Raised Plait Knitting for Carriage-rug.
(THIS IS EXTREMELY HANDSOME.)
Pins, No. 5. 3 lbs. and 3 ozs. 12-thread fleecy wool. You must have a third pin pointed at both ends. This costs 25s.
Cast on 20, and knit 6 plain rows.
Seventh row—knit 4, pearl 4, turn round, and knit and pearl these 4 alternately until 11 rows are done. An easy way of counting is to look at the side of the small strip, where there ought to be 7 large chains. When 11 rows are done you slip these 4 stitches on to the third pin, which you must keep on the right-hand side of your knitting.
Pearl 4 stitches on the right-hand pin off the 2nd pin on the left, leaving the 3rd pointed pin hanging down over the right side of the knitting; then pearl the 4 stitches on the above-mentioned 3rd pin; pearl 4, knit 4.
Eighth row—plain knitting.
Ninth row—knit 4, pearl 12, knit 4.
Tenth row—knit 8, turn round, and pearl and knit these 4 alternately until 11 rows are done. Slip them on to the pointed pin, and let it hang down over the right side of the knitting. Knit 4 stitches on the right-hand pin off the left one; then knit the 4 on the double-pointed pin; knit the remainder.
Eleventh row—knit 4, pearl 12, knit 4.
Twelfth row—plain knitting.
Repeat from the 7th row until one yard and a half are done; knit 6 plain rows and cast off. You must knit 5 stripes, three scarlet and two white, and join with Berlin or Scotch fingering. Put a fringe, which must be crocheted on. Take about 24 inches of wool, double it, insert the crochet-needle in a stitch of the couvre-pied and pull the ends of the wool through the loop, and tighten gently with the fingers.