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282 some prefer knitting, I subjoin a simple pattern. Many of the lace patterns would look very pretty in twine. Linen twine is the best, as it does not soil so quickly as the seine twine.

Cast on forty-three stitches.

1st row: Knit four plain, then make one; knit two together, knit one plain, repeat this to the end of the row.

2nd row: Make one, knit two together, and knit one, repeating till only four are left on the needle. Now take three strands of fringe (which consists of the twine cut in pieces twenty inches in length), lay them across the work between the needles, knit one stitch; bring the other end of the fringe over toward you; knit two stitches, then put it all back across the work together, and knit last stitch.

3rd and 5th row must be knitted like the first row; fourth and sixth like the second row.

7th row: Knit plain.

8th row: Purl, putting in fringe as before.

9th row: Knit five plain, put your thread over your needle twice; then knit one, and repeat till the last stitch, which is knitted plain without putting the thread over the needle before it.

10th row: Purl two, slipping off the thread that has been put twice over the needle. Take six stitches on your needle, slipping the thread off between. Cross the three back stitches over the front ones, then purl them all through. When there are nine stitches left on the needle, purl five; then put in the fringe.

11th row: Knit plain.

12th row: Purl and put in the fringe.

Repeat from first row, until you have the necessary length.

CHILD'S PETTICOAT.

The number of stitches to be used for this child's