f any given number of stitches, andwork back on it, taking up each stitch anddrawing the wool through, until finally you haveall on the needle. Work back, by drawing thewool first through one loop only, and after thatthrough two, till you have one only on thehook, which is the first of next row. So… … the loop through; so that at the end of therow, working from right to left, you have allthe loops on the needle, the last one being madeof a sort of loose thread at the end. 4th, or returning row, is like the second, butthat you draw three off together at the last.Repeat these two rows alternately…
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