The Archive · 1924

KNITTED' DRESSES

The Jove Design for Little Girls Materials:—10 ozs. "Kingfisher' Lustre Wool. Two" No. 7 Celluloid Knitting Needls.

Work at a. tension to produce about 2 patterns to the 8 inches.

The Front.—Commencing at the lower edge cast on 132 stitches. Work 3 rows in plain knitting '4th raw.—K. 1, purl to the last stitch, K. 1.

Sth row.—Knit.

Gth row—K2 tog, K3, wool! forward, Kl, wool forward, K3, K2 tog. twice, K.8, repeat from Tue Joyce Desiox. to the last 6 stitches, wool forward, K.1, wool forward, K'3, K.2 tog.

7th row.—K.1, purl stitch, Ko.

Repeat the Gh and 7th rows nine times, work 6th row, knit I row.

Proceed x follows:

Repeat from to but working the Gth and 7th rows nine times, Instead of 10 times.

Repeat from °* (o working the Gth and 7th rows eight timer.

Repeat from to °* working the th and 7th rows seven times.

Repeat from °* to °* worl ug the 6th and 7th rows six times.

Repeat from to working the} 6th and 7th rows five times.

Repeat from °° to °* working the Gth and 7th rows four times Repeat from *° to working the 6th and 7th rows three times.

Now repeat from the 4th to the} th row, work the Gth and 7th rows twice (three times altogether). Continue as follow:—Ist row.—K.2 tog. 25 mes, K.82, 2 tog. 25 times, there are now 82 stitches on the needle.

2nd row.—K.2, purl to the lai stitch, cast on 40 stitches.

'Sed' row.—Knit, east on 40 stitches.

4th row.—K.2, purl to the last 2 stitches, K Sth row—Repeat the 4th and 5th rows for 5 inches, ending as the Sth row—but decreasing one stitch in. the centre of the last row. Proceed as fall Ast and 3rd rows.K.2, P, 66, K.25,

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