For the moss which fills the inside, take single Berlin wool of the
same shade ; cast on twenty stitches, knit in stripes of plain knitting ;
steam stripes over boiling water, dry well, cut off the stitches on one
side, unravel to within three stitches of the outer side ; sew this fringe
in bunches along the sides and bottom. This will make a useful addi-
tion to a breakfast table to keep the eggs warm, if they are well cov-
ered with the moss.
FRINGE AND BORDER.
Even number of stitches to depth required. Begin by making a
stitch, laying the thread over the needle ; put it through two loops and
knit them as one ; repeat to end of row, and continue until the strip is
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as long as necessary. Cast off, letting from four to ten stitches fall
from the needle to ravel out for the fringe. Narrower fringe may be
made by reducing the number of stitches to eight or ten.
KNITTED HORSE REINS.
These are made by working with scarlet- double zephyr wool over a
crocheted chain as follows : Make a long chain for insertion, then, on a
chain of thirteen stitches, work, passing over the first stitch a row of
double on the front thread of the previous row, inserting the chain cord ;
at the end of the row, one chain,* turn the work, one slip stitch on the
back thread of the previous row, without inserting the chain cord, at
the end of the row, one chain; repeat from* till the reins are the
required length. Now work over the loops formed by the chain cord
along both sides of the reins as follows : *one double over the first loop,
five treble over the following loop ; repeat from *. This can be cro-
cheted in long strips or knit on two needles, garter stitch.
LADIES' SILK HOSE.
These are knit like a common stocking, or in "railroad fashion."
There is a silk knitting thread sold for this purpose and for mittens,
that comes in balls, but most people find it too soft and prefer the
tightly twisted finer thread which comes in large skeins, weighing five
ounces. Cast on twenty-eight stitches on the needles and knit away
until you have a long, slender pipe (not at all like a stocking) about half
a yard in length, or more if you require an extra length. Then knit
round once, dropping every fourth stitch ; these dropped stitches will
run to the toe of the stocking, striping it in beautiful open work, and
wide enough for even a large leg. After this the stocking, being as
many stitches smaller as you have dropped, you knit about three inches
at that size and then off. What ! no heel, the reader may say. The
stocking needs none, it shapes itself to the heel as do the wool ones that
are made for children, from the woven bands introduced a season or so
ago.
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For the moss which fills the inside, take single Berlin wool of the same shade ; cast on twenty stitches, knit in stripes of plain knitting ; steam stripes over boiling water, dry well, cut off the stitches on one side, unravel to within three stitches of the outer side ; sew this fringe in bunches along the sides and bottom. This will make a useful addition to a breakfast table to keep the eggs warm, if they are well covered with the moss.
FRINGE AND BORDER.
Even number of stitches to depth required. Begin by making a stitch, laying the thread over the needle ; put it through two loops and knit them as one ; repeat to end of row, and continue until the strip is
as long as necessary. Cast off, letting from four to ten stitches fall from the needle to ravel out for the fringe. Narrower fringe may be made by reducing the number of stitches to eight or ten.
KNITTED HORSE REINS.
These are made by working with scarlet- double zephyr wool over a crocheted chain as follows : Make a long chain for insertion, then, on a chain of thirteen stitches, work, passing over the first stitch a row of double on the front thread of the previous row, inserting the chain cord ; at the end of the row, one chain,* turn the work, one slip stitch on the back thread of the previous row, without inserting the chain cord, at the end of the row, one chain; repeat from* till the reins are the required length. Now work over the loops formed by the chain cord along both sides of the reins as follows : *one double over the first loop, five treble over the following loop ; repeat from *. This can be crocheted in long strips or knit on two needles, garter stitch.
LADIES' SILK HOSE.
These are knit like a common stocking, or in "railroad fashion." There is a silk knitting thread sold for this purpose and for mittens, that comes in balls, but most people find it too soft and prefer the tightly twisted finer thread which comes in large skeins, weighing five ounces. Cast on twenty-eight stitches on the needles and knit away until you have a long, slender pipe (not at all like a stocking) about half a yard in length, or more if you require an extra length. Then knit round once, dropping every fourth stitch ; these dropped stitches will run to the toe of the stocking, striping it in beautiful open work, and wide enough for even a large leg. After this the stocking, being as many stitches smaller as you have dropped, you knit about three inches at that size and then off. What ! no heel, the reader may say. The stocking needs none, it shapes itself to the heel as do the wool ones that are made for children, from the woven bands introduced a season or so ago.
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