No. 4.
No. 4.
Dundee Bonnets
Knitted in red and black Victoria yarn, or any other mixture; black Head-piece in crochet; a crochet-hook, No. 14.; six needles, No. 14.
Make a chain with the crochet-hook, working rather tightly, that will measure 22 inches. On this work a row of single crochet, thus, * the needle in the next stitch, draw the wool through and through the loop on the hook; repeat from *, at the end of the chain join to the first double crochet. On this foundation work very tightly, 12 rows of crochet. Work each row with the same stitch.
1st row of Head-piece—The wool on the needle, insert in the next stitch; draw the wool through, and then through the three stitches on the needle. When the 12 rows are finished, take up all the stitches on five knitting needles, an equal number on each; knit with the sixth. The 1st needle is the first half of the back; the 2nd, the side; the 3rd, the front; the 4th needle, the second side; the 5th, the last half of the back. Knit plain to the middle of the 4th needle, turn, purl the stitches to the middle of the 2nd needle, turn, slip the first, * knit 1, purl 1; repeat from * to the middle of the 4th needle, and increase in every 8th stitch; knit 4 stitches less on the 4th needle than you did before, * turn, purl the purled stitch of last row, knit the knitted, and leave 4 less at the end of this half-round. Repeat from *, increasing every 7th stitch in every 3rd row, and leaving 3 stitches instead of 4, as in the first repetition, then 2 stitches each repetition, until you have one quarter of the stitches left on the 3rd needle. You must now work all these stitches, and, as you take up each set of two, work an extra one on the side of the last, betweenit and the first of the two next; knit the whole round, increasing on the remainder of the 4th, 5th, 1st and 2nd needles, every 6th stitch. Work the increasings by knitting 2 in one stitch, as directed in the pattern, No. 1.
You must now knit in rounds, and increase every alternate round in the 6th stitch until the knitting at the back measures 1½ inches above the band. The front must be 5½ inches deep; it will require some more shaped rows, therefore, before you work the last 6 rounds of the back. Work on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th needles as many more half-rows, repeating the directions, until you have the right depth.
You now work the 6 rounds to finish the Head-piece, increasing every 6th stitch ineach alternate round.
You next work 18 rounds with no decreasings; then decrease for the crown.
The knitting, according to the work from which this is written, measured 36 inches in circumference. Make a decreasing every 16th and 17th stitch by knitting those two stitches together; the 2nd and 3rd rounds no decreasings. Knit in this manner until there are only 10 stitches on the needle, cast these off with a row of double crochet, make a rosette, and place in the centre; add ribbons behind. Line the head with silk, and the band with thin leather or double linen.