HOW TO MAKE A MITTEN.

For the mitten, use French silk or fine cordonnet, as preferred. The number of stitches to begin the netting depends on the size of the hand and the thickness of the needle; therefore, it cannot be precisely specified, but it will be approximately 50 to 60 stitches. Begin on a roller the thickness of a regular pencil; these stitches, later threaded with elastic, will form the circumference of the hand. Work ten rows plain on the needle; then increase one stitch, work three plain, and increase one again. Next, work twenty-four rows, increasing one stitch every second row, in the place where it was previously increased; the increased stitches will form the thumb. These should be joined together, worked plain eight times, and finished with a border, which we will describe shortly. Once the thumb is made, work the mitten twenty rows plain. Then, on a thicker roller, work one row, increasing in every stitch. Next, on the same needle used for the mitten, work one row, always taking two stitches together. Work the second row plain; then, on a thicker roller, work one row, increasing six stitches into one, and after each increase, dropping three stitches. Then work plain on the needle, catching the middle stitch from among the three left between the increased stitches, and finally work the last row plain.

This forms the border; the same border is worked around the thumb.

The cuff begins from the large stitches in the opposite direction. Work eighteen rows plain, then create the same border as above.

It is embroidered according to the design; oilcloth can be placed underneath.