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This free pattern originally published in the Woolco Knitting & Crocheting Manual, in 1916.

MATERIAL-1 skein white and 1 skein color Woolco Shetland Floss. 1 pair steel knitting needles No. 14. 1 ½ yards of ribbon.

With white cast on 15 stitches. Knit back.

Knit 7 ridges even (2 rows form a ridge). Then increase 1 stitch at beginning of every row until there are 33 stitches.

Knit 14 ridges even.

Decrease same as you increased. Pick up a stitch in each ridge on sides and across top.

Knit 20 ridges even. Bind off.

With color pick up a stitch in each ridge across bottom and the 15 stitches that were cast on, and in each ridge on the other side. Knit 8 ridges even. Bind off.

Hold right side of cap toward you, commence at bottom of cap with color, and pick up a stitch in each ridge of back, each stitch on front and each ridge on the other back, knit 12 ridges. Bind off. Turn this border over on bonnet, hold in place with rosettes made of ribbon.

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