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 KNITTED JACKET

FOR

A

CHILD

FROM FOUR TO TWELVE MONTHS OF AGE. BY MRS. JANE WEAVER.

MATERIALS.-One ounce and a quarter of white, quarter of an ounce of red Berlin wool ; thick steel needles. This jacket fastens behind, and is commenced from the under edge. Cast on one hundred and thirty- six stitches, and work backward and forward. First, for the border, knit five plain rows with red wool, then one row quite plain with white wool, thirteen rows of two plain and two purled, alternately, then four rows plain with red wool, one row of six plain ; put the thread round the needle, and knit two together, alternately, so as to form separate holes, then two rows quite plain. After finishing the border in this manner, knit twenty rows plain, then in the 22nd, 42nd, 94th, and 114th stitches of the twentyfirst row make two stitches, and increase in every second row in this manner ; but care must be taken that the number from one increase to the other under the arm remains always equal toward the front. In the hinder middle there is, however, an increase. At the end of the forty-fifth row there must be one hundred and eighty-eight stitches upon the needle. In the forty-sixth row cast off for the armholes on both sides, and after the thirtyeighth and one hundred and forty-second stitch of the row cast off eight stitches, and work the front and back separately. Work eight rows on each of the back parts, then in the next twenty-one rows knit two stitches together plain at the end of each row, for the shoulder, until the number is reduced to twenty-six. After the twenty-first row cast off loosely. Afterward, in knitting the front part, in the

first seven rows decrease at the beginning and end, then knit twelve rows without any increase or decrease, then leave forty stitches in the middle for the slope for the throat, and work the shoulders with the stitches lying on both sides separately in twenty-two rows, and decrease regularly in each second row at the outer edge of the armhole side. At the opposite side, at the beginning of each second row, increase one stitch, so that the number remains the same; but the shoulder requires a sloped form, as shown in the design. After the twentysecond row, cast off and sew the shoulder, its end-stitch line to the sloped shoulder of the back part. Then take up the stitches left upon the needle in the middle of the front part, also the remainder of the slope for the neck as far as the long edge of the back part, and work six rows in white and two rows in red wool ; in the second white row, however, after every sixth stitch, put the thread round and knit two together, in order to make holes to pass the ribbon through. Take up also the stitches at the long edges of the back part, and knit seven rows, in the middle of which, on one side, make four button-holes fifteen stitches apart. For each button-hole knit two together twice, putting the thread round twice between them; place the buttons on the opposite side to close the jacket in the middle. Begin the sleeves at the under edge, and cast on forty stitches. Knit two rows of red, and then fourteen rows of white wool, alternately, two plain and two purled stitches ; then three rows in red wool, in the middle of which, after every sixth stitch, make a hole in the manner above described. At the beginning and end of the sixty following rows in white wool, increase one stitch in each sixth row ; then cast off in the two next (the sixty-first and sixty-second) rows fifty-one stitches at the beginning, in the following six rows two stitches at the beginning, in the following decrease four stitches, and finish the upper edge of the sleeve with the remaining stitches. Sew the sleeve stitch upon stitch into the armhole, so that the seam meets in the under middle. Draw a narrow white satin ribbon through the holes, and finish with a button at the top. 465

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