p 1, knit 5, purl to the border stitches. Slip 1,
knit 5, decrease, bring the cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1, pull the
slipped stitch over the knitted one, bring the cotton forward, slip 1,
knit 1, pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one, repeat these
stitches, decrease, knit to the border. Slip a stitch, knit 5, purl the
rest, knit the border stitches. A plain row, decreasing as before. The
last 10 rows to be repeated, decreasing 2 stitches every other row until
14 stitches are left; after this every row is plain knitting, still
decreasing every other row until only 2 stitches are left, knit them; in
the next row knit them together, and draw the cotton through the last
stitch.

_Gauffre Fans for a Quilt._

Cast on 72 stitches. Knit 3 rows; the first stitch of every row is
_slipped_ throughout the pattern. In the 4th row knit 4 stitches,
counting the slipped stitch as one, decrease with the 5th, knit 60,
decrease, knit the remaining 4. A plain row. Knit 4, decrease 1, knit
58, decrease 1, knit 4. A plain row. Knit 4, decrease 1, bring the
cotton forward, purl 56, decrease 1, knit 4. A plain row. Knit 4,
decrease 1, knit 2, slip 2, knit 4, repeat the last 6 stitches seven
times, slip 2, knit 2, decrease 1, knit 4. Knit 5, purl 2, slip 2,[62-*]
purl 4, slip 2 and purl 4, seven times, slip 2, purl 2, knit 5. Knit 4,
decrease 1, knit 1, slip 2, knit 4, slip 2 and knit 4, seven times, knit
1, decrease 1, knit 4. Knit 5, purl 1, slip 2, purl 4, slip 2, &c.
ending, the row with 1 purled stitch and 5 knitted. Knit 4, decrease 1,
slip 2, knit 4, slip 2, &c. decrease 1, and knit the 4 last stitches. A
plain row. Knit 4, decrease 1, purl 48, decrease 1, knit 4. A plain row.
Knit 4, decrease 1, knit 1, slip 2, knit 4, &c. ending the row with
knitting 1 stitch, decreasing 1 and knitting 4. Knit 5, purl 1, slip 2,
purl 4, &c. Knit 4, decrease 1, slip 2, knit 4, slip 2, &c. Knit 5,
bring the cotton forward, slip 2, purl 4, slip 2, &c. Knit 5, slip 2,
decrease 1, knit 2, slip 2, knit 4, slip 2, &c. decreasing 1 stitch in
the last 4, slip 2, knit 5. A plain row. Knit 4, decrease 1, purl 40,
decrease 1, knit 4. A plain row. Knit 4, decrease 1, slip 2, knit 4, and
so on to the end. It will be seen that care is taken to place the 2
middle stitches of the 4 over the stitches which were slipped in the
last pattern; when the decrease comes on the slipped stitch it is made
_not_ on that but in the following 4. Continue to decrease 2 in