No. 30, Boar's-head cotton, No. 24 needles, by the Eagle knitting gauge.
Set on seventy-eight stitches, twenty-six on each needle, six stitches
in each pattern. _First round_--bring the thread forward, knit three
plain; bring the thread forward, slip one off without knitting, knit the
two next together, then lift the slipped one over the taken-in loop.
_Second round_--plain, then knit one stitch of the next row. _Third
round_--bring the thread forward, slip one off without knitting, knit
the two next together, then lift the slipped one over the taken-in loop,
knit three. _Fourth round_--plain, then knit one stitch of the next row.
_Fifth round_--bring the thread forward, knit one; bring the thread
forward, take two together, knit one, take two together. _Sixth
round_--plain, then knit one stitch of the next row. _Seventh
round_--bring the thread forward, knit one; bring the thread forward,
take two together; knit one, take two together. _Eighth round_--plain;
then knit one stitch of the next row. _Ninth round_--bring the thread
forward, knit one; bring the thread forward, take two together; knit
one, take two together. _Tenth round_--plain, then knit one stitch of
the next row. _Eleventh round_--bring the thread forward, knit one;
bring the thread forward, take two together; knit one, take two
together. _Twelfth round_--plain; continue this till it is long enough,
then cast it off very loosely.