40th round:  * Knit 9, knit 3 together, knit 10*.

41st round:  * Knit 2, throw the cotton forward, knit 15, throw the cotton forward, knit 3 *.

42nd round:  * Knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 11, knit 2 together, knit 4 *.

43rd round:  * Knit 3, throw the cotton forward, knit 13, throw the cotton forward, knit 4 *.

44th round:  * Knit 4, knit 2 together, knit 9, knit 2 together, knit 5 *.

When the cover is completed, edge it all round, with the following border worked the short way:—­Cast on 5 stitches and knit the 1st row, slip 1, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2.

2nd row:  Slip 1, knit the rest.  Repeat this row after every pattern row.

3rd row:  Slip 1, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 1.

5th row:  Slip 1, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2.

7th row:  Slip 1, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 1.

9th row:  Slip 1, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2.

11th row:  Slip 1, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, knit 1.

13th row:  Slip 1, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 2.

15th round:  Cast off 8 stitches, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 1.

16th round:  Entirely knitted.  Begin again at the 1st row, knit a sufficient length of the border, and then trim the cover with it on the outer edge.

[Illustration:  335.—­Looped Knitting.]

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335.—­Looped Knitting.

Materials:  4-thread fleecy wool; 2 wooden knitting-needles; 1 flat wooden mesh.

Cast on a sufficient number of stitches, and knit the 1st row plain.

2_nd Row_.—­Slip the 1st stitch; insert the needle into the next stitch, and throw the cotton forward as if you were going to knit the stitch; place the mesh behind the needle in the right hand, and turn the wool which is on this needle upwards, bring it back again on the needle so that it is wound once round the mesh, and twice round the needle.  Then only the double stitch through the second stitch, knit it, and insert the needle into the next stitch, and repeat what has been explained.  Knit the last stitch without a loop.