. The standard domestic science cook book. nuity, an elastic fabric is produced, suitable for making warm,closely-fitting wearing apparel. Materials.—Threads with slight twist are the best. The thick-ness of the needles, whether of steel, wood or bone, must be de-termined by the quality of thread used. Position of the Hands in Knitting.—Lay the thread over thelittle finger of the right hand, and twist it round it, then carry itover the forefinger, which should be kept close to the work, thework being held between the third finger and the thumb. Theleft hand remains more or less inactive, havin
. The standard domestic science cook book. nuity, an elastic fabric is produced, suitable for making warm,closely-fitting wearing apparel. Materials.—Threads with slight twist are the best. The thick-ness of the needles, whether of steel, wood or bone, must be de-termined by the quality of thread used. Position of the Hands in Knitting.—Lay the thread over thelittle finger of the right hand, and twist it round it, then carry itover the forefinger, which should be kept close to the work, thework being held between the third finger and the thumb. Theleft hand remains more or less inactive, having merely, by aslight movement of the forefinger to pass, the loops, in succession,on to the needle in the right hand, which forms the stitches. Thisposition of the hands, is the one usually adopted. Casting On.—Casting or setting on, as it is sometimes the formation of the first row of stitches which are to consti-tute the foundation of the work. Cross Casting On with a Single Thread.—Lay the thread Fonning the Stitches,. DEPARTMENT 33 479 over the fingers, as though beginning a chain of plain stitches,leaving a long end sufficient to make the number of stitches re-quired, lying within the palm of the hand. Put the needle infrom below, into the loop on the thumb, and pass it from right toleft under that part ofthe thread which lies be-tween the fore-finger andthe thumb. Then bringthe thread through theloop on the thumb, drawthe thumb out, and laythe loop on the making the nextstitches, lay the threadover the thumb, so that <^« ^? the end lies outside. Put in the needle under the front thread andcomplete the stitch as before. This method of casting on isgenerally done over two needles, one of them being drawn outbefore the knitting-off is begun, to insure a loose edge. Cross Casting On with a Triple Thread.—This method is sim-ilar to the last, only that three threads are taken and, drawn bythe needle through the loop, which is formed at the bend
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