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258 4th row: Knit plain.

5th row: Like third.

6th row: Like fourth.

7th row: Knit plain, increasing at beginning of the row, and narrowing three stitches in the middle.

8th row: Purl.

9th row: Like seventh.

10th row: Like eighth.

Repeat from * until the border is deep enough, then tie a fringe in after one of the patterns given under "Macramé Lace."

ANOTHER QUILT.

This quilt is knit in strips and sewn together. The pattern would also form a good border for a quilt knit in squares or shells.

Cast on seventy-three stitches. Always slip the first stitch on each row.

1st row: Knit plain.

2nd row: Purl.

3rd row: Slip first stitch (as in every row), * knit two together, six plain, thread over, knit one, thread over, knit one, knit six, knit two together, knit two together, knit six, thread over, knit one.

Repeat from * twice, making three herring bones, then knit six, thread over, knit one, thread over, knit one, knit five, knit two together, knit one.

Repeat until your piece of knitting is long enough for your quilt.

CABLE KNITTING.

Cast on eighteen stitches for a stripe, thus for six plain stitches on each side of the cable, for two patterns thirty stitches will be required, and so on.

1st row: Purl six, knit six, and purl six.

2nd row: Knit six, purl six, knit six.

3rd row: Like first row.

4th row : Like second row.

5th row: Like third row.