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KNITTING:
HOW
TO KNIT
AND
WHAT
TO KNIT.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
COMPILED AND EDITED
BY
MARIE LOUiSE KERZMAN.
PUBLISHED BY
HE^n?,"y B I S T O"W,
IR,
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Entered according to Act of Congress,in the year 18S4,
By HENRY BRISTOW,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress,Washington,D.C.
«*HOW TO
KNIT.**
•o-^o.
The necessary materials for knitting are either cotton,
worsted, silk or thread, and knitting needles.
Stockings and all knittingworked in rounds require four
knitting needles, three of which are used for holding the
stitches of the work, and the fourth to knit with.
The casting on of stitchesforms the beginning of knitting.
It consists of loops formed around a knitting needle. Every
loop will form a stitch. The number of stitches will deter-
mine the width of the object which is to be knitted.
There are five different ways of casting on stitches. For
the casting on of stitches always unroll an end of the cotton
long enough to work the stitches required, as this end is used
in the formation of those stitches.
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No. 1. Illustration No. 1 shows the
position of the cotton, ready to cast on
the first stitch. Place the cotton over
the thumb and first finger of the left
hand, in such a way as to have the end
of cotton, which must be sufficiently
long forthe requirednumberof stitches,
fall from the thumb toward the palm of
the hand. Hold this end and the other
part of the cotton with the remaining
No.1. Position to form thk
fingers of the left hand. This same firstCast on Stitch
position of the cotton is used in illustrations 2 and 3. Take
the needle with the right hand, place it over the cotton,
between the thumb and the first finger, pass it under the
cotton restingaround the thumb, bring it upward then pass
;
the needle downward, under the cotton resting on the first
finger pass this loop through the loop around the thumb,
;
withdraw the thumb from the loop pass the thumb under
;
the end of the cotton, toward the palm ofthe hand drawthis
;
end in order to close tli^ stitch just formed.
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Xo. 2 Casting on ofSingle Stitches. Begin in the same
manner as described in Xo. 1. and make 2 stitches. Then take
up on the needle the loop which is around the thumb (see
illustration 2), without withdrawing the thumb, insert the
needle around the cotton marked o in illustration Xo. 2, from
right to left, and draw it through loop a; close this stitch as
already directed in Xo. 1, by withdrawing the thumb from
loop a and drawing the end of cotton.
No.2. CastingonofSingleStitches. No.3. Casting on by Knitting.
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Xo. 3. This casting on of stitches requires two needles.
Form the first stitch in same manner as described in Xo. 1.
Then, with the left hand, hold the needle on which this first
-Mich is formed, pass the cotton over thefirst finger of the left
band, take a needle with the right hand, and insert the point
into the loop on the left needle, wind the cotton around the
P'-int of the right needle, draw it through theloop, *insert the
point of the h-ft needle into the loop just formed on the right
needle, wind the cotton around the point of the right needle,
draw it through the loop. Repeat from *. See illustration 3.
No. i Thi Casting on ofa New Row ofStitches. This
casting on of stitches is generally employed in knitting with
rated, which requires :i new casting on of stitches in the
progress of the work, h is done by putting the worsted (see
illustration No. 4) over the thumb of the Left hand, holding
'I nd between the second and third fingers, * take up the
rted around the thumb and lying toward the palm of the
hand, bj inserting the needle from under the worsted in an
upward direction (see illustration No. w ithdraw the thumb
1 1,
from tli" loop, pasa the thumb nnder the end of worsted resl
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ing in the palm of the hand, and draw it to close the stitch.
Hepeat from *
No.4. >"ewCasting onof Stitches. No-5- Casting on of Stitches
leaving an Edge.
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Xo. 5. The casting on of stitches illustrated in cut No. 5
forms anarrow border after the first rowhas been knitted. In
order toeasilyknit the firstrow, the casting onof stitchesmust
be done on a pair of knitting needles. Unroll an end long
enoughfor the required number of stitches. Double it. Fold
this doubled end in half, insert the point of the needles into
the fold, place on the first finger of the left hand the longend
of the worsted which is among the short ends. Place the
three short ends over the thumb. Hold all these ends with
the second finger. Take on the needles the ends resting on
the thumb(marked b in illustration), and insert themasshown
in illustration Xo. 5. Then pass the needles through the loop
on first finger, in the direction of the arrow, and pass this loop
through the loop already formed on the needles, withdraw
the thumb, close the stitch by drawing the three ends, which
is done by passing the thumb under them.
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Xo. 6 Double Casting on of Stitches. The difference
between this method of casting on and the preceding is, that
every knot forms, each time, two loops instead of one, on the
needle. The first knot must be formed in the same manner
a- described in Xo. 5. In order to work the second knot,
insert once more the needle into the loop of three ends which
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rest on the thumb, marked a in
illustration No. 6. The arrow, in
same illustration, shows where
to insert the needle and the di-
rection it has totake. This done,
insert the needle downward into
loop b, and draw the latter
through loop resting on the
thumb, withdraw the thumb and
close the knot. Every loop on
tlie needle must be knitted sepa-
rately at the lirst row.
No.6. CastingonofDoubleStitches..
*WHAT
TO KNIT>
Cut No. 7 illustrates plain knitting. This is the stitch
ifiHT.-illy used in ordinary knitting. First, cast on the required
numberofstitches in one of the ways already described. This
done, take in the left hand the needle on which are the loops.
place the thread over the first fin-
ger of the left hand, holditwith
he Becond finger of the samehand,
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Take the second needle with the
righl hand, insert its point into the
stitch, in :in up ward direction,
and i lirou i M e No.7. Plain Knittino thread aroundl
the righl hand i die, from righl to left. Draw it through.
the preceding loopand slip the l«*fi hand needle from its loop.
Bverj loop on the leff hand needle is worked in the same
manner.
When all the stitches have I worked from the lefl
hand needle, take thai needle in the righl hand and continue
t<• work in same manner.
To Pearl, Purlor Seam(meaning the same thing), is done
by holding with the left hand a needle on which a row of
stitches has been cast. Take a needle in the right hand, place
the cotton over ^^(^£^^^^^%g^^_. tne left hand
needle and the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ first finger of the
left hand, hold ||||p : ||§g the end with the
second linger of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^P the same hand.
Insert the right ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ hand needle
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through the loop ^^^^^^^M^^ on the left hand
needle, point no.8. pcrled knitting. right to left, in
such a manner as to have the cotton just underthe righthand
needle. Pull this cotton through the loop, withdraw the left
hand needle from the loop, and the purled stitch is formed.
How to Repair a Stitch which lias been HalfKnitted, or
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DroppedwhileKnitting. Inknitting, one ought to be careful
not to drop stitches or to form half stitches. The latter hap-
pens when the thread thrown over the right hand needle has
notbeen pulled through the loop of the left hand needle. To
remedy this, while working the next round or row, take the
thread which has been thrown over the needle from it, and
pull it through the loop of the stitch. To repair a dropped
stitch, insert the left needle into the stitch, gather all the
threads on the right hand needle and pull them through the
loop of the stitch, one after the other.
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To Increase. There are two ways to increase. The first
is, to knit both in the lower part of the stitch and also in the
stitch itself. The second way is to bring the cotton forward
round the end of the right needle, to the front this forms a
;
loop on the right needle when the next stitch is knitted, and
this extra loop is the made stitch. It is preferable to increase
after the first mannerin plain knitting, as this way of increas-
ing is not so marked. The second manner is used in fancy
knitting, as it leaves alittle opening after the stitchis formed.
To Slip a Stitch is to take a stitch off the left needle and
to slip it on to the right needle without knitting.
With any work knitted in rows, it is necessary that the
first stitch of every row be worked as a slipped stitch. If it
is a row of purl, the first stitch must be slipped off as if it
were plain knitting if it is a row of plain knitting, slip the
;
first stitch off as if it were purl knitting.
:
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How to Narrow. The usual way of narrowing is to knit
two stitches together, viz. put the right needle through two
:
of the loops on the left needle, and knit them as one stitch.
Another method is to slip a stitch, knit one, and then with
he left needle cast the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch.
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When the narrowing is used to give a certain shape to the
work, it is well to employ the first method when narrowing
at the end of the round or row and the second method when
;
narrowing at the beginning of it.
Casting Offis done as follows : Knit two plain stitches,
with the left needle throw the first stitch over the second,
knit a third stitch, throw the second over the third, knit a
fourth, throw the third over the fourth, and so on until the
last stitch is worked. Pull the cotton through, and a knot is
formed.
The Joining ofEnds in knitting ought never to be done
by knotting them together. It maybe done so that no defect
is visible on the right side of the work, bylapping them three
indies together, and knitting five inches with doubled thread,
Leaving the ends on the wrong side of the work. These ends
ran then be neatly darned into the wrong side of the work.
Lady's Stocking.
To knit a stocking, attention must be given to the size of
tin- knitting needles, which ought to correspond with the
number of the material with which the stocking is to be
knitted. It would be difficult to give the exact number of
stitches necessary for any given size of stocking, as there is
always ;i difference between the knitting of different persons,
since some knil loosely, others very closely. It must be left
to the judgment of the knitter to determine the exact number
ofstitches required for the Btocking i<> be knitted.
Tie- following Is ihe method of knitting a lady's stocking
with No. 800 knitting silk (or any other material of same si/.ei,
with needles t" correspond.
This Btocking is knitted, withadouble border, as follows
I t on ifi2 stitch,.s on :: q lies. After having cast
on tie- last stitch, close the round by knitting the first stitch
o||.
Knit I i '"iihIs plaj n.
