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 INFANT'S

SHIRT.

BY MRS. JANE WEAVER.

WITH split zephyr, cast on 100 stitches, using fine ivory needles, or coarse steel ones, No. 11. Knit 2 rows plain. 3rd Row. -Knit 1, bring the thread forward and knit two together, continue to the end of the needle ; knit the last stitch plain.

4th, 5th, and 6th Rows. - Knit plain. Repeat these last 4 rows 4 times ; then seam 2 stitches and knit 2 plain, alternately, until you think you have it long enough. The general length of shirts is a quarter or three- eighths of a yard long. Bind off for one side. Repeat this for the other side. Sew the two sides together, leaving 2 inches unsewed at the top for the armholes. Do the same for the other side. Begin where you finished sewing and pick up the stitches (on the right side) on one side of the armhole ; cast on 12 more stitches, then pick up the other stitches on the other side of the armhole and knit 1 row plain ; then repeat the 4 rows of holes 4 times. Bind off, and knit the other sleeve in the same way. Join under the arm. Pick up the stitches all round the neck on 4 coarse steel needles. Make 3 rows of holes as before. Bind off and finish with cord and tassels, or ribbon. >

KNITTED

SONTAG.

BY MRS. JANE WEAVER.

MATERIALS .-6 oz. crimson zephyr; fine bone knitting-needles. Cast on 31 stitches. Knit 1 row plain, 1 row widen and narrow, 1 row plain. BEGINNING OF THE BLOCKS.1st Row.-(Widen at the beginning of every row. ) Knit 4 plain and 4 seam, throughout the row. 2nd Row.-(Reverse.) Seam the 4 stitches that were knit plain, and knit the 4 seam stitches plain. Repeat the two rows until you have one block made. 4 rows form a block. 5th Row. -Seam through. 6th Row.-(Reverse. ) Seam the 4 plain stitches in the last block, and knit plain the 4 stitches that were widened to 180 stitches ; then take off 69 seamed. stitches on another needle. Bind off 12 stitches Repeat 4 rows. in the center ; then repeat the blocks on the one Repeat these two blocks until you have side of the work. 412