When you use several kinds, you must count and thread them on in the required order. Beaded knitting is little in request now, excepting for tobacco pouches and purses; for which you should use Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 35, in any colour, and small beads.
[Illustration: FIG. 384. TURKISH STITCH WITH BEADS.]
For close beaded knitting, plain stitch is the best. Run the beads down singly at each stitch. The beads will fall on the reverse side of the work so that in knitting with beads, remember that the reverse side will be the right side.
To work fig. 384, which represents the same stitch as fig. 383, you run down 2 or sometimes 3 beads before knitting each stitch.
KNITTING PATTERN WITH TWO KINDS OF COTTON (fig. 385).—A variety of pretty things, such as open-work stockings, shawls, curtains etc. can be made in this pattern, worked with two sizes of thread. To give it its full effect it ought to be knitted with coarse needles, Nos. 10, 11, or 12.
[Illustration: FIG. 385. KNITTING PATTERN WITH TWO KINDS OF COTTON.
MATERIALS: Fil à pointer D.M.C No. 20 or 30, and Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C No. 60 or 80, écru.[A]]
Cast on a number of stitches that divides by 8. Take the coarse thread to begin with.
4th row—with the fine thread: over, knit 2 together, slip the next stitch of the previous row, drop the double over, slip the next stitch, 1 over, knit 2 together.
5th row—over, knit 2 together, over, knit 2 together, and so on.
6th row—like the last. See that the 2 slipped stitches, in the coarse thread, always come on the right side of the work.
7th row—with the coarse thread: purl 4, purl the 2 slipped stitches of the 3rd row together, then repeat from the 1st row.
See that in the 3rd row the 2 overs come between the stitches formed by the 2 stitches that were formed by the 1st over, and the 2 stitches of the 6th row, that were knitted together.
KNITTING PATTERN WITH TWO KINDS OF THREAD (fig. 386).—Cast on a number of stitches that divides by 4.
[Illustration: FIG. 386. KNITTING PATTERN WITH TWO KINDS OF THREAD.
MATERIALS: Fil à pointer D.M.C Nos. 25 to 30 and Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C No. 60 or 80.]
3rd row—with fine thread: over, 1 intake, knit 2.
9th and 10th row—with the coarse thread: purl.