Fig. 44. — Plain Stitch. under the front and back threads alternately. This method is specially suit-able for open patterns where you have to increase several times in succession.(4) Casting on with Picots (Fig. 43). — Cast on two stitches in the ordi-nary way and turn the work. Lay the thread over… … Fig. 45. — Back or Seam Stitch. Cast on as many stitches as you want in this manner, and then pick up thepicots thus formed with an auxiliary needle and knit them off like ordinarystitches. This method of casting on may be varied thus in the following manner:Having cast on the stitches as in Fig.…