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340.—­Knitted Insertion.

Material:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s knitting cotton No. 20 or 30.

Cast on 14 stitches, and knit in rows, backwards and forwards, as follows:—­1st row:  Slip 1, knit 2 together, throw cotton forward, knit 2, knit 2 together, throw cotton forward, knit 2, knit 2 together, throw cotton forward, knit 3.  This row is repeated 18 times more; the stitch formed by throwing the cotton forward is knitted as 1 stitch.

20th row:  Slip 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1; place next 3 stitches upon another needle behind the cotton, and leave them alone; knit 1, knit 2 together, throw cotton forward, now knit the first 2 of the 3 stitches which have been left; knit the last of the 3 together with the next stitch on the needle, throw cotton forward, knit 3.  Repeat these 20 rows till strip is long enough.

[Illustration:  340.—­Knitted Insertion.]

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341 and 342.—­Knitted Cover for Sofa Cushion.

Materials:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s knitting cotton No. 12; eight ply fleecy wool.

[Illustration:  341.—­Stitch for Sofa Cover.]

This cushion (15 inches wide, 12 inches high) is made of grey calico; it is covered on one side with knitting, worked with grey crochet cotton.  The knitted cover has an open-work pattern, worked backwards and forwards on a number of stitches which can be divided by 2, and which must suit the width of the cushion, in the following manner:—­1st row:  Alternately throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together.

2nd row:  Slip 1, knit the other stitches.  The stitch formed by throwing the cotton forward is knitted as 1 stitch.

3rd row:  Knit 1, * throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together.  Repeat from *; after the last decreasing knit 1.

4th row:  Like the 2nd row.

These four rows are repeated till the cover is sufficiently large.  Draw a narrow piece of red worsted braid through every other open-work row of the pattern, as can be seen in illustration 341.  When the cushion has been covered with the knitting, it is edged all round with a border knitted the long way, in the above-mentioned open-work pattern; it is 14 rows wide, and also trimmed with worsted braid:  a fringe of grey cotton and red wool, 3 1/4 inches wide, is sewn on underneath the border at the bottom of the cushion; to this is added a thick red worsted cord, by which the cushion is hung on over the back of an arm-chair.  The cushion, on account of its simplicity, is especially suitable for garden chairs.

[Illustration:  342.—­Sofa Cushion.]

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343.—­Netted Nightcap.

Material:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s crochet cotton No. 12.