For a Knitted Bodice.
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Five ounces of four-thread fleecy, and No. 10 pins.
Cast on 60 stitches, and knit 3 plain rows.
Fourth row:—Make a stitch, knit 2 together, make a stitch, knit 2 together, and so on to the end of the row; knit 4 plain rows, knit 70 rows in double knitting, knit the 4 first and last
Next row:—Make a stitch, knit 2 together, make a stitch, knit 2 together, and so on, knit 3 plain rows, and cast off. This completes the back and one front. You then let off 25 stitches on the other side, and repeat from the point marked above with an asterisk. Then take up the stitches all round the neck, and knit 3 plain rows.
Next row:—Make a stitch and knit 2 together alternately, knit