To cast off:--knit two stitches, insert the point of the left hand
needle in the first stitch, and draw it on the other. Knit another
stitch, and treat these two in the same way.

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INFANT'S SHOE, IN KNITTING.

MATERIALS.--1 ounce of white Berlin wool. 1 skein of white, and 1 of
embroidery wool, 4 knitting needles, No. 21, and 2, No. 19.

With the fine needles cast 30 stitches on one, and 20 on each of two
others. Join into a round, and purl one round.

[Illustration: INFANT'S SHOE, IN KNITTING]

1st pattern round: X slip 2, taking them off the needle in the same
way as if you were going to purl them, but with the wool at the back;
knit 3. X repeat all round.

2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounds: the same.

5th and 6th: purl every stitch.

7th to 10th inclusive: X knit 3, slip 2 as before, X repeat all round,
11th and 12th purled.