My Knitting Book by Miss Lambert


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PREFACE

The examples of knitting, contained in the following pages, have been
selected with the greatest care,—many are original,—and the whole are
so arranged as to render them comprehensible even to a novice in the
art.

Knitting being so often sought, as an evening amusement, both by the
aged and by invalids, a large and distinct type has been adopted,—as
affording an additional facility. The writer feels confident in the
recommendation of "My Knitting Book," and humbly hopes it may meet with
the same liberal reception that has been accorded to her "Hand-Book of
Needlework."

The numerous piracies that have been committed on her last mentioned
work, have been one inducement to publish this little volume; and from
the low price at which it is fixed, nothing, but a very extended
circulation, can ensure her from loss. Some few of the examples have
been selected from the chapter on knitting, in the "Hand-Book."


CONTENTS

EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN KNITTING 9
THE STANDARD FILIÈRE 12
SIBERIAN CUFFS 13
A KNITTED SILK CUFF 13
OPEN STITCH FOR CUFFS 14
VERY PRETTY CUFFS 14
MUFFATEES WITH TWO COLOURS 16
GENTLEMEN'S MUFFATEES 17
PLAIN RIBBED MUFFATEES 17
ANOTHER PAIR OF MUFFATEES 18
KNITTED CUFFS, SHELL PATTERN 18
DOUBLE KNITTED CUFFS 20
A BRIOCHE 21
FRINGE PATTERN KNITTING 23
AN OPERA CAP 24
A SONTAG, OR CEPHALINE 26
A BONNET CAP 28
DOUBLE KNITTING FOR COMFORTERS, ETC. 29
[vi]KNITTED LACE 29
KNITTED INSERTION 31
CORAL TRIMMING FOR A MUSLIN DRESS 32
BARLEY-CORN STITCH 32
A MUFF, IN COLOURS OF SABLE 33
ANOTHER MUFF 34
CLOSE STITCH FOR A WAISTCOAT, ETC 34
LONG SLEEVES TO WEAR UNDER THE DRESS 35
TWELVE PATTERNS FOR D'OYLEYS, TIDIES, ETC. 36

LEAF AND TRELLIS PATTERN 36
ROSE-LEAF PATTERN 40
POINT PATTERN 42
GOTHIC PATTERN 43
SCOTCH PATTERN 44
CHEVRON PATTERN 45
VANDYKE PATTERN 46
LACE PATTERN 47
FISH-BONE PATTERN 49
GERMAN PATTERN 49
DIAMOND PATTERN 52
SHELL PATTERN 53


CABLE KNITTING 54
A PURSE 55
PRETTY STITCH FOR A PURSE 55
A PENCE JUG, OR PURSE 56
[vii]A STRONG PURSE 59
A PRETTY OPEN STITCH FOR A PURSE 60
OPEN STITCH PURSE WITH BEADS 61
A PURSE IN FINE SILK 62
HERRINGBONE, OR SHETLAND STITCH FOR A PURSE 62
FIVE PRETTY PATTERNS FOR BAGS 63

DIAGONAL CHECK PATTERN BAG 63
LOZENGE PATTERN BAG 64
HEM-STITCH PATTERN BAG 65
SPIDER PATTERN BAG 68
STRIPE PATTERN BAG 69


A BAG, WITH BLACK OR GARNET BEADS 69
KNITTED FRINGE 70
VANDYKE BORDER 71
A WARM HALF-SQUARE SHAWL 73
A WARM DOUBLE KNITTED SCARF, IN TWO COLOURS 74
A BORDER FOR A SHAWL OR QUILT 75
RAISED KNITTING FOR A SHAWL 76
A RUSSIAN SHAWL, IN BRIOCHE STITCH 77
A LIGHT STITCH FOR A SHAWL 77
STAR PATTERN SHAWL, IN TWO COLOURS 78
BARÈGE KNITTING FOR SHAWLS 79
A SHETLAND KNITTED SCARF 80
SHETLAND PATTERN FOR A SHAWL 82
OTHER PATTERNS FOR SHAWLS 83
[viii]DOUBLE DIAMOND STITCH FOR A QUILT 83
A QUILT 84
A LIGHT AND WARM COUNTERPANE 85
CROSS STITCH PATTERN FOR A QUILT 86
ANOTHER QUILT 88
A QUILT, OR COUVRE-PIED, IN SQUARES 89
A COVER FOR AN AIR PILLOW 92
A BABY'S HOOD 92
A BABY'S SOCK 97
ANOTHER BABY'S SOCK 99
A BABY'S STOCKING 100
A CARRIAGE BOOT 102
A DOUBLE-KNITTED NIGHT SOCK 104
A FRILEUSE OR NECK TIPPET 106
WHEEL PATTERN FOR TIDIES, ETC 106
KNITTED CORAL 107
HINTS ON KNITTING 107







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