Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1911 — FASHN'S LATEST FANCIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FASHN'S LATEST FANCIES

TO KNIT TOT'S OLOVE DAINTY HAND COVERING FOR THE LITTLE ONE. * Instructions Which Will Enable Any One of Ordinary Skill to Produce a Pretty Glove for an Infant. Materials required; One-half ounce of three-thread wool; four knitting pins, No. 16, One yard of narrow sarcenet ribbon. Cast on 48 stitches on three pins. Ist to 81st rounds —Knit 2 and purl 2 alternately. 32d round—Make 1 by putting the wool over the pin, knit 2 together, repeat all round. 33d round—Like first round. 34th round—Knit 2 and purl 1. 36th and 36th rounds —Knit, repeat from the 34th round 5 times more. 62d round—Knit 1 and purl 1 in the first stitch; knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1 and purl 1 In the sixth stitch;

thlß Is to commerce the thumb, which has an increase on each side of it, work In the pattern to the end of the round. 63d round—Knit, without Increase or decrease. 64th round —Knit 1 and purl 1 in the first stitch, knit 6, knit 1 and purl 1 in the eighth stitch, knit plain to the end of the round, repeat from the 52d round 5 times more; you will have 2 stitches more to work between the two Increases after each increase row. Now slip the stitches for the thumb

on to a 'piece of cotton, and leave them. The thumb-stitches comprise the 2 Increase stitches and the stitches between (20 In number). Continue to work on the rest of the stitches in the round, keeping the pattern for 20 rounds; In the next round decrease by knitting 2 together after every sixth stitch, work 3 more rounds without decrease; in the next round decrease as before, work 6 rounds without decrease, then cast off. Join the stitches and draw them together at the top, making the Joint about 1 inch In length. Now pick up the thumb-stitches and knit them In the round for 18 rounds, still preserving the,pattern; cast off and draw up with a needle and wool, run narrow sarcehet ribbon through the row of holes at the wrist, and tie at the side. The glove will flt either the right or left hand.