Half Cap for Wearing under a Bonnet
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[edit] Half Cap for Wearing under a Bonnet.
From Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Original text at Project Gutenberg.
(Photos of sample forthcoming.)
[edit] Original Pattern
Pins No. 14. Cast on 119 stitches, knit 2 plain rows with the coloured wool, join the white, and knit 2 plain rows.
Next row:—Make a stitch, seam 2 stitches together, make a stitch, seam 2 together, and so on; knit another plain row of white, knit 2 plain rows of coloured, then join the white.
This finishes the border round the top of the cap.
First row:—Knit 4 plain stitches, make a stitch, knit 3 stitches together, make a stitch, knit 4 plain stitches, make a stitch, knit 3 stitches together, make a stitch, knit 4 plain stitches, and so on to the end of the row.
Second row:—Seamed.
Third row:—Knit the same as the first, and continue with these 2 rows alternately for 10 rows, then slip off 28 stitches on to another needle, then knit the remaining stitches backwards and forwards for 16 rows, increasing 1 stitch at the beginning of each of the last 8 rows, join the coloured wool and knit 2 plain rows, then 2 rows of white.
Next row:—Make a stitch, seam 2 together, make a stitch, seam 2 together, and so on; knit 1 plain row of white, then take up the 28 stitches at the back, and the stitches on each side, knit 2 plain rows of coloured all round, and cast off the stitches. Then run a ribbon, of the same colour as the wool, through the holes of the border round the back and front of the cap.
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[edit] Abbreviations and Notes
Vintage patterns have terms we don’t use or use differently in present day. In the original pattern, “make” may be used to describe a yarn over, “seam” indicates a purl stitch, and “plain” knitting usually indicates garter stitch. If you are knitting plain, you are knitting each row, front and back. Pins no. 14 indicate knitting needles approximately that are approximately size 0 in present day US.
Resources:
Vintage knitting instructions: Beeton’s Book of Needlework c. 1870, Great Britain available in digital format at [1]
Needle conversion charts are widely available on the internet. Here's an example: [2]
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