needles and 11 little balls of fine knitting silk.

Cast on 8 stitches of the 1st color and 8 of the 2nd alternately until
you have 80 stitches, using a new ball for each change of color, 2nd
row, knit the 8 stitches of the 1st color, pass _that_ silk round the
silk of the 2nd color and bring it forward; with the 2nd colored silk
knit the 8 stitches of the 2nd color, pass it round the next silk and
bring it forward; continue the same to the end of the row. Knit on in
the same manner for 14 rows, then to change the color take another ball
of your 2nd color and join it on at the beginning of your row, knit with
the 2nd color 1 stitch, pass the 1st color forward, knit 1 stitch with
the 2nd color, pass the 1st back, knit 1 with the 2nd, pass the 1st
forward, and the same for the 8 stitches. You will now find that you
have 2 threads of the 2nd color and 1 of the 1st together, pass 1 thread
of the 2nd color round the others and bring it forward, knit 1 stitch
with the 1st color, bring forward the other thread of the 2nd color,
knit 1 stitch with the 1st, pass the 2nd back, knit 1 with the 1st, and
continue the same for the rest of the 8 stitches, when you will find 2
threads of the 1st color, and 1 of the 2nd together; twist and bring
forward 1 thread of the 1st color, and knit the others as you did those
of the 2nd color in the last square. Finish the row in this manner, then
knit as at first until another row of squares is completed; reverse the
color again.

This is a nice pattern for a carriage mat done with very large needles
and stout wool, and also for many other things, as from being neat on
both sides it does not require lining.

_Open Fan for a Quilt._

Fine cotton and needles No. 17 or 18.

Cast on 62 stitches. Knit 3 rows. In the next row slip a stitch, knit 5,
decrease by knitting 2 together, knit until only 8 are left on the left
hand needle, knit 2 taken together, knit the rest, (6 on each side are
_always_ knitted plain for the border.) Knit a plain row, repeat these
2 last rows, (decreasing 2 stitches in every other row) twice. Slip a
stitch, knit 5, bring the cotton forward and purl to the border
stitches, decreasing at the beginning and end of the purled stitches. A
plain row. Slip a stitch, knit 5, bring the cotton forward, decrease,
purl the rest, decreasing again before the border stitches. A plain row.
Slip a stitch, knit 5, decrease, knit the rest, decreasing before the
border stitches. Sli