Carriage Mat
No. 4 pins, 8-thread fleecy, or 4-thread doubled, border white with black spots, and scarlet or orange middle. With the white cast 73 stitches; cut a skein of white and black in pieces of 6 inches.
1st row—Knit 1, take 2 pieces of the cut wool, white, put them on the left pin, and cross them, so as to bring 1 end in front, and 1 at the back; then with the right hand pin, knit the loop and a stitch together, bring the end at the back forward between the pins.
2nd row—Plain.
3rd row—Slip the 1st stitch, and repeat the 1st row.
4th row—Plain.
5th row—The same as the 1st row, putting on 1 black loop and 6 white, alternately.
6th row—Plain.
Repeat from 1st row once more; in the 5th row, put on 2 white loops before commencing the pattern, to bring the black spots in a diamond.
Then commence the middle; knit in 7 loops of white, 22 of color, and 7 of white. Repeat until the middle is square, and knit the white to correspond with the beginning.
When finished, it must be sent to be sheared and combed.