t the
3rd plain, and finish the round in the same manner. Every alternate
repetition of the pattern you must plain net 1 stitch before beginning
the pattern, so as to bring the thick stitch over the open one. Net a
plain round, and begin again with the 1st. The same pattern is continued
throughout the mitten, but for brevity the number of rounds only is
given. When 6 rounds are done, net 10 stitches increase 2 in the 11th,
net 3, and increase 2 more in the 4th. Net 2 rounds, and increase again
2 stitches in the stitch which would have been over the 1st stitch in
which you increased, (had you not increased,) net 7 and increase 2 more.
Net 2 rounds, and in the next round increase again 2 stitches on each
side of the thumb. Net 2 rounds, and increase a 4th time; net 2 rounds,
and then net the first and last stitches of the thumb together. Decrease
if necessary, and when the thumb is nearly long enough, finish with
double silk, 1 round twice round the mesh, 1 round once round, 1 round
twice round, and 2 once round the mesh. Fasten on the silk at the bottom
of the thumb, add 1 stitch on each side, and net the alternate rounds
of the pattern until the mitten is long enough to be finished like the
thumb.

_Matrimony Mittens._

The increase and diminution are precisely the same as in the last
mitten; the increase stitches are made in the plain knitted rounds. As
this stitch is given for a purse, it is not necessary to repeat it. The
mitten must be netted on a foundation of 48 or 50 stitches.

_Note._--It will be observed that the last patterns for mittens,
begin with _rows_ instead of _rounds_, this is to prevent the
necessity of untieing the ribbon every time the mitten is taken
off: a button is fastened to one side of the opening and a loop is
made on the other.

_LambsaEuro(TM)-wool Mittens._

This mitten is made open, and when finished is sewn up.

Begin on a foundation of 53 stitches, and with a mesh a quarter of
an inch wide.

Net 4 rows. Net 1 row with silk, on a mesh half the size of the 1st. Net
2 rows with lambsaEuro(TM)-wool on the 1st mesh. 1 row with silk on the 2nd.
Repeat these rows of lambsaEuro(TM)-wool and silk 4 times: then in the middle of
the row, net 13 stitches of wool on the large mesh, and net the same
back again. Net 1 row of silk, 2 of lambsaEuro(TM)-wool, 1 of silk, these
stitches form the thumb. Begin again on the hand part of the mitten: net
2 ro