
and, in _knitting_ the next stitch, letting it take its usual place.

_To increase in knitting a Quilt_, care should always be taken to
increase by knitting twice through the last stitch, which is done by
knitting a stitch, and then, without taking out the needle, knitting
a second at the back.

_To fasten on in knitting._ It is a secure fastening to lay the two
ends contrary-wise to each other, and knit a few stitches with them
both.

_To narrow_ or _decrease_ is to make small, to lessen, as in shaping a
stocking.

_Ribbed stitch_, _purl stitch_, _turned_, or _seam stitch_, are all
terms having the same meaning. A turned stitch is made by bringing
the cotton before the needle, and instead of putting the needle over