My Knitting Book

The examples of knitting, contained in the following pages, have been selected with the greatest care,--many are original,--and the whole are so arranged as to render them comprehensible even to a novice in the art.

Knitting being so often sought, as an evening amusement, both by the aged and by invalids, a large and distinct type has been adopted,--as affording an additional facility. The writer feels confident in the recommendation of "MY KNITTING BOOK," and humbly hopes it may meet with the same liberal reception that has been accorded to her "HAND-BOOK OF NEEDLEWORK."

The numerous piracies that have been committed on her last mentioned work, have been one inducement to publish this little volume; and from the low price at which it is fixed, nothing, but a very extended circulation, can ensure her from loss. Some few of the examples have been selected from the chapter on knitting, in the "HAND-BOOK."

3, New Burlington Street, November 1843.

CONTENTS.

EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN KNITTING 9 THE STANDARD FILIERE 12 SIBERIAN CUFFS 13 A KNITTED SILK CUFF 13 OPEN STITCH FOR CUFFS 14 VERY PRETTY CUFFS 14 MUFFATEES WITH TWO COLOURS 16 GENTLEMEN'S MUFFATEES 17 PLAIN RIBBED MUFFATEES 17 ANOTHER PAIR OF MUFFATEES 18 KNITTED CUFFS, SHELL PATTERN 18 DOUBLE KNITTED CUFFS 20 A BRIOCHE 21 FRINGE PATTERN KNITTING 23 AN OPERA CAP 24 A SONTAG, OR CEPHALINE 26 A BONNET CAP 28 DOUBLE KNITTING FOR COMFORTERS, ETC. 29 KNITTED LACE 29 KNITTED INSERTION 31 CORAL TRIMMING FOR A MUSLIN DRESS 32 BARLEY-CORN STITCH 32 A MUFF, IN COLOURS OF SABLE 33 ANOTHER MUFF 34 CLOSE STITCH FOR A WAISTCOAT, ETC 34 LONG SLEEVES TO WEAR UNDER THE DRESS 35 TWELVE PATTERNS FOR D'OYLEYS, TIDIES, ETC. 36 I.--LEAF AND TRELLIS PATTERN 36 II.--ROSE-LEAF PATTERN 40 III.--POINT PATTERN 42 IV.--GOTHIC PATTERN 43 V.--SCOTCH PATTERN 44 VI.--CHEVRON PATTERN 45 VII.--VANDYKE PATTERN 46 VIII.--LACE PATTERN 47 IX.--FISH-BONE PATTERN 49 X.--GERMAN PATTERN 49 XI.--DIAMOND PATTERN 52 XII.--SHELL PATTERN 53 CABLE KNITTING 54 A PURSE 55 PRETTY STITCH FOR A PURSE 55 A PENCE JUG, OR PURSE 56 A STRONG PURSE 59 A PRETTY OPEN STITCH FOR A PURSE 60 OPEN STITCH PURSE WITH BEADS 61 A PURSE IN FINE SILK 62 HERRINGBONE, OR SHETLAND STITCH FOR A PURSE 62 FIVE PRETTY PATTERNS FOR BAGS 63 I.--DIAGONAL CHECK PATTERN BAG 63 II.--LOZENGE PATTERN BAG 64 III.--HEM-STITCH PATTERN BAG 65 IV.--SPIDER PATTERN BAG 68 V.--STRIPE PATTERN BAG 69 A BAG, WITH BLACK OR GARNET BEADS 69 KNITTED FRINGE 70 VANDYKE BORDER 71 A WARM HALF-SQUARE SHAWL 73 A WARM DOUBLE KNITTED SCARF, IN TWO COLOURS 74 A BORDER FOR A SHAWL OR QUILT 75 RAISED KNITTING FOR A SHAWL 76 A RUSSIAN SHAWL, IN BRIOCHE STITCH 77 A LIGHT STITCH FOR A SHAWL 77 STAR PATTERN SHAWL, IN TWO COLOURS 78 BAREGE KNITTING FOR SHAWLS 79 A SHETLAND KNITTED SCARF 80 SHETLAND PATTERN FOR A SHAWL 82 OTHER PATTERNS FOR SHAWLS 83 DOUBLE DIAMOND STITCH FOR A QUILT 83 A QUILT 84 A LIGHT AND WARM COUNTERPANE 85 CROSS STITCH PATTERN FOR A QUILT 86 ANOTHER QUILT 88 A QUILT, OR COUVRE-PIED, IN SQUARES 89 A COVER FOR AN AIR PILLOW 92 A BABY'S HOOD 92 A BABY'S SOCK 97 ANOTHER BABY'S SOCK 99 A BABY'S STOCKING 100 A CARRIAGE BOOT 102 A DOUBLE-KNITTED NIGHT SOCK 104 A FRILEUSE OR NECK TIPPET 106 WHEEL PATTERN FOR TIDIES, ETC 106 KNITTED CORAL 107 HINTS ON KNITTING 107

MY KNITTING BOOK.

Explanation of Terms used in Knitting.

_To cast on._--The first interlacement of the cotton on the needle.

_To cast off._--To knit two stitches, and to pass the first over the second, and so on to the last stitch, which is to be secured by drawing the thread through.

_To cast over._--To bring the cotton forward round the needle.

_To narrow._--To lessen, by knitting two stitches together.

_To seam._--To knit a stitch with the cotton before the needle.

_To widen._--To increase by making a stitch, bringing the cotton round the needle, and knitting the same when it occurs.

_A turn._--Two rows in the same stitch, backwards and forwards.

_To turn._--To change the stitch.

_To turn over._--To bring the wool forward over the needle.

_A row._--The stitches from one end of the needle to the other.

_A round._--A row, when the stitches are on two, three, or more needles.

_A plain row._--That composed of simple knitting.

_To pearl a row._--To knit with the cotton before the needle.

_To rib._--To work alternate rows of plain and pearl knitting.

_To bring the thread forward._--To bring the cotton forward so as to make an open stitch.

_A loop stitch._--Made by bringing the cotton before the needle, which, in knitting the succeeding stitch, will again take its own place.

_To slip or pass a stitch._--To change it from one needle to the other without knitting it.

_To fasten on._--The best way to fasten on is to place the two ends contrariwise, and knit a few stitches with both together. For knitting, with silk, or fine cotton, a weaver's knot will be found the best.

_To take under._--To pass the cotton from one needle to the other, without changing its position.

_Pearl, seam, and rib-stitch_--All signify the same.

N.B. The sizes of the needles are given according to the Standard Filiere.