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Rh off and sew up. Crochet a double scallop at top in blue wool, for a finish.

KNITTED PURSE.

One skein blue and one black of purse twist.

Cast on seventy-two. Knit two together, make one, knit one. Repeat. Second row plain. When broad enough double it and sew up, leaving about three inches open for the money to slip in. Finish off with steel rings and tassels.

ANOTHER PURSE.

One-half ounce E E Corticelli Purse Twist or one-half ounce No. 300 Florence Knitting Silk, and two No. 18 needles.

Cast on to one needle fifty-nine stitches, knit across once plain.

2nd row: Purl two together, then repeat until only one stitch remains, knit one.

3rd row and every two after until the sixty-fifth is reached, the same as the second.

Now do eighty-three rows of plain knitting (garter stitch), then knit sixty-four rows of the fancy pattern the same as at the beginning, knit one row plain and cast off. Sew up the edges, leaving an opening of two and one half inches. Finish with steel rings and tassels of steel beads.

Many varieties of fancy patterns are formed by combinations of knitted, purled, and slipped stitches; these patterns being useful in knitting shawls, tidies, stockings, etc. When used for round knitting, as in stockings, care must be taken to reverse the stitch in every alternate row, that is a plain stitch must be purled, a purled stitch plain.

RAIN PATTERN.

Fourteen stitches are required for each pattern.

1st row: Knit one, thread forward, knit five, slip one,