New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-20

entire stocking. with many az twenty balls or
more Of different colored warn. The inricaces OF
a top alone. however, are generally sufficient to
satisfy the ambition OF most knitters the plain leg
being welcome relief after the close attention
necessary to follow the pattern OF the top" or
turnover"
One Of the pretiest patterns for the latter is the
basket top" which consists Of two colors apparent
~ plated together like basket ard for when the
directions are follows, the sign y meaning 10
repeat from Y: Cast 100 stitches; knit one round
plain rib two and two for S rows with original
color knit / turn and pur I. knit 2 turn and puri
. knit g. turn aid puri g. knit 4, turn ana purl D.
knit ). turn and pur 5. Repeat all around s'ocA-
ing until there twenty groups OF I'VE Sl'ches
each Turn and take contrasting color, y, pick up
stitches. purng. turn and knit .. Turn ana pun
) and together with the fifth stitch, pick up siitcn
of contrasting color OF next group and knit them
together Continue in this way until all the stitches
OF the contrasting group taken of then PICK
UP 5 more stitches, purling ana rep'a, iro" y al
around stocking. DO the same with next color'
the original color only taking up the sutches Oh
the knitting side
To ard the nattern take I'D stitches knitting OF
the original color and together with the stitches
knit l of contrasting color, purl back L. leaving
stitch on needle; knit stitches, purl back j,
leaving stitches needle; knit 3 taxing one OF
the original color with the third. Knit back and
knit 2 knitting one Of the other group with the
second stitch. Purl back l. knit J. together with
tho other group Repeat al! around the stocking
Two other pretty patterns for tops which have
,ocent,v been sent over from London are very easily
knitted: the directions run thus:
Stocking top No. l. Quantity or WOOL required LOT
.ool,,,g two cuts heather mixture" half cut tan.
THE letter II stands for heather mixture ana IoI
tan OF course any otter co.ors may be substituted
90 desired The sign means 10 repeat from -.
Cas, on u stitches II. Knit rows. plain. !
,url with H. The fourth fifth and sixth rows Knit
2 II T; seventh. eighth and ninth rows knlt J.
u. ,enth. eleventh. and twelfth rows knit II T.
thir,eenth row knit II; fourteenth and fifteenth
or, II. sixteenth knit II. r seventeenth knit
" T purl T. knit T ., knit II. knit /,
nurI ! 7. knit 7; eighteenth knit together 7 :
Init 2 II knit T purl T. knit T; nineteenth
ri ! IT knit T. knit II. knit T; twentieth row.
knit T. purl / T. knit T. knit II; twenty-hrst
row knit i H. l T. purl 7, knit 7, II; twenty
second row, knit II. ! r. purl T. n twenty
rid row. knit H. / T. purl T. knit T. twenty
fourth. knit T. 3 II. T, purl T; twenty-hith.
mi, r knit T. II. T; twenty-sixth, = pur'
# Unit l r II; twentyseventh. purl l, KNIT
r All T; twenty eighth, pick up stitch knit II
T nick up stitch, purl IT T . knit I. H. KIM
, y nurl I T. twenty-ninth' puFl J. h"lt J. ) H.
r; thirtieth. knit J, H. 1, pur. 'ni ~
ers, knit H. T. pun T, knit T; thirty second
nroa "a twenty-second; hirty-third. same as TWEEN
=. e-,t. thirty-fourth. same as twentieth thirty
e,,b same as nineteenth: thirty-siXth KNIT l. H.
T. purl T; thrty-seventh' knit H. thry-esh'h'
purl II. c. On 6 stitches H. knit 4 rows
plain and 9arl WIN II ff'9 r ToT iH hIi + a
sixth row yoI N'i knit II. r, H. r. H. r. H.
Il ei$@!hs fpii r T. II H. II = tenth Il Knit II 4 4
nm T +; eleventh knit H. T. iwst IN KNIT KNIT
+ 7 !nr' f XIII i5eenih knit mi i '2I +
7e T Sixteenth teen knit + seyeg'ee3 r n KNIT
T ssh f f. f 5%enie Il knit +
ses e: t~ cent KIM r II Ii + + T.
twentyseeonds X, knit WI, T. IT. II. = Il. T.
T. i% + H. XIII Rsoea H. flo II rows N;
r. II. T. II. j J. ,ddrtnp.,bIri row. KIT II;
sixth to twenty tourln; i''''
forty-fourth row, knit II.