The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness

KNITTED OPERA CAP. MATERIALS REQUIRED--Half an ounce of white and half an ounce of shaded Berlin wool will be sufficient. Cast on a hundred stitches with white wool, and knit and pearl alternately for four rows. Shaded wool--Knit one row plain; next row bring forward, and take two together to the end. White wool--Knit and pearl alternately four rows. Shaded wool--Knit plain six rows. White wool--Knit a row, decreasing it by taking the first two stitches together, and the last two. Pearl a row. Knit a row, decreasing it as before. Pearl a row. Shaded wool--Knit a row, decreasing at the beginning and end. Next row, bring forward and take two together to the end. White wool--Knit a row, decreasing at both ends. Pearl a row. Knit a row, decreasing as before. Pearl a row.