My Knitting Book Part 15

A Quilt.

This may be knitted as a Baby's Quilt, or it may be done in small squares for a large Quilt.--Eight-thread Zephyr fleecy.--No. 6 needles.

Cast on any number of st.i.tches that can be divided by three,--for a square of six inches, say forty-five; for a Baby's Quilt, two hundred and thirty-one.

_First row_--slip one; knit two, taken together in the front;(a) turn the wool round the needle, and bring it again in front; slip one; knit two together.--Repeat from (a).

Every row is alike.

N.B. The two last st.i.tches at the end of the row are to be--the first pearled,--the second knitted.

A light and warm Counterpane.

Six-thread fleecy in two colours--say blue and white; or, what is preferable, German quilt wool--Needles No. 2, pointed at both ends.

Cast on any number of st.i.tches in blue.

_First row_--plain knitting, turning the wool twice round the needle.

_Second row_--join on the white wool, knit one; knit two together, turning the wool twice round the needle;--continue knitting two together, and turning the wool twice round the needle, to the end of the row, but plain knit the last st.i.tch.

_Third row_--commence at the other end of the needle; knit two st.i.tches taken together in front, twisting the wool twice round the needle.

_Fourth row_--white,--knit one; knit two together, turning the wool twice round the needle; knit one.

_Fifth row_--commence again as at third row.

Cross St.i.tch Pattern for a Quilt.

Two colours,--say gold colour and white.--No. 3 needles, pointed at both ends.--Cast on any number of st.i.tches.

_First row_--white,--knit one plain st.i.tch, turning the wool twice round the needle.--Repeat to the end of the row.

_Second row_--gold colour,--joining on the colour where the last row of white commenced;--knit one plain st.i.tch, turning the wool once round the needle; knit the long st.i.tch and the one that was knitted in the last row together, turning the wool twice round the needle.--Repeat to the end of the row,--when one st.i.tch will be left, which is to be knitted the same as the plain st.i.tch at the beginning of the row.

_Third row_--white,--knit two together, taken in the front, turning the wool twice round the needle.--Repeat to the end of the row.

_Fourth row_--gold colour,--the same as the third,--knitting one plain st.i.tch at the commencement of the row, and one plain st.i.tch at the end of the row, twisting the wool once round the needle.

_Fifth row_--white,--knit two together, twisting the wool twice round the needle.--Repeat to the end of the row.

_Sixth row_--Commence again, as at second row.

It may be as well to remark, that two rows are knitted at the back, and two at the front.

Another Quilt.

This should be knitted in stripes of six inches in width.--Cast on any number of st.i.tches that may be divided by three;--German quilt wool.--No. 1 needles.

_First row_--bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two, pa.s.s the slip-st.i.tch over them.--Repeat.

_Second row_--pearl knitting.

_Third row_--knit two, before the pattern is commenced, that the holes may come in a diagonal direction.

_Fourth row_--pearl knitting.

_Fifth row_--same as third.

A Quilt, or Couvre-Pied, in squares.

This may be worked with Zephyr fleecy,--No. 9 needles, each piece being about three and a half inches square. Every square is worked in two colours,--as blue and white; lilac and white; gold colour and white; green and white; etc. These pieces are afterwards to be joined together, arranging them, according to their several colours. Each square, however, if preferred, may be worked the same. The following directions are for a square in green and white:--

_First row_--bring the wool forward, knit one,--in green. Work _five_ more _rows_, in the same manner, when there should be seven st.i.tches on the needle.

_Seventh row_--bring the wool forward, knit two,--in green; join on the white,--knit three;--join on another length of green,--knit two.

_Eighth row_--bring the green wool forward, knit two; pearl three, white; knit three, green.

_Ninth, and Tenth rows_--knit to the end of each row, with green, increasing at the beginning, as before.

_Eleventh row_--bring the wool forward, knit two, green; knit seven, white; knit two, green.

_Twelfth row_--bring the wool forward, knit two, green; pearl seven, white; knit three, green.

_Thirteenth, and Fourteenth rows_--knit to the end of each row, with green, increasing, as before.

_Fifteenth row_--bring the wool forward, knit two, green; knit eleven, white; knit two, green.

_Sixteenth row_--bring the wool forward, knit two, green; pearl eleven, white; knit three, green.

_Seventeenth, and Eighteenth rows_--same as thirteenth and fourteenth.--There should now be nineteen st.i.tches on the needle,--one half of the square being completed. The decreasing then commences as follows:--