KNITTED WOOLLENS
INSTRUCTIONS EASILY FOLLOWED. BABY’S COSY BONNET. No young baby should be without, a cosy knitted bonnet during the cold winter months. This feather and _fan stitch, so attractive in baby’s garments, makes up into a cosy and comfortable bonnet, and the yoke at the back ensures a good fit. This dainty bonnet is very simple to make and requires only one skein of three-ply ia'ool, tAvo yards of satin, ribbon, about tAA’O inches ivide, and a pair of No. 9 bone knitting needles. Be"in at the front and cast on 90 stitches Knit into the back thread I of each' stitch in the first row; this gives the Avork a firm foundation. Knit in ribbing, 2 plain, 2 purl, for 16 rows • this brings you to the pattern. First Roav: Knit 2 together three times (knit 2 together, knit 2 together, knit 2 together) *wool oA r er your needle make 1 six times (avool over needle make 1, wool over needle make I, avool over needle make 1, Avoid over needle make 1, wool oA T er needle make 1, avool over needle make 1), knit 2 together six times (knit 2 together, knit 2 together, knit 2 together, knit 2 together, knit 2 together, knit 2 together), repeat from * to within six stitches of the end of the row. Knit 2 together three times. Soeond Roav. — Plain. Third Roav.—Plgin. Fourth Roav. —Purl. Repeat the last iour toavs 12 times and then decrease for the crown. Change to plain knitting and knit 11, knit 2 together; repeat froni to the end of the roAV. Next row: Plain. Next row: * Knit 10, knit 2 1 together; repeat from * to the end of the row. Next row: Plain. Next row: fmt 9, knit 2 together; repeat from to the end of the row. Next row: Pham and so on until you have about 10 stitches left on your needle. Break the avool and thread it to a darning needle Darn all the stitches on to the thread of wool and pull the- crown into a small circle; finish off neatly. Sew up about 3* to 4 inches from the crown down the back of the neck. Sew on ribbons and finish with some dainty hand-worked rosebuds.
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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 3 September 1932, Page 13
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377KNITTED WOOLLENS Hawera Star, Volume LII, 3 September 1932, Page 13
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