First row-with claret,-knit one; slip one; repeat to the end of the row.

Second row-with claret,-knit one; bring the wool forward, slip one; pass the wool back, knit one; repeat to the end of the

row.

Third row-with claret, slip one; knit one; repeat to the end of the row.

Fourth row-bring the wool forward, slip one; pass the wool, back, knit one; repeat to the end of the row.

Fifth and sixth rows-same as first and second, in blue.

HONEYCOMB STITCH FOR A BAG.

Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by five. First round-bring the wool forward, knit two together, taken at the back; knit three-repeat to the end of the round.

Second and third rounds-repeat the first, making one extra plain stitch at the commencement.

Fourth round-plain knitting.

Fifth round-bring the wool forward, knit three; knit two together.

Sixth and seventh rounds-same as the fifth.

Eighth round-plain knitting, making one additional stitch, to bring the pattern correct in the next row.

BABY'S HOOD.

Cast on fifty stitches, and knit eighty plain rows; sixty of which are to be rolled up to form the front.

Sew together three inches of the cast on part; and draw up the remainder for the crown.

Cast on fifty stitches for the hood, and work forty plain rows.

No. 18 needles, and double German wool.

When finished, it may be lined with white silk or satin, and trimmed with narrow satin ribbon.

LONG SLEEVES TO WEAR UNDER THE DRESS.

No. 14 needles, and six-thread embroidery fleecy.

Cast on forty-two stitches very loosely, alternately knit, and pearl, three stitches, for twelve turns.

Knit ten turns plain.

Knit thirty-five turns, plain,-increasing one stitch on each

turn.

Knit twenty turns, plain,-increasing one stitch every other

turn.

Repeat the twelve turns as at the commencement.

OPEN STITCH FOR A LIGHT SHAWL, D'OYLEY, ETC.

Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by three. First row-bring the wool forward, knit two together, taken at the back; slip one; repeat to the end of the row.

Every succeeding row is the same.

JARRETIÈRES.

Cast on eighteen stitches.

Knit in double knitting in rows backwards and forwards, until of the desired length.

EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN KNITTING.

To cast on.-The first interlacement of the cotton on the needle.

To cast off-To knit two stitches, and to pass the first over the second, and so on to the last stitch, which is to be secured by drawing the thread through.

To cast over. To bring the cotton forward round the needle. To narrow. -To lessen, by knitting two stitches together.

To seam.-To knit a stitch with the cotton before the needle. To widen. To increase by making a stitch, bringing the cotton round the needle, and knitting the same when it occurs.

A turn. Two rows in the same stitch, backwards and forwards. To turn. To change the stitch.

A row. The stitches from one end of the needle to the other. A round.-A row when the stitches are on two, three, or more needles.

A plain row. That composed of simple knitting.

To pearl a row. -To knit with the cotton before the needle. To rib. To work alternate rows of plain and pearl knitting. To bring the thread forward.-To bring the cotton forward so as to make an open stitch.

A loop stitch.-Made by bringing the cotton before the needle, which, in knitting the succeeding stitch, will again take its own place.

To slip or pass a stitch. To change it from one needle to the other without knitting it.

To fasten on-the best way to fasten on is to place the two ends contrariwise, and knit a few stitches with both together. For knitting with silk or fine cotton, a weaver's knot (as represented in the annexed engraving), will be found the best.

To take under-To pass the cotton from one needle to the other, without changing its position.

Pearl, seam, and rib-stitch,—all signify the same.

N.B. The sizes of the needles are given according to the filière, drawn at page 94.

It is necessary in giving or following directions for knitting, to caution knitters to observe a medium in their work-not knitting either too loose or too tight.

HINTS ON KNITTING.

A plain stitch at the beginning of each row, called by Madame Gaugain an edge stitch, is a great improvement in most instances, as it makes an uniform edge, and the pattern is kept more even at its commencement. In most knitting, the edge-stitch is slipped.

It is said that knitting should be taught to children, when young; it is curious to observe how much more readily those persons handle the needle, who have learnt it in childhood.

It is easiest to learn to knit by holding the wool over the fingers of the left hand; the position of the hands is more graceful when thus held.

It is always advisable to cast on loosely.

When it is requisite to cast off, and continue the row on a separate needle, it is sometimes better to run a coarse silk through the cast off stitches; they are easily taken up when required,

and the inconvenience of the idle needle is avoided,- -as for instance, in working children's shoes.*

It is not perhaps generally known, that the crimson caps worn by the Turks (some of which are occasionally seen in this country), are knitted. The Fèz manufactory of Eyoub, at Constantinople, established by Omer Lufti Effendi, is thus described, from a recent visit by Miss Pardoe.-"As we passed the threshold, a most curious scene presented itself. About five hundred females were collected together in a vast hall, awaiting the delivery of the wool which they were to knit; and a more extraordinary group could not perhaps be found in the world. There was the Turkess with her yashmac folded closely over her face, and her dark feridjhe falling to the pavement: the Greek woman, with her large turban and braided hair, covered loosely with a scarf of white muslin, her gay-coloured dress, and large shawl: the Armenian, with her dark eyes flashing from under the jealous screen of her carefully-arranged veil, and her red slipper peeping out under the long wrapping cloak the Jewess, muffled in a coarse linen cloth, and standing a little apart, as though she feared to offend by more immediate contact: and among the crowd, some of the loveliest girls imaginable."

This establishment is on a very extensive scale, three thousand workmen being constantly employed. The wool is spread over a stone-paved room, where it undergoes saturation with oil; it is then weighed out to the carders, and afterwards spun into threads of greater or less size, according to the quality of fez for which it is to be knit. The women then receive it in balls, each containing the quantity necessary for a cap; and these they take home by half a dozen or a dozen at a time, to their own houses, and on restoring them, receive a shilling for each of the coarse, and seventeen pence for each of the fine ones.

The fèz afterwards undergoes various operations, such as felting, blocking, dyeing, etc., when it assumes the appearance of a fine close cloth. It is then carried to the marker, who works into the crown the private cypher of the manufacturer, and affixes the short cord of crimson which is to secure the tassel of purple silk, with its curious appendage of cut paper. The last opera

tion is that of sewing on the tassels, and packing the caps into parcels containing half a dozen each, stamped with the imperial seal. Fifteen thousand caps a month are produced at the manufactory of Eyoub.

We must not close the subject of knitting, without briefly alluding to the productions of Barège, the Shetland Isles, and Sanquhar.

The village of Barège, situated on the French side of the Pyrennees, at the foot of these lofty mountains, is celebrated for that peculiar description of knitting, where various coloured wools, and sometimes gold and silver, are introduced to form most elegant patterns. The knitting from the Shetland isles