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 TRIMMING IN CORAL PATTERN. The head is knitted. Cast on 10 stitches on each of the 4 needles; knit a round. Then 3 rounds knit plain. 4th round : Knit 17. You now commence the increase for the forehead. In the 18th st work 2 st thus : knit 1, then purl 1 ; work the 19th st in the same manner ; 20 st, knit plain ; the 21st and 22ndst like the 18th and 19th ; the rest knit plain. 5th round : Knit plain. 6th round : Increase like the 4th round in the 2 st on both sides the 22nd st. 7th round: Plain. 8th round : Increase like the 4th round on both sides the 24th st ; rest plain. 6 plain rounds. 14th round : Knit 7, knit 2 together ; Knit 1, knit 2 together ; knit plain until the 12 last; then knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together. 15th round: Plain. 16th round : Knit 5, knit 2 together 3 times ; knit plain until the last 11, when knit 2 together 3 times ; knit 5. 17th round : Like 14th. 18th round and 3 next rounds plain. 21st round : Knit 5, knit 2 together twice, kait plain until the last 9, then knit 2 together twice, knit 5. 22nd round : Plain. 23rd round : Knit 7, join the black, knit 2 together in black until the last 7, which kuit plain in gray. Knit 8 rounds plain, knitting the black stitches with black, and the gray with gray; cast off. Wad the head to the shape, stitch on the buttons for the eyes, add some shreds of black wool for whiskers, then stitch

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on the ears, the directions for knitting which follow. THE EARS. -Cast 12 st on 1 needle with gray wool. Knit back. 2nd row : Purl. 3rd row: Knit 2 together, knit 8, knit 2 together. 4th row: Purl 2 together, purl all but the 2 last, which purl together. Repeat the 3rd and 4th rows until you have only one stitch left, then cast off, and sew to the head.

NO. 3. CUFFS TO MATCH MUFF NO. 1. NO. 3. THE CUFFS. You work the cuffs in the same manner as the body of the animal and the muff. Make a chain of 30 stitches. This is for the height of the cuff. Work as the muff, until you have enough to pass over the hand. Make a lining of white quilted silk over wadding ; sew neatly to the edges of the crochet, make a runner at the top of the cuff, in which you draw through a ribbon, to tie it to the shape of the hand.

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BY MRS. JANE WEAVER.

THIS trimming is worked in chain-stitch edge is in button-hole stitch. with silk, cotton, or Andalusian wool. The pretty trimming.

A neat and