The Way to Join Around: Four or five needles are used in round
work, such as socks, stockings, etc. Cast on any given number of
stitches on one needle, then slip another needle in the last stitch before
casting any on it ; repeat for any number. When all are cast on, knit
the first two stitches off on to the end of the last needle. One needle
is always left unused in casting on for a round.
The Way of Joining the Toe of a Sock, or any similar thing :
Divide all the stitches on to two needles, hold both in the left hand as
if they were one, and in knitting take a loop off each one, which knit
together.
To Cast Off: Knit two stitches with the left hand needle ; draw the
first over the second, knit another; repeat. Observe that the row
before the casting off should never be very tightly knitted.
To Knit Three Stitches Together, so that the center one shall be in
front : Slip two off the needle together, knit the third, and draw the
others over together,
To Raise a Stitch : Knit the bar of thread between the two stiches
as one. The abbreviations used are K, knit ; P, purl ; D, decrease ; K 2
T, knit two together ; P 2 T, purl two together ; M 1, make one. Take
care to have needles and cotton, or wool, that are suitable to each other
in size. The work of the best knitter in the world would appear ill
done if the needles were too fine or too coarse. In the former case the
work would be close and thick ; in the latter it would be too much like
a cobweb.
Twist Stitch is made by knitting four back part of the loop ; put the
right needle in behind the left, pass through the loop from right to left
much the same as in purling, only in purling the needle is passed through
front part of loop.
To cast over : To bring the cotton forward around needle.
To narrow : Lessen by bringing 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.
FANCY STITCHES. 209
A plain row : That composed of simple knitting.
To rib : To work alternate rows of plain and purl knitting-.
A Loop Stitch : Made by bringing the cotton before the needle, and
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.
When it is necessary to cast off and continue a row on a separate
needle, run a coarse thread through the cast off stitches, so that they
may be easily taken up.
Welts are rounds of alternate plain and pearled stitches done at the
top of stockings to prevent their curling up or twisting.
Be careful to knit neither too tight nor too loose, and with needles
free from rust.
CROCHET STITCHES.
Single Stitch or S. C. — Put the hook in a stitch of the work, bring
the cotton through in a loop, and also through the loop on the hook.
Double Crochet or D. C. — Put the hook in a stitch, bring the cotton
through; take up the cotton again and bring it through the two loops..
Treble Stitch or T. C. — Turn the cotton around the hook, put it in
a stitch, bring the cotton through ; then take it up and bring it through
two loops twice.
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The Way to Join Around: Four or five needles are used in round
work, such as socks, stockings, etc. Cast on any given number of
stitches on one needle, then slip another needle in the last stitch before
casting any on it ; repeat for any number. When all are cast on, knit
the first two stitches off on to the end of the last needle. One needle
is always left unused in casting on for a round.
The Way of Joining the Toe of a Sock, or any similar thing :
Divide all the stitches on to two needles, hold both in the left hand as
if they were one, and in knitting take a loop off each one, which knit
together.
To Cast Off: Knit two stitches with the left hand needle ; draw the
first over the second, knit another; repeat. Observe that the row
before the casting off should never be very tightly knitted.
To Knit Three Stitches Together, so that the center one shall be in
front : Slip two off the needle together, knit the third, and draw the
others over together,
To Raise a Stitch : Knit the bar of thread between the two stiches
as one. The abbreviations used are K, knit ; P, purl ; D, decrease ; K 2
T, knit two together ; P 2 T, purl two together ; M 1, make one. Take
care to have needles and cotton, or wool, that are suitable to each other
in size. The work of the best knitter in the world would appear ill
done if the needles were too fine or too coarse. In the former case the
work would be close and thick ; in the latter it would be too much like
a cobweb.
Twist Stitch is made by knitting four back part of the loop ; put the
right needle in behind the left, pass through the loop from right to left
much the same as in purling, only in purling the needle is passed through
front part of loop.
To cast over : To bring the cotton forward around needle.
To narrow : Lessen by bringing 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.
FANCY STITCHES. 209
A plain row : That composed of simple knitting.
To rib : To work alternate rows of plain and purl knitting-.
A Loop Stitch : Made by bringing the cotton before the needle, and
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.
When it is necessary to cast off and continue a row on a separate
needle, run a coarse thread through the cast off stitches, so that they
may be easily taken up.
Welts are rounds of alternate plain and pearled stitches done at the
top of stockings to prevent their curling up or twisting.
Be careful to knit neither too tight nor too loose, and with needles
free from rust.
CROCHET STITCHES.
Single Stitch or S. C. — Put the hook in a stitch of the work, bring
the cotton through in a loop, and also through the loop on the hook.
Double Crochet or D. C. — Put the hook in a stitch, bring the cotton
through; take up the cotton again and bring it through the two loops..
Treble Stitch or T. C. — Turn the cotton around the hook, put it in
a stitch, bring the cotton through ; then take it up and bring it through
two loops twice.