1. Rakes used for knitting shawls and scarfs.

For four-fold yarn and silky wool use rakes No. 1 or No. 2 shown in Fig. 1.

For two-fold yarn or silky wool use rakes No. 2 or No. 3.

2. Single or double stitch is used in knitting shawls. (See Chapter 2.)

3. Quantity of yarn required. (Read section 9 of Chapter 4.)

Four-fold yarn, 16 to 18 ounces, for the body of the shawl (ground color). Six ounces for an average width border.

Four-fold silky wool, 14 to 16 ounces for the ground color. Four to 5 ounces for the border.

Two-fold yarn or silky wool, about 7 to 8 ounces for the ground color. Two to 3 ounces for the border.

4. Average length of shawl, 60 to 72 inches when finished.

5. To join yarns of different color. Tie a square knot between nails B and C, Fig. 13, and cut the ends off close to the knot.

6. To make a good edge to which the fringe can be knotted, crochet once across the end of the shawl, using the slip stitch described in section 5 of Chapter 4.

7. Do not make the fringe too heavy. Double two or three lengths of yarn and knot into the shawl at the bottom of each rib. These may be left hanging or may be knotted in various ways. (See Fig. 14.)

Explanation of Diagrams of Borders.

Figs. 16 to 33 show some borders for shawls which may be worked out in one or more colors.

The number of rows of knitting required for each stripe are given.

To find out how long to make the center of the shawl, measure the distance from the beginning of the knitting to the edge of the last stripe in the border. Allow the same for the border on the other end, and subtract the number of inches required for both from the entire length of the shawl.

Narrow Scarfs and Mufflers.

Almost any of the designs for borders can easily be adapted for use in narrow scarfs or mufflers.

The scarf shown in Fig. 15 is 60 inches long and 10 inches wide. It took 6 ounces of silky wool for the ground color and 1¼ ounces for the border.