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274 2nd row: Purl.

3rd row: Plain knitting. Repeat from first row. This forms a scalloped pattern. Knit a piece several inches deep, then knit in ribs of two plain, two purl, until the shirt is the required length.

These shirts are knit in two pieces, which are afterwards sewn together, leaving an opening at the upper end for the armhole.

When the knitting is of the required length, finish with a row of holes to within eight inches of one end. Cast off all but these eight inches, and knit them plain, carrying a row of holes along either edge, for a shoulder strap. (Holes are made by making a stitch and knitting the next two together. On the return row, knit plain.

Having knit both pieces, sew up and finish with a row of shell stitch crocheted into the upper edge, and around the arm holes. If sleeves are desired, knit pieces of the requisite size in the scallop pattern and sew them in. Run a narrow ribbon through the holes in the neck, and tie in a bow.

BABY'S BOOT.

A very simple pattern for a baby's boot is as follows:

White Berlin and Needles No. 13. Cast on thirty; and knit twenty-four rows plain on in any fancy stitch you like, for the leg; for the last row *, knit two, wool over the needle, knit two together. Repeat from *. This forms holes, into which ribbon must be run after the boot is finished.

Twenty-fifth row: From this time forward you must knit one, purl one; reversed every third row, to make a kind of dice pattern. Cast on eleven extra stitches at the end of each of the next two rows, making fifty-two in all. Increase at the beginning of every row until there are sixty-two stitches; do four plain rows; then decrease in the same way till you have only fifty-two again. Take