An Opera Cap
No. 10 needles—Double German wool, or three-thread fleecy.
Cast on eighty stitches,—white.
Pearl one row,
Knit one row, white.
Pearl one row,—coloured. In the next row,—
Bring the wool before the needle, and knit two stitches together.
| Pearl one row, Knit one row, | white. |
| Pearl one row, Knit one row, | white. |
The above forms the border.
First division—coloured.
Pearl one row.
Knit one row, decreasing one stitch at each end.
Knit one row.
Knit a fancy row, by bringing the wool forward, and knitting two stitches together.
Second—white.
Pearl one row, decreasing one stitch at each end.
Knit one row, decreasing two stitches at each end.
Knit one row, decreasing one stitch at each end.
Knit a fancy row as before.
Third—coloured.
Pearl one row, decreasing one stitch at each end.
Knit one row, decreasing one stitch at each end.
Knit one row, without decreasing.
Knit the fancy row as before.
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh—
The third division is to be repeated, alternately with white and coloured wool.
Eighth—white. Ninth—coloured.
In these two last divisions, only two stitches are to be decreased in each; this is to be done in the row after the pearl,—decreasing one stitch at each end.
N.B. There should be forty-six stitches left on the needle in the last row.
Pick up thirty stitches on each side, and make the borders at the sides and back like that in front.
Make up the cap by turning in the border to the fancy row, and hem it all round: it is to be tied behind, and under the chin, with ribbons or plaited wool, with tassels of the same.