The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-06
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directions for Knitting soIdier.' MHten..
for socks. ''''' '1'" ~ ''ou
Set up hfty-siv stitches. ritbing two And ,v,o
i9r about three inches making a inutF,teo kni,
plaln, half an inch, then begin to cot tho thumb
A. follows, viz
In middle Of frat needle take 30 loon md
Knit II, thus making a stitch without a hole.
Knit round plain twice, make a stitch each AID,
OF the three already made, knit once plain. Adj
| aiitch each sito of the now onss, knit once
PLAIN, and 20 continue until ninetoen new stitch.
rs No made; Then knit plain until from the
peginning ot setting the thumb II tneasures
tbiec inches. Take OF the nineteen stitches on
,Nihe IN place ot them cast on six stitches 1;
Hnt once PLAIN, narrow the Fix stitches 10 tour
doing u at each side OF them, viz First side
,hp ana hind the two together, and, last side
s shll w" togG'h't then kuit round PLAIN until
from ahoNc tho thumb it NJ asuros ono and a
quarter Inches take of sixteen ,titches for tho
iote-ihgcr-haNi the dilctircctly oycr tb,
middle ot the thumb uecdle-in III tr, oi than,
caSt on siN stitche. knit round once nl,in. nav.
row orc stitch in miiilc Of first REQ. lc knit
round plain until from setting oC C,r.. .tp,,er !,
measures ono and a-hlii inches. krit round
Vl'in unt' from setting Of tulc.nu,,f il ipcas
u''S Two '"i a ] Al inches ibcn narrow. in anv
va! approved = Tor the g., of ,st,.itng
rn vu
Tar ~ tb' nineteen ,;it.h,. r,m .h, twin.
take up ten oIpy,i; 80 i,iu tu,r.. mars. A..
zen ''i'chca a. each side, kli';uf once rlr1 be-
tween, until thrv are htough. Town tn f.uf
mar ow { c-c away v iihou' klittis,, h.tv.,r
until ouly III, nj iotccn ,itc roman. kni,
round PLAIN, M II from the /. king up oi thumb
Altchca II mca,ur'5 one ini u.rr.,ut,fto-. ,,,h
- thcn narrow I'll s-ldonly, like ihc ,rI If
stocking toe.
TORE rtNDTE
Take 81 the .ixtcen stitchc, from the tvine
4 nLaNF .t.al a.
Knit round plain once narrow tus cipht stitrb
rs ~ each side until they are brought down 10
lhrcc KNIT round plain until from tho scttin,
~ the iord-hngcr II measures two and A Lalf
lnchoS, then narrow IN suddenly. In second |
n'ueh II Is better 10 set the thumb on the thifd |
n,'u'e @ in'trad oi the first, IN order to bring |
seam that shows Slightly into the palm.
Another writer, on tho same subject, makes
tho following suggestions .-
Many ladies are pattiotically and hum,nolv
engaged IN knitting mittcns for our bravo va
luhtoerS, whose exposure, this keen December
weather viii not allow ~ To forget In tho
'tuhea. larger nuSlhcr Of men were disabled or
VI hmeh itom frozen hands irpst bitten fin.
ger, than hy any other cause Tho best w.v IA
make mhtens in this emergency, ia To cut and
sew Them from heavy cloth. Even with m,
heeilc, pair OF warm and durable mittcn, can
uc thus made IN a quarter of tho time required
70 KNIT them by the most export knittcf bc-
SUES SUES that' tho material, using scraps of cloth.
will cost really nothing. But with tho scxir,,
machine, and good pattern to cut tho mittcns
hy, pair OF excellent mittons can bo turned
out every few minutes. Tho Wilcox a Gibba
Sewing Machine Co. have perfected a pattern
which can he sawed by machine, TO tho la,t
'tltch, "ta te'H ne Furnished gratis 10 all dppG
'dns IL has tho right hand fore finger. for
handling tho muskct, and printed direction. on
zach pattern, U"