German Wool, three colours,—say white, pink, and blue.—Three needles, No. 12, five inches long. It is easiest to work this pattern in stripes, and afterwards sew them together.—Cast on sixteen stitches for one stripe—white.

First row—plain knitting.

Second row—knit four; pearl eight; knit four.—Repeat these two rows three times.

Ninth row—knit four; let the white wool hang in its own position; join the pink wool, on the wrong side, to the loop immediately under the stitch last knit; knit four. Leave the remaining eight stitches on the needle until they are again required. Knit, and pearl, alternately, on the four pink stitches, until fifteen rows be worked;—these form the first raised loop.

Pass the four pink stitches on to a third needle, leaving the loop in front. Then, with the former white wool,—knit eight; knitting the first stitch close to the four, where the white wool was left.

Tenth row—white,—knit four; pearl four; knit four.

Eleventh row—knit twelve.

Twelfth row—knit four; pearl four; knit four.

Thirteenth row—knit twelve.

Fourteenth row—knit four; pearl four; knit four.

Fifteenth row—knit twelve.

Sixteenth row—knit four; pearl four; knit four.

Seventeenth row—knit eight; knit the four pink stitches on the third needle leave the pink wool at the back; knit the remaining four white stitches.

Eighteenth row—knit four; pearl eight; knit four.

Nineteenth row—knit four—white; join on the blue wool, and work fifteen rows of four stitches each, as before; pass the four blue stitches on to the third needle, leaving it in front; knit the remaining stitches in white, as before.

Commence again, as at tenth row; knitting, alternately, a pink and a blue loop on a white ground.