A manual of plain needlework and cutting-out (1886)
Jones, Emily G · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 55
Cutting- Out, 47 To make holes m knitting for ribbon to pass through. — Bring the cotton forward as in purling, and plain knit two stitches together. To cast off. — Knit the first stitch, which I will call A, knit the next stitch, which I call B, then pull A over B, which will leave B only on the… … Fig. 8.— Purling. the end of the cotton through the last stitch. The casting off should be kept loose. To join ends. — When the old end is about a quarter of a yard long, take the new end, and tie or twist it round the little finger of the left hand, then knit the double wool tor about six or eight…
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