The Knitting Teacher’s Assistant

LONDON
PRINTED BY STRANGEWAYS AND SONS.
Tower Street, Upper St. Martin’s Lane.

The fact that this little work has kept its place for about fifty years, proves that it has answered a general want; and it is with pleasure that I offer the present edition, in a carefully revised form, to learners and workers of knitting.

The additional Scale of Measurements will be found a useful guide to anyone who may be working with finer wool and pins—and consequently with more stitches—than the directions give.

Pins No. 14, Chambers’ bell-gauge, and any wool about the thickness of Berlin fingering, are suitable for working these patterns.

The chief object of this Assistant is to enable Teachers of Classes properly to explain the art of Knitting; for, however simple the art may seem, it has often been observed that little Teachers have a difficulty in expressing the meaning of their instructions to their pupils.

The Questions and Answers here {vi}furnished, combined with exemplification in practice, will, it is hoped, tend to remove this difficulty.

A. I take the worsted that is on the ball in the right hand, and twist it once round the little finger, pass it under the two next, and bring it over the fore-finger, and take the needle between the finger and thumb.

A. I take the end of the worsted in the left hand, twist it round the little finger, bring it over the thumb and round the two fore-fingers, to form a loop.

A. I put the needle under the lower worsted of the loop, and bring it above that which goes over the fore-finger.

Q. What do you do with the worsted which is over the fore-finger of the right hand?

A. I pass it under the needle, bring the needle down through the loop, and draw the worsted in the left hand tight; which finishes the stitch.

Q. How many stitches do you cast on each needle for a stocking of seventy-three stitches to fit a child of five?

A. I put the needle through the stitch, turn the worsted over the needle, take up the worsted I turned over, and let off the under loop.

A. I bring the worsted before the needle, and instead of putting the needle over the upper worsted I put it under.

A. By reversing the ends upon each other, and knitting six stitches with the worsted thus doubled.

Q. If a stitch be dropped, and you do not discover it till you have gone one round, how do you take it up?

A. I take the stitch that is dropped with the right needle, and put it on the left; then take up the loop at the back, put it over the left needle, and cast the stitch over it.

A. I take it up on a spare needle, pass the needle under the lowest loop, and cast the stitch over the loop, then take up the next loop as before, till they are all taken up.

A. I slip one, knit one, and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted one before the seam, and knit two together after the seam, leaving one stitch on each side between the seam and the narrowing.

Q. How many rounds do you make after the last narrowing before you begin the heel?

A. I divide the stitches in half, leaving the seam stitch for the middle of the heel.

A. No; I knit it in rows, and every row on the inside of the heel must be purl stitches.

A. I knit the nine middle stitches in rows, like the heel, taking up one of the others with the last stitch of every row till they are all taken off.

A. I narrow every second round on each side of the instep till the number is even with the ankle.

A. By narrowing twice at each side, leaving two stitches only between; this decreases four stitches.

A. Twice, leaving three rounds between, twice leaving two, twice leaving one, then every round till I have sixteen stitches left.

A. I take a stitch from each, and knit them together. When two stitches are done in this way, I cast the first over the last, and so on till they are all taken off.

A. Twice leaving three rounds between, twice leaving two, four times leaving one, then every round till I have twenty stitches left.

SOCKS AND STOCKINGS.	To decreasings for Ankle.	Entire length before dividing for Heel.	Length of Heel.	Entire length of Foot.
Sock for Child of four	...	5	1½	6
Sock. Second size	...	6¾	1¾	6¾
Sock for Boy of nine	...	7¼	2	8
Sock for Boy of twelve	...	8	2½	9½
Sock for Boy of fifteen	...	8	2¾	10
Man’s Sock. First size	...	8	2¾	10
Man’s Sock. Second size	...	8¼	3	10½
Man’s Sock. Third size	...	8¾	3	11½
Stocking for Child of five	8¼	14	1¾	6¾
Stocking for Child of seven	10	16	2	8
Stocking for Child of nine	11	17	2	8¼
Stocking for Child of eleven	12	21½	2	9
Woman’s Stocking. First size	12¼	21¾	2½	9¼
Woman’s Stocking. Second size	13	23	2¾	10
Man’s Stocking	12½	22	3¼	11¼

With Book of Directions, and Twelve Floral Designs for Tracing.
Second Edition. Price, 2s. 6d.

Containing Patterns and Receipts of Useful and Ornamental Work.
With Illustrations. Square 18mo. cloth, 1s. 6d. each; paper, 1s. each.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] N.B. All the proportions in the following scales are for coarse worsted and large needles.

[2] If the heel or toe be required stronger than usual a finer worsted must be added in those parts.

In SCALE OF STOCKINGS AND SOCKS, number of stitches cast on for 3rd size of socks changed from “22, 28, 29” to “28, 28, 29”.]

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‘THE LADY’S CROCHET-BOOK.’	FOUR SERIES.
‘THE LADY’S KNITTING-BOOK.’	FOUR SERIES.
‘THE LADY’S WORK-BOOK.’	TWO SERIES.
‘THE LADY’S NETTING-BOOK.’	ONE SERIES.
‘THE LADY’S CREWEL EMBROIDERY.’	THREE SERIES.
‘EMBROIDERY AND ART-NEEDLEWORK DESIGNS.’

	PAGE
Questions on Knitting	9
Narrowing	14
The Heel	15
The Foot	16
For a Stocking of eighty-five Stitches, second Size	18
For a Stocking of ninety-one Stitches, third Size	20
For a Stocking of ninety-nine Stitches, fourth Size	21
For a Stocking of a hundred and nine Stitches, fifth Size	23
For a Stocking of a hundred and nine Stitches, Man’s Size	24{viii}
For a Stocking of a hundred and thirty-three Stitches, second man’s size, with needles and wool rather finer	26
For a Sock of forty-nine Stitches, first Size	27
For a Sock of fifty-five Stitches, second Size	29
For a Sock of eighty-five Stitches in Scotch Fingering, Man’s size	30
Scale of Stockings and Socks	32

STOCKINGS.			Stitches cast on.	Rounds to Narrowings.	Narrowings in Leg.	Rounds to Heel.	Stitches for Heels.	Stitches for instep.	Length of Heel.	Foot between the Narrowings.
Sizes.	Scale.	Page.	Stitches cast on.	Rounds to Narrowings.	Narrowings in Leg.	Rounds to Heel.	Stitches for Heels.	Stitches for instep.	Length of Heel.	Foot between the Narrowings.
1st.	73	10	24, 24, 25	80	8	36	29	28	24	28
2nd.	85	18	28, 28, 29	110	10	40	33	32	24	32
3rd.	91	20	30, 30, 31	120	12	40	33	34	28	36
4th.	99	21	33, 33, 33	135	13	44	37	36	28	40
5th.	109	23	36, 36, 37	148	14	46	41	40	30	52
6th.	133	26	44, 44, 45	148	21	80	45	46	40	68

SOCKS.			Stitches cast on.	Turns to Heel.	Stitches for Heel.	Stitches for Instep.	Length of Heel.	Foot between the Narrowings.
Sizes.	Scale.	Page.	Stitches cast on.	Turns to Heel.	Stitches for Heel.	Stitches for Instep.	Length of Heel.	Foot between the Narrowings.
1st.	49	27	16, 16, 17	46	25	24	20	20
2nd.	55	29	18, 18, 19	80	29	26	24	40
3rd.	85	30	28, 28, 29	88	43	42	28	56

Knitting.	1st Series.	24th Thousand.	80 Patterns.
Knitting.	2nd Series.	12th Thousand.	48 Patterns.
Knitting.	3rd Series.	10th Thousand.	46 Patterns.
Knitting.	4th Series.	9th Thousand.	42 Patterns.

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THE
KNITTING TEACHER’S ASSISTANT

EDITOR’S PREFACE.

ADVERTISEMENT.

CONTENTS.

Questions on Knitting.

Narrowing.

The Heel.⁠[2]

The Foot.

For a Stocking of Eighty-five Stitches, Second Size.

For a Stocking of Ninety-one Stitches, Third Size.

For a Stocking of Ninety-nine Stitches, Fourth Size.

For a Stocking of a Hundred and Nine Stitches, Fifth Size.

For a Stocking of a Hundred and Nine Stitches in Scotch Fingering, Man’s Size.

For a Stocking of a Hundred and Thirty-three Stitches, Second Man’s Size, with Needles and Wool rather finer.

For a Sock of Forty-nine Stitches, First Size, in Fine Wool.

For a Sock of Fifty-five Stitches, Second Size. In Scotch Wheeling this fits a boy of fifteen.

For a Sock of Eighty-five Stitches in Man’s Size.

SCALE OF STOCKINGS AND SOCKS.

SCALE OF MEASUREMENT IN INCHES.

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Crochet.	1st Series.	11th Thousand.	46 Patterns.
Crochet.	2nd Series.	8th Thousand.	44 Patterns.
Crochet.	3rd Series.	5th Thousand.	21 Patterns.
Crochet.	4th Series.	6th Thousand.	42 Patterns.

Work.	1st Series.	2nd Thousand.	84 Patterns.
Work.	2nd Series.	2nd Thousand.	45 Patterns.
Netting.	1st Series.	3rd Thousand.	36 Patterns.