My Knitting Book

A cuff can begin with a tiny open stitch—or nine shades of wool, worked from darkest to lightest. Miss Lambert even introduces a needle gauge of her own invention, built to measure each size with precision.

In the early 1840s, knitting was a practical craft with room for color, texture, and clever invention. Miss Lambert leads from the meaning of a “cast over” or a “turn” to patterns for cuffs, muffatees, and a brioche-shaped cushion, explaining how stitches and shades combine—and warning knitters not to work too loosely or too tightly. The instructions invite both careful following and imaginative choices, but a row of stitches can become a shell, a stripe, or a frill. What might you make once you know how to turn the thread forward?

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