_Fifth row_--slip one; knit two; pearl one; knit two; knit two together; turn the thread twice round the needle, knit three; pearl two together; knit one.
_Sixth row_--slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it; slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it; slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it; slip one; knit two; turn the thread once round the needle, pearl two together; turn the thread once round the needle, pearl two together; knit one; turn the thread twice round the needle, pearl two together; knit one.
There should now be twelve stitches on the needle as at the commencement.--Repeat from the first row.
Cast on nine stitches in fine cotton; No. 23 needles.
Slip one; knit two; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; knit one; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; pearl one.--Repeat.
This may be used for trimming muslin curtains, etc.
Cast on two stitches.--No. 2 needles, rather short.
Turn the wool round the needle, so as to bring it in front again; knit the two stitches, take together in the front.
Cast on any uneven number of stitches, with eight-thread Zephyr fleecy, or double German wool, and No. 2 needles.
Slip the first stitch, keeping the wool in front of the needle; turn the wool round the needle, so as to bring it in front again; knit two together, taken in front. Continue turning the wool round the needle, and knitting two together, to the end of the row. All the rows are the same.
The two stitches, which are to be taken together, appear always as if tied together.
_First, second, and third rows_--plain knitting.
_Fourth row_--bring the wool forward, knit two together, taken at the back.--Repeat to the end of the row.
Repeat these four rows, until the piece be about eighteen inches long, admitting that the shading comes in correctly.
Two No. 8 needles are required, and double German wool, in four distinct shades to match the colour of sable. Commence with the lightest shade,--then the second, third, and darkest, reversing them again to the lightest.
Cast on forty-five stitches.--No. 8 needles.
Every row is worked the same, with a slip-stitch at the beginning;--knit one; pearl one.--Repeat to the end of the row.
It will require a piece of about twenty inches long, to make a moderate sized muff, which should be lined with gros de Naples; and stuffed with wool, and a sufficient quantity of horse-hair to retain it in shape. Cord and tassels to match the colour of the muff, may be sewn at the ends; or it may be drawn up with ribbons.