rom the 1st row.

Thirteen stitches are large enough for a stripe for a sofa-cover. These
stripes should be sewn together after all are finished.

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298.--_Spiral Stitch_.

Materials: Needles, thick steel or bone; double wool.

This stitch is far more effective worked in thick wool than in cotton.
It is done in stripes alternately wide and narrow. For wide stripes cast
on twenty-one stitches, for narrow fifteen; this without counting the
first and last stitch, the first being slipped, the last always plainly
knitted.

1_st Row_.--Purl 3 together to end of row.

2_nd Row_.--Make 1, * 1 plain, make 2, repeat from * end by making the
last stitch before the plain knitted one at end of row.

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[Illustration 299.--Knotted Stitch.]

299.--_Knotted Stitch_.

Materials: Needles, wood or ivory; double wool.

Cast on 11 stitches.

1_st Row_.--All plain, throwing the wool twice round the needle before
each stitch.

2_nd Row_.--Each stitch on the needle is now composed of 3 threads of
wool: knit the first plain, the second purl, the third plain; cast off
the second over the third, and the first over the second; this leaves
but one stitch; repeat from first row until a sufficient length is
obtained. This pattern makes very pretty borders.

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300.--_Knitted Moss Borders_.

Materials: Steel needles; moss wool of several shades of green.

Cast on enough stitches for double the width required, say twenty, and
knit very tightly in plain knitting, row by row, until a sufficient
length has been obtained. Cut off and place the strip on a sieve over a
basin of boiling water, and cover it over. When it has absorbed the
steam, and while wet, iron it with a box-iron. Then cut the strip down
the centre, and unravel the wool on each side. The threads of wool all
curling, resemble moss. They are held firmly by the selvedge of the
knitting.

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301.--_German Brioche Stitch_

Materials: Wood or ivory needles; wool.

Cast on an even number of stitches.

All the rows are knitted as follows:--Slip 1, taken as for purling,
make 1, take 2 together. In the following rows the made stitch must
always be slipped, the decreased stitch and the slipped stitch of the
previous row knitted together.

[Illustration: 301.--German Brioche Stitch.]

Ordinary Brioche Stitch is mad