Cast on about fifty stitches of light green Berlin wool; slip a stitch
on your needle without knitting, and knit the next row. Continue the
same until you have finished two skeins of wool, taking care never
to knit the first stitch of each line. Then knit on it, in the same
manner, two skeins of the next shade darker of color, and continue in
the same manner until you have knitted up five shades of green; join
on a rich brown, and a faded moss-colored wool, and then cast off. Wet
your knitting through with clear water, then dry it over a furnace
register, or cover it with a paper or cloth, and press it with a hot
iron. Let it remain for a few hours untouched, then unfasten the last
stitch, and pull it out. It will unravel easily, from the first stitch
of each row not having been knitted, and you will have a good curling
imitation of moss to sew on to baskets or for borders of mats.