Ladies' Knit Jerseys

Ingredients

• No. 9 needle
• merino wool

Method

1. 1

   For the back, cast on seventy-eight stitches; pearl three; plain three in ribs for one hundred and forty rows.

2. 2

   For the shoulder straps, knit eighteen stitches, turn, pearl them, and continue decreasing at the left side until five ribs are done.

3. 3

   For the front, cast on seventy-eight stitches and knit one hundred and twenty-five rows, then begin the right-hand shoulder by pearling and making ribs as before.

4. 4

   Join the sides with a gusset and crochet a narrow border of small even holes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 194. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LADIES' KNIT JERSEYS. 219 and with a needle and the wool sew the crown to the front on the wrong side. The fleece will cover up the seam. With a fine crochet hook make a border of small shells all around the head and run a rib- bon in around the face and around the neck. By means of this ribbon you can draw the hood in to exactly fit the child. A pleating of fine lace all around and a bow of ribbon on top and in the back completes a warm, pretty little hood. Angora wool comes in white and gray. Children of all ages wear these hoods. Washing does not injure the white ones. IMITATION CORAL. Take two steel needles, No. 14, and a skein of coral-colored, narrow worsted braid. Cast on three stitches, take off the first- and knit the other two in each row. Every row is exactly the same. Another way : Cast on three stitches, slip one, knit one. This makes a pretty neck- lace for a child's rubber ring or for catch-ups for short sleeves. SAXONY INSERTION. Cast on eighteen stitches. 1. Knit two ; thread over twice, seam two together ; knit ten ; thread over twice, seam two together ; knit two. 2. Knit two ; thread over twice, seam two together ; knit five threads over four times ; seam four together ; knit one ; thread over twice, seam two together ; knit two. 3. Knit two ; thread over twice, seam two together ; knit two ; knit first loop, seam second, knit third ; knit five ; thread over twice, seam two together ; knit two. LADIES' KNIT JERSEYS. No. 9 needle ; merino wool

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