Knit the veil in the pattern of the original, or in the pattern of illustration 331.  For the former one begin at the lower edge of the veil, cast on 45 stitches upon thick wooden needles, and work the 1st row:  * Knit 2, throw the wool forward, knit 2 together twice, repeat from *.

2nd row:  Purled.

3rd row:  Knit 1, throw the wool forward, knit 2 together, * throw the wool forward, knit 2 together twice, and repeat from *.

4th row:  Purled.

5th row:  Like the 2nd row.  The pattern must be reversed.  The pattern figures increase with the increasings at the beginning and at the end of each row.

The pattern of illustration 331 consists of the 2 following rows:—­1st row:  Slip 1, then alternately throw the wool forward, and knit 2 together.

2nd row:  Entirely knitted; make 1 stitch of the wool thrown forward in the last row.  When the veil is finished, wet it, and stretch it over paper or pasteboard; let it dry, and then edge it with the following lace:—­Cast on 10, knit the 1st.

2nd row:  Knit 1, throw the wool forward, knit 9.

3rd row:  Knitted.

4th row:  Knit 1, throw the wool forward, knit 2, throw the wool forward, knit 2 together twice, knit 4.

5th row:  Knitted.

6th row:  Knit 1, throw the wool forward, knit 2, throw the wool forward, knit 2 together 3 times, knit 3.

7th row:  Cast off 3 stitches, knit 10. 8th row:  Knitted.

[Illustration:  331.  Pattern of Veil.]

[Illustration:  332.—­Knitted Pattern with Embroidery.]

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332.—­Knitted Pattern with Raised Embroidery.

Materials:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s knitting cotton No. 8 or 20.

This pattern is worked in rows going backwards and forwards with thick or fine cotton according to the use you wish to make of it.  The star-like figures on the knitted squares are worked with soft cotton in point de poste.  Cast on a number of stitches long enough (19 stitches are necessary for the two squares), work the 1st row:  * Knit 11 stitches, alternately 4 times knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward.  Repeat from *, The 2nd row is worked like the 1st, only purled, in this row, as well as in the following ones, the stitch must be knitted with the cotton thrown forward after the stitch, the last stitch of a plain square with the first cotton thrown forward of the open-work figure.  The number of stitches in the last must always be 8.  The pattern consists alternately of these two rows.  Each pattern contains 12 rows, with the 13th the squares are reversed.  The star figures are embroidered with double cotton by working 5 chain stitch in the middle of each square; draw the needle underneath the knitting to the next centre of a square.

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333 and 334.—­Knitted Table Cover, (see page 578.)