together,
throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward,
knit 2 together, knit 5, throw the cotton forward, knit 2 together, knit
2, throw the cotton forward, knit 3 together, throw the cotton forward,
knit 2 together.

10th row: Knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 1, throw the
cotton forward, knit 2, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit
14.

11th row: Slip 1, knit 11, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward,
knit 2, knit 2 together, throw the cotton forward, knit 1, throw the
cotton forward, knit 3 together. Then begin again on the 2nd row, and
work on till the border is long enough; sew the lace on to the centre,
slightly gathering the former. Lastly, work in the spots with glazed or
coarse embroidery cotton.

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_338.--Knitted Braces_.

Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s knitting cotton No. 8 or 12.

These braces are knitted with coarse white cotton, taken double; the
braces themselves are worked in brioche stitch, the lappets are knitted
plain. Begin at the bottom of the front lappet, make a foundation chain
of 14 stitches, knit 5 rows plain backwards and forwards, then divide
the stitches into two halves to form the button-hole; knit 15 rows on
each of the halves consisting of 7 stitches; then take the 14 stitches
again on one needle and work 17 rows on them. Then work a second
button-hole like the first one; knit 6 more rows plain, increasing 1 at
the end of every row, so that the number of stitches at the end of the
lappet is 20.

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, sli