Then begin the pattern in brioche stitch; it is worked as follows:—­Knit first 1 row, then slip the first stitch of the first following pattern row, * throw the cotton forward, slip the next stitch (slip the stitches always as if you were going to purl them), knit 2 together; repeat 5 times more from *; the last stitch is knitted.

2nd row of the pattern:  Slip the 1st stitch, * knit 2; the stitch which has been formed in the preceding row by throwing the cotton forward is slipped after the 2nd knitted stitch; repeat 5 times more from *; knit the last stitch.

3rd row:  Slip the 1st stitch, * decrease 1 (here, and in all the following rows, knit the next stitch together with the stitch before it, which has been formed in the preceding row by throwing the cotton forward), throw the cotton forward, slip 1; repeat from *; knit the last stitch.

4th row:  Slip the 1st stitch, * knit 1, slip the stitch which has been formed in the preceding row by throwing the cotton forward, knit 1, knit the last stitch.  Repeat these 4 rows till the braces are long enough.  The pattern is 19 inches long.  Then knit 6 rows plain, decreasing 1 at the end of every row, then work each lappet separately, dividing the stitches so that each lappet is 7 stitches wide.  Each lappet has 72 rows; after the first 18 rows make a button-hole as described for the preceding one.  Work 18 rows between the 1st and 2nd button-hole.  The lappets are rounded off by decreasing after the 2nd button-hole.

[Illustration:  338.—­Knitted Braces.]

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339.—­Pattern for Knitted Curtains, &c.

Material:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s knitting cotton No. 8.

This pattern is suitable for knitting different articles, according to the thickness of the cotton used.  The number of stitches must be divided by ten.  The pattern is knitted backwards and forwards.

[Illustration:  339.—­Pattern for Knitted Curtains.]

1st row:  All plain.

2nd row:  * Knit 1, make 2, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted one, knit 5, knit 2 together, make 2.  Repeat from *.

3rd row:  Purl the long stitch formed by making 2 in preceding row, * make 2, purl 2 together, purl 3, purl 2 together, make 2, purl 3.  Repeat from *. (By make 2 is meant twist the cotton twice round the needle, which forms one long stitch, and is knitted or purled as such in next row.)

4th row:  Knit 3, * make 2, slip 1, knit 1, and pass the slipped stitch over, knit 1, knit 2 together, make 2, knit 5.  Repeat from *.

5th row:  Purl 3, * make 2, purl 3 together, make 2, purl 7.  Repeat from*.

6th row:  Knit 3, * knit 2 together (1 stitch and 1 long stitch), make 2, knit 1, make 2, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over (the knitted stitch is a long stitch), knit 5.  Repeat from *.

Continue the pattern by repeating always from the 2nd to the 5th row; the 6th row is the repetition of the 2nd row, but it is begun (compare the two rows) about the middle of the 2nd row, so as to change the places of the thick diamonds in the following pattern.  This will be easily understood in the course of the work.