Modern Knitting VS Early 1843

Gutenberg  is offering "My Knitting Book" by Miss Lambert

dated 1834--yes!  earliest known publication of knitting patterns

Thread Forward is working her way through this early knitting book.

She is putting a modern day spin on these knitting patterns.

Here is the modern chart for the following pattern--

Gothic and below is the way it is written in Miss Lambert's book.

We are so fortunate to have charts to read through quickly--

of course, there are times, I want the written out version too!

Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by ten.—Knit four plain rows.

Fifth row—knit one; bring the thread forward, knit three;(a) slip one; knit two together, pass the slipped stitch over them; knit three; bring the thread forward, knit one; bring the thread forward, knit three.—Repeat from (a).

Sixth row—pearl knitting.

[44]Repeat the fifth and sixth rows three times, and commence again with the four plain rows.