Cast on seventy-four stitches white wool, purl one row, knit one row
white, purl one row coloured, bring the wool forward, and knit two as
one; purl one row, knit one row white, purl one row, knit one row white;
this forms the border. _First division_--coloured; purl one row, knit
one row, decreasing one stitch at each end; knit one row, knit a fancy
row, by taking two stitches together, keeping the wool before the pin.
_Second division_--white; purl one row, decreasing one stitch at each
end, knit one row, decreasing two stitches at each end; knit one row,
decreasing one stitch at each end; knit one fancy row as before. _Third
division_--coloured; purl one row, decreasing one stitch at each end;
knit one row without decreasing; knit a fancy row, as before. _Fourth
division_, _fifth_, _sixth_, _seventh_--the same as the third, to
be repeated alternately with white and coloured wool. _Eighth
division_--white. _Ninth_--coloured: in these two last divisions, only
two stitches are to be decreased in each, and this is to be done in the
row, after the one at each end.
N.B. There should be forty stitches left on the pin in the last row; if
the pins are small, begin with eighty stitches, and then there should be
forty-six left, instead of forty; pick up thirty stitches on each side,
and make the borders at the sides and back, like the first: make up the
cap, by turning in the border to the fancy row, and hem it all round: it
is to be tied behind, and under the chin, with ribbon, or plaitted wool,
with tassels of the same.