My name is Joseli Meiners, and I am Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese. And together with Flavia, who is going to introduce herself in a minute, we are the co-project directors for the Texas Coalition for Heritage Spanish, also known as TEX. So I will let Flavia introduce herself and then we will get started. Wonderful. Thank you, Joseli. My name is Flavia Belpoliti. I'm Associate Professor of Spanish as Texas NAM at Commerce in the Department of Literature and Languages. And I joined the core project a few years ago, and we started working with the TEX model. And today we went to showcase what have been doing in the past, in the past years. And this is our main, we'll say, mission statement, reduce building communities, because that's what we want to do. So to begin, we have a short outline for our presentation. We have like a snapshot of the Hispanics population in Texas regarding demography, Spanish use and heritage language education to see what's going on in our context, which is the state of Texas. Then we'll talk about the Texas background and why we started this coalition. Then we'll continue talking about the mission statement and the main goals and how we're working to fulfill them. And then we'll see how TEX really belongs to Coel and what's the important of open resources and open education for everyone, particularly for minority populations in the US. And then we will dedicate some minutes to basically see what we're being built in our website and we have like, I mean, this kind of a tour with different aspects of our project. And finally, we'll talk a little bit about the next years, what we plan to do. And of course we're open for questions or comments. So to begin with this snapshot. These are basically data from the 2020 census and there are several factors that are impacting the growing population of Texas, but particularly the growing of Hispanic population. As you can see the comparison in this small table, the overall population increase in the past 10 years, about 16%, which is a large, large, large increase. However, if we consider only Hispanic population will see that the increase is 21%. So two points above the general population growth. And in the map, you can see distribution, we have the historical areas where Hispanics are always being basically living there, which is across the border. But as you can see, there are more and more counties where the Hispanic population is above 10, 15, 25%. So far, we only identify five counties, very small counties on the east side of Texas, they had less than 5%, but they're really small counties. So basically, we can consider that in Texas, Hispanic are distributed across all the geographies. On the second table, you can see a little bit about the population diversity. Even when Mexico and Mexican people or people from Mexican origin is still the majority with about 85%. There have been some changes overall and we see an increased number of people coming from diverse areas. So I, we believe that basically Hispanic population is diversifying in the state. So considering education, we see that I mean there is still some progress to be made regarding how many people from Hispanic background really achieve higher education levels. Basically regarding poverty levels, which is always a point of discussion, particularly in political campaigns. You can see that 80% are above the poverty level. So it's just 20% or about 20% were below that was meant that the Hispanic population is doing is doing fine in that sense. So let's talk a little bit about what happening with the language with Spanish in in Texas. And if we consider only in these are responses from the census 2020, if we consider only those people that are older than five years old and they answer the question about whether the languages that they speak at home. We will notice that most people in Texas will speak English is about 6465% and other languages that are not English nor Spanish we see that they're about 66.5%. But finally, Spanish, we see that growing numbers if we compare 2010 with 2018 is using Spanish at home with above 29% of the total population of Texas, meaning that we have really an important Hispanic Hispanic speaking community here. And just to have like a kind of comparison if you see these monolingual or traditionally monolingual countries, where Spanish is the official language, we can see that Texas has more Hispanic speaking population that Paraguay, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Costa Rica, El Salvador so we're talking about a large Spanish speaking population here. However, and this is for us, one of the focus that takes has been working with, we found out that really the education of Spanish English bilinguals in the K-12 system in Texas is really no strong. And basically we're lacking support. And in here you have some of the main reasons and basically there is a lack of Spanish and bilingual education teachers overall in all areas of the state. There is not a clear framework for heritage Spanish, where we have so are basically a framework for Spanish as a second language, and that as it is is not enough for the needs of our Hispanic students. And then we know that most Hispanic students are basically enrolled in ESL programs, and those are very short, shortly they basically have pulled out two or three years after two or three years, or they have very early exit programs so most of them didn't finish their ESL projects correctly. Of course there is a limited budget dedicated to languages in Texas. And finally, and this is for us a point of a point of contention for the Texas Education Agency, knowing a language that is not English, knowing a different language, basically is educational disadvantage. And this monoglossic ideology permeates the state education across the board. So basically you have here the direct quote, and the idea of that having more than one language that is fantasies is really really problematic if we want to continue to grow bilingualism and multi multilingualism. What happened then in higher education, we did a very short project on on seeing what's going on with the universities at colleges across the state. We revised for two years, most of the catalogs as they were listed in each institution, and we select basically Spanish for her to speakers Spanish for Hispanic students and Spanish for native speakers those are the three common name for the classes dedicated to her to Spanish in these institutions. Overall, out of the 71 colleges that we revise only half when say 53% offers some kind of Spanish classes in average we noticed that there are only two classes those dedicated to the so called intermediate level. And they vary by institution of course, and there are some interesting exceptions here we have University of Houston, UT Rio Grande Valley and university of Texas at Austin UT where they are offering four to five classes in each program. So there are some institutions that are dedicated more resources to this kind of education. So we found out that just a few private institutions are offering her to Spanish for their students. Also, as another alarming fact that we are using orange to mark those in 2017 when text started actually the text educational board eliminated languages, such as Spanish friend German and others from the core curriculum and that has a strong impact in higher level language education. Considering all these factors and these and these particular issues. We, I mean, and when we see we is basically a group of instructors and professors in colleges and universities. We start discussing the need to create some kind of association or coalition to basically work with these particular needs that Texas has. And as you can see, I mean, and we just saw in the previous slides. The issues and population growth and the particular needs of Hispanics in in the state, then the lack of support for LUT education and the low percentage of Hispanic students that finish college level classes, and also the fact that most of us work alone in our own institutions to create and or have large initiative we are creating new classes, new materials, but mostly we tended to work by ourselves. So the idea of the coalition came out from from these, these particular needs and we started talking informally and then in 2017 it become a reality, because we actually found Texas, text. And so it's going to continue with basically the mission statement and our goals. Thank you Flavia so I'm going to talk to you a little bit about what text is all about what our mission is our goals. So first of all our mission statement is to seek and to provide a cooperative platform to support the success of Spanish heritage language speakers and their communities in existing and promoting by cultural and bilingual development in the state. And so right now we have representatives from maybe it's about 10 to 12 universities around Texas, and we're always looking to grow and make more connections but basically we have people who have already well established Spanish programs or at least courses, one, at least one course, and who have experience with trying to get the program started advocating for the program teaching the types of classes creating materials, because if we're all working in similar programs, we should be collaborating. So then I'm in the next slide I'm going to talk to you about some of our goals and we have a lot of different ones but here are a few. We want to be a platform for sharing ideas data and resources to advance the objectives of diverse as a chill programs. Like I said we have different types of populations and institutions and needs but we want to share the ideas that could be helpful for all of us. We want to design and disseminate effective procedures to create redesign and evaluate as a chill programs at all educational levels. So we really try to encompass from K through 12 and higher education. Right now the members of texts are all university professors, for the most part, but we are goal is to expand and include people from community colleges high school, middle school, etc. We want to help inform policymaking bodies and issues that relate to as a chill education in the state. And that's why the research that flow I mentioned about looking at the numbers and the policies and the support that as a chill education is receiving in Texas is so important. We want to actively support community led initiatives creating pathways to better connect Hispanic organizations with educational institutions. And to establish connections with other state associations to create more comprehensive frameworks for Spanish language education in Texas. So we're all about building bridges and communication between different entities who all support our mission. In the next slide, I'm going to tell you about the relationship between text and coral. So as you know, text is a part of coral the Center for open educational resources and language learning. And we realize that it's really a perfect fit. And I'm going to tell you a little bit about why. So, we have an issue here that, as Flavia was showing the population is growing the need for the population of Hispanics and heritage the need for these courses for Spanish courses for heritage speakers keeps growing and resources to teach these courses and training for instructors to teach the classes as well at all levels from K to 12 and higher ed. And so a lot of times instructors at all levels have a hard time finding a textbook or resources to teach these courses. As we know there is no one size fits all textbook, especially for this type of population, not just in the state but if you think about it. And the national level, our populations of heritage learners are so different if you see, for example, the students who are learning Spanish as a heritage language in Texas and you compare with Florida. In the Northeast California, they all have different needs because it's based on the reasons why the families immigrated, how much education they've had the parents had, and how much Spanish is being actually spoken at home, etc. And even within Texas there's large differences.  And so if everybody is creating materials for their students. Why not just share right and so how do we share through open educational resources that's why this is a great solution. Because if you're working on a textbook that or activities that you're using for your class, I could very easily use your resources adapt them to my needs to my student population, instead of reinventing the wheel we can all keep sharing. So, one of the goals for Texas to promote the creation and sharing of OER for SHL, and something that is really interesting is that students can be involved in the creation of OER as well this promote student agency, this movement of open pedagogy is growing and particularly the students who grew up with Spanish at home, they come already to the classroom with such a great wealth of background in cultural knowledge and linguistic knowledge that they could really use to to help create OER for other courses other purposes. So, on our website you can find many examples of OER that have been created by instructors and some even with student support as well. And so now is the time when we want to point out the website and here there's a number right here that says it's more than 1100 people who have joined the text community so every time somebody joins one of our webinars comes to our workshops we add them to the community and I think now fly is going to open up the website so I'm going to show you some of the resources we have there and we're constantly looking for more people to contribute and promoting all the resources we have to share. So this is our website and this is the welcome page. And one of the, one of the things we have is a forum where people can come and ask questions. This is a way to do some networking and reach out to other people. This is an issue where you're trying to start a program in your school or district, then other people can help you give you advice, talk about their experience. So you can sign up and be able to post and receive notifications when somebody posts on the on the forum. I don't know what else you want to focus on Flavia since you are. I think that we can I mean we have so many different type of materials and we're basically working on a really sign of the website so it's more user friendly. At this point it takes a little while to find everything but we're been collecting for five year wonderful materials from all over the United States not only presenters and people working here in Texas. Can you visit the instructor resources? I don't know if you can follow. Yeah. Yeah, maybe you can look at the textbooks and show one of the newest ones which is Janina and Esteban's. Yeah. Open source textbook from. Exactly. If you visit the instructor resources you can find all the different I mean kind of materials we've been sharing under this level. And in here we have open textbooks which is I think one of the most attractive component of our website is the direct connection with I mean different textbooks created for professors in Texas in outside as well for specifically for Spanish as a heritage language. So the one that we have here is the latest one is reflexiones sobre nuestra lengua by two of our colleagues who are part of text. And then in Landis and Jose Esteban and Landis and let me open the site so you can see how to how to looks and this is the entry point and then you have a little liberal and then you can continue unit by unit with the different materials. And it's a wonderful project they started working with it I think five years ago four years ago and finally it was published last last year here in our site. Other resources that you can find in in this particular tab is our workshop information we have materials for the different webinars and workshops that were run across I mean through the year. And there are both the videos in the PowerPoint slides and extra materials that the presenters share with everyone. And there are different different approaches to teaching Spanish as a heritage language, making different kind of connections focusing in diverse very different I mean aspect of this of this kind of teaching. And I think before we move on you should show that yes the modules. Another another project that needs an in progress is the professional development models. Those are based in the workshops that we did since 2017 on summers, we have all the materials and the videos and we started creating different different actually models that people that have no experience or want to refresh their knowledge can visit and follow and so far we have five, and we're building up another five these these spring semester we hope to have them published by by the end of May. Then we have classroom resources and again in here you will find many different activities small projects for projects multimedia that have been used by different instructors for different levels of education with diverse population though so they're open and anyone can basically download the materials and start revising remixing and recreating what they have provided. So if you ever looking for some resources please visit our website and also if you create resources we invite you to use a creative Commons license to share your resources with us we have a new review process where if you submit an activity or you know any kind of resource a book or. And here exactly happy to give you feedback review it and help you improve it and publish it on our website. I am very interested in, in this point to start having a strong review process for all the materials that we're publishing. We believe that everything is great but we really want in depth analysis and we started with some of the books and some of the materials and this is a project this ongoing. And of course we need reviewers so if you feel interested in doing this kind of work with us. I think it would be wonderful if you apply the same as just a little saying sharing your materials if you have OER resources design. I think we can go back to the PowerPoint for because we are running out of time. Yeah. So these numbers we just were discussing because we were not very I mean we were very focused on exactly how many people are being are being involved with us. And we just found out that so far there are more than 1,100 participants that they're been doing different activities through these through the five years that we're working with with the project. I think that this is a good number and we hope to continue growing it. We have people from all over the country who visit our website and use our resources and also attend some of our events we try to hold two one or two webinars per semester online webinars where we invite a speaker to share about an event regarding pedagogy or anything related to teaching Spanish as a heritage language and then Flavia is going to highlight a little bit about our summer workshops which are our big event every summer. And we think that our summer workshops are really I mean the core and the origin of our whole project because basically we started collaborating. Thank you to the possibility of visiting UT Austin on the summer for working with heritage teachers, and we had started in 2015 to 2019, a two day in person workshop. We started with a small number participants you can see we have 2021 people and we grew to 65 in 2019, when the pandemic started. So, after that we had to full online workshops in 2020 and 2021 using zoom and we have more than 100 participants for the two days. In this case, the interesting thing was that we receive people from all over the world we have people connected from Italy from Spain from Mexico from Chile. So we have a very diverse group of participants attending the workshops. Now we are hoping that if the, all the conditions are given in June, this year we will again re start our in person workshops and we're very excited to really welcome everybody back, back to normal in June 23 and 24 in Austin. This year the, the summer workshops, our, our big event because we feel like in doing this kind of activities, we basically are achieving our goals because we are helping with professional development and doing a strong connection between research and teaching which is always kind of a divider so we bring researchers and teachers and we connect. It's an open forum is a very social mean environment for forcing new connections and people start to get involved in small projects and, and sharing what they have. We do several sessions has a particular design of OER materials and participants create those materials and also distribute them so we are having them to create open resources actually and and publishing them. And also it's important that we are keeping the recordings and the materials that we created for a dancing master project on professional development. Okay, future projects. Yes, we have a lot of ideas for future projects we have a lot of room to grow. Like I said earlier we want to recruit new members to grow the coalition at all different levels. And we want to continue providing professional development opportunities and we do this through our webinars workshops we have the online modules and we something new that we want to create now is on site trainings for different school groups in Texas. And we want to apply for funding to develop new projects we have one in particular that is an idea of creating a reading database where people can come and find readings to support their heritage Spanish classes in all kinds of subjects We want to develop that project. We want to research more on classroom practices in the state what's going on throughout the state for heritage Spanish learners, and to continue promoting the creation and dissemination of OER for heritage Spanish courses at all levels. This is just a few. These are a few of our ideas for the future but we come up with new ideas and we welcome also new ideas on how we can grow. To finish up then we want to say that OER is really a fundamental component to achieve educational equity. That's why we are very happy to be a part of coral equity fairness and opportunity for all. And this can be particularly beneficial for heritage Spanish education in Texas and all over the country. And we feel like there is a great need for this type of partnerships and coalitions throughout the country. And we hope to inspire others to create similar partnerships to collaborate. And so, as we continue to grow and to learn we always welcome your feedback and participation and are happy to answer any questions as well. Thank you. Thank you everyone.


A record high in a number of the key hotspots, the main focus in America as the market's nervous then in regard to political and business leaders potentially putting the brakes on the gradual reopening of the economy. That's the main focus of the briefing for this morning. I'm Anthony Chung and this is your market briefing for today, the Wednesday 24th of June. Quickly then, just before I begin, just wanted to say I'm going to be speaking with Dale Pinkert in the US ahead of the NISI Open today, so 2pm London. Him and I are just going to be talking about everything in markets at the moment but predominantly focused on the kind of macro fundamental side of things given that's my specialist area. So I will drop this webinar registration link in various chats and on the video on YouTube. So if you want to join us live, that'll be over 30 minutes before the opening bell on NISI. So let's just go out to the charts and look at what's going on today. And evident, well clearly evident, is the risk of nature of yesterday's move. We had California, Florida, Texas each hit records for new cases on Wednesday while Arizona is at its peak in terms of hospitalizations. In short, before I get to all of those stats, US political and business leaders looking at potentially then just pulling back on that gradual planned and phased reopening of the economy, which is obviously pivotal in order to get the US economy back firing again. And this comes then after not just those areas that I mentioned in California, Florida and Texas, but New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, they're all requiring now visitors from other country hotspots to self quarantine for a period of 14 days, which is obviously also going to have repercussions then the ability of the economy to get back to some degree of normality. There are other states at the moment that have this already in play, that being Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North and South Carolina, Utah and Texas already have those quarantine measures in place, given specifically the fact that they're the ones who are seeing quite a rapid increase in cases over the last two weeks or so. One of the main areas here in North Carolina, they've said they're going to freeze any reopenings for three weeks. So this is one of the main things we were talking about when the markets kind of spilled over what last Friday, Friday before when Apple came out, they were talking about then closing some of their stores. And although that was just one company, it was kind of indicative then of one of the greatest fears given a market that's fairly ever elevated at the moment on the back of stimulus measures from both the government and also the central bank, meaning that as the market sees it at the moment, there's enough stimulus coming to offset then the fact that yes, there's a negative economic situation happening right now, but that will help support the strength of the recovery going forward. The biggest problem here is then obviously the development of the virus in a second wave and it being significant in some of these areas or looking so is meaning then that some of that optimism continues to fade. And yesterday, I think was the first day that we started to see other more kind of real reality kicking in that perhaps this reopening plan cannot be implemented to quite the speed that some may have first considered. So yeah, yesterday equities really came under some pressure. So finish lower across the board. As you would imagine, then the dollar strengthened in what we have been seeing is that more kind of flight to quality move to the greenback and the dollar again up in the overnight session. The Dixie is trading up about 0.15%. So just looking at these major currency pairs in the top left, Euro dollar just teetering around testing its overnight Asia Pacific low at the moment down about 1920 pips as to his cable at a similar price point at the moment. So worth keeping an eye on those downside Asia pack lows. As we come into the market here in the UK, mainland Europe, tea notes have moved higher overnight, albeit fairly flat at the last few hours about two ticks and gold after actually seeing a kind of counterintuitive move of sorts, just being rejected from a quite important level on the higher time frames. If we go on to a monthly, you can see we're really testing up here as we go into the $1,800 handle. So it's a real key historical levels that would go back several years and just a bit of a pullback quite aggressive yesterday from that point. But again, this morning, just looking to squeeze a little higher once again, coming up to that pivot level in the futures, which in itself could be quite an interesting level. You can see here from some of the price activity that was capping the similar price movement in the US trading hours last night, but also was previous high as well back on the 22nd. Oil lower came under some pressure yesterday and remains somewhat suppressed for the moment, worth keeping an eye on that 18th and 16th low. That was what we tested in yesterday at the bottom of that route that we had when we moved from around a $39.5 kind of dollar price level down to $37.5. So pretty decent move in oil yesterday, just tracking that overall implications then that slowing down that the reopening of the economy would have on the demand for crude. And then equities, I just wanted to have a look at some of the guys had a really excellent trade on the S&P yesterday as one we were talking about going into the US open, which was yesterday. So just focusing here, we had the break quite early at the pivot level, which was the overnight Asia low, that promoted a bit of a push down, albeit then fairly short lived trading US stock indices very early in the European morning, doesn't generally have too much in the way of real momentum behind given the real volume doesn't kick in until I've seen North American trading hours. So unsurprising to see that a fairly short lived move, but the overall sentiment I think was really just waiting for the US to come in. And obviously, there wasn't one singular headline, but these latest developments on COVID making people a bit nervous. And then that normal time, which typically comes around half an hour, 45 minutes after the open on Wall Street, you start getting those COVID updates and that of course, then those numbers being so elevated, started to see then the push down. But around the open, there was a great entry point that I know a few of you took at the time. And that was that initial technical break, which was also that Asia low and yesterday's pivot, which provided a nice point to get into that move. And then obviously some opportunities as well to to scale out of that trade, i.e the targets being formed from the prior or the morning is low. So target one, and then target two was that Navarro spike low. So and then target three for those who I know is one or two that did hold it all the way down. So kind of one, two, and three on that exit. So absolutely fantastic yesterday on that on that trade. I was just looking at actually on the S&P on a on a daily continuation chart. Fairly interesting here. I was just drawing up this trend channel, going back to the recovery that really we've had since March. And also the blue line being the 200 DMA. And you can see the two kind of technical signals, both coordinating this morning, you've got that 200 DMA, which was supportive of the price action yesterday, we did bounce off that exact level. And we have already done so as well this morning. But that does come inside with the bottom end of that trend channel, which you can see was last respected, going back to kind of mid June. And that's quite rough. But I think it's definitely valid on these higher time frames. So yeah, definitely it's getting interesting. And and yeah, more signs, I guess, of it's kind of a domino effect, increased cases leads to more, I guess, safety measures from a health perspective, meaning there's quarantines taking in various different areas. And, you know, when you talk about areas like New York and New Jersey, which are highly density in terms of its population, putting a 14 day quarantine is certainly going to be a little bit of problematic in terms of this this push to try and get these these key states performing once again. And then likewise in the likes of California, Florida and Texas, which are which are seeing those those record high levels at the moment. So yeah, definitely still very much sensitive to COVID numbers going forward in today's session for sure. And here's just a quick run through of some of those things we've just discussed. So yeah, the headlines being then that stocks for several states post the highest one day increase nationwide totals rise. So the nationwide total here, not quite yet the highest that we have seen in the peak of the main acceleration phase that we had during April, which is when we peaks out slightly above where we are at the moment. But certainly, you know, this is a wave in that sense. And it is coming and you can see quite a consistent pickup that we've had over the last couple of days here. And on the actual state by state level, you know, these are kind of the hotspots that have been in focus in the South and West in particular. And as you can see, New York, quite the opposite, you remember New York was really the focal point of the main outbreak or episode of it in North America. On the Northeast coast was where it was most felt in terms of cases and consequent deaths. However, they've done a pretty good job at just getting under control that curve has remained fairly flat at the moment. It's these other areas that have been generally under quite a lot of the pressure from from the president on the state level to try and reopen and to get the economy firing again, which you could argue has led to this next considerable phase of an increase. So yeah, I mean, that that's really it for me to talk about. There's not a great deal else going on. A couple of other things to probably mention a few other facts that I saw reading through the articles this morning was what's interesting here is the public is not psychologically immune to COVID-19. That's another thing that people are looking at in terms of when they're talking about the speed of the recovery.  That's obviously a problem in terms of reopening an economy. But psychologically, especially old people, so baby boomers account for something like 30 to 35% of consumer spending in the US. And those people are the ones that are more self conscious of the fact that they're older and that the virus in itself as what we've been led to believe and I guess the data has suggested it can affect just given age and underlying medical conditions, these other things, older people. And so can you expect then kind of consumer spending just to bounce back? Well, no, there are many different variables to consider here. And I think that's quite an interesting one that I haven't really seen mentioned too much before, this kind of psychological immunity that probably doesn't exist for certain pockets of certain types of demographics and baby boomers do contribute to quite a large amount of consumer spending within North America. Weak demand is also forcing US employers to lay off workers, keeping new applications for unemployment benefits high. Initial jobless claims, of course, is expected this afternoon. It's expected to come in at 1.3 million, so slightly lower than the prior week's 1.5 million. But the point being here as well as we go forward is all of these other measures that have taken place like stimulus checks or furloughing staff, these things typically can't last forever. And so it's definitely going to be interesting in the period ahead to see, but we've already heard of course from Stephen Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary a few days ago that they're looking to get kind of more stimulus into the system. And that is going to be needed just going on the back of what's happening here. So again, we go into this counterbalance of how bad the virus is to how much can they throw at it to try and rectify that situation to get people to remain confident that their jobs will be secured, that they will have an income, that the virus will go in the end and then people can return to some degree of normality. So that's the trade-off at the moment. And what happened yesterday in my mind was that one side overtook the other in that respect. And particularly the trigger point, as I've said in the last couple of briefings, is monitoring the virus numbers, yes, but as soon as we start seeing companies, states individually in America, start rolling back, putting the brakes on the reopening of the economy, that's problematic then to the shape of the recovery, that's got to be reflected on prices. It does also come of course with trade tensions resurfacing between the EU and the US, not exactly great timing for what is unfolding at the moment for all parties concerned. The EU is also debating whether to keep the door shut to American travelers coming to Europe this summer. So it's kind of the worst time at the moment for this kind of protectionist kind of mentality on a global level when you're facing what is an equally so a pandemic that will affect everyone, whatever color, creed, shape or form. So that also just making the markets a little bit tentative at this time. On an actual calendar basis, what have we got today? Pretty quiet actually in the morning and not until we get to around midday, you've got the ECB minutes for the June meeting, this coming from remember correctly when they over delivered on 100 billion more on the PEPP. So it could be quite interesting to see what comes out of the actual minutes there. Then in the afternoon, you've got US durable goods, the 130, this is the final GDP for Q1. So very backward looking now. And remember, the expectation for Q2 is going to be 25% north of that, perhaps for Q2 for US GDP. And that's going to be really key one that we'll see in the coming weeks for sure. To see the depths economically of, we've already seen all the bits come in all the economic data points in various parts of the economy through recent weeks. But actually seeing that advanced GDP for Q2 is going to be obviously particularly interesting. Then you've got the jobless claims, as I mentioned, and you've got US bank stress tests as well coming out at 9.30 usually generates a few headlines, but doesn't often then lead to a great deal of market movement. And definitely in the context of the broader picture at the moment, I don't think it's really going to get a look in when everyone's so kind of COVID aware at the moment. Speaker wise, ECB's Schnabel speaking at 1.30, Merch at 2.40, Bank of England's chief economist and also the one soul to centre for the decision to increase quantitative easing at last week's Bank of England interest rate decision, Andy Heldane, he's going to be speaking at 6pm. The topic is what is the future of society? So it's not exactly on topic of policy, but given the nature of the fact that he dissented against the group and he was the only one to have done so on QE last time out, I'd be quite interested to see what he has to say as well. So yeah, that's it. So remember to fill in the webinar registration if you would like to join me before the night is open. Otherwise, anything I've covered here or any questions that you do have, just feel free to leave a comment. I'd be happy to help and wish you guys a good day. All right, see you tomorrow.


Pattern 43. Gentleman's Cuffs. From Exercises in Knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Anne Chang. Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Me. Pattern 43. Gentleman's Cuffs. Gentleman's Cuffs. An excellent pattern. Shetland Wall. Needles number 20. Cast on 33 stitches on 2 needles and 36 on the third. Seam 8 rows all round. Knit 8 rows plain. Seam 8 rows. Knit 8 rows plain. Seam 8 rows. Knit 1 row plain. Rib in 3's 84 rows. Knit 1 row plain. Seam 8 rows. Knit 8 rows plain. Seam 8 rows. Knit 8 rows plain. Seam 8 rows. Cast off. End of Pattern 43. Pattern 44. From Exercises in Knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Betsy Bush, February 2009. Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Me. Pattern 44. Recipit for a Stocking. Number 10. Me's Persian Thread and Needles number 22 are the proper sizes. Cast on 56 stitches on the first needle and 48 on each of the other two. Knit 1 row plain. Second row. Knit 40 stitches plain. Seam a stitch. Knit all round plain. Knit 12 rows in the same way. All plain but the seam stitch. Now the pattern begins. Seam a stitch. Knit 23 plain. Seam a stitch. Knit 15 plain. This will bring you to the center seam stitch. Seam this stitch and knit 15 plain. This brings you to the end of the first needle. Seam a stitch. Knit 23 plain. Seam a stitch. Knit 23 plain. This will end the second needle. Seam a stitch. Knit 23 plain. Seam a stitch. Knit 23 plain. This ends the third needle. Seam a stitch. Knit 6 plain stitches. Bring the cotton forward. Knit 1. Bring the cotton forward. And knit 1. Continue to bring the cotton forward and knit 1 till you have made 12 additional stitches. Knit 5 plain. Seam a stitch. Knit 15. Seam a stitch. Knit 15. This is the back of the stocking and must always be knit the same. 15 plain, 1 seamed and 15 plain. Seam a stitch. Knit 6 plain. Bring the cotton forward and knit 1. Continue this till you have made 12 additional stitches as before. Knit 5 seam a stitch. Knit 6. Bring the cotton forward and make 12 stitches as before. Knit 5 seam a stitch. Knit 6. Make 12 stitches as before. Knit 5 seam a stitch. Knit 6. Make 12 as before and knit 5. This finishes the row and you have 60 additional stitches for the pattern. Seam a stitch and knit 35 plain. Seam a stitch and knit the back of the stocking. Seam a stitch and knit 35. Seam and knit 35. Seam and knit 35. Seam and knit 35. This ends the row. Knit 2 rows more same as the last. You have made stitches enough for the pattern and begin it. First row. Seam a stitch. Knit 2 together 6 times. Bring the cotton forward and knit 1. Continue this till you have 11 holes made. Bring the cotton forward and slip a stitch. Knit a stitch. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Slip a stitch. Knit a stitch. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Continue to slip a stitch, knit a stitch, and pull the slipped one over it 4 times more, which should bring you to the seam stitch. Knit the back of the stocking and continue this pattern round the other 2 needles, which will conclude the row. The next 3 rows are knit plain, except the seam stitches, which must be attended to. This finishes the pattern and you begin again at the first row and repeat the pattern 45 times. You then begin the heel. Knit the seam stitch on the first needle plain, then knit the pattern row of the stripe. Knit the back of the stocking and knit the first stripe off of the next needle. Using the needle you have knit the stripe and the back of the stocking with. Remembering that this is the pattern row. Knit the seam stitch at the end of the stripe plain. You have now 2 stripes and the plain back of the stocking on the heel needles, and 3 stripes on the front of the stocking. With the front you have at present nothing to do. The first or pattern row of the heel is knit. The remainder of the heel is to be knit with double thread. Second row, slip a stitch, seam 35 stitches, knit plain stitch, seam 15, knit 1 plain, seam 15, knit 1 plain, seam 36. Third row, slip a stitch, knit 35, seam a stitch, knit 15, seam a stitch, knit 15, seam a stitch, knit 36. Fourth row, slip 1, seam 35, knit 1 plain, seam 15, knit 1 plain, seam 15, knit 1 plain, seam 36. Begin again with the pattern row. Remembering that there is 1 plain stitch at the beginning and end of each needle, which stitch must be slipped at the beginning of every row. Repeat this pattern 9 times. At the 10th time, slip a stitch, knit 7 double stitches, make 8 holes narrowing from the last hole 7 times in the same manner as usual. This will reduce the pattern 6 stitches. For the 11th time, slip 1, knit 7 double stitches, make 2 holes narrowing from the second hole in the usual manner. This will have reduced the heel 14 stitches in each stripe and finishes the pattern. Knit 10 plain rows, knitting all the seam stitches except the middle 1 plain. The heel must now be closed. The narrowing must begin in the row of plain knitting, not the seamed one. Knit 26 stitches, knit 2 together, knit 11 stitches, which brings you to the seam. Knit 11 stitches beyond the seam, slip a stitch, knit a stitch, pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one, turn back. Slip 1 stitch and seam 11 stitches. Knit the seam stitch plain, seam 11 stitches, seam 2 together, turn back. Slip a stitch, knit to the seam stitch and 11 stitches beyond. Slip a stitch, knit a stitch, and pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Continue this narrowing till you have knit up all the stitches at each side. Take up the loops all along the side of the heel. They should be 29. Knit them with the single thread, knitting the 2 last on the needle together. This begins the gore. Knit the 3 stripes on the front needle in the pattern as usual, only remembering that you have no seam stitch between the gore and the pattern. Take up the loops all along the second side of the heel, and take half the heel stitches on the same needle. Then slip the first stitch. Knit the second, pull the slipped stitch over it, knit the remaining stitches on the needle. There should now be 41 stitches on each of the side needles. The middle of the heel ends the row. Therefore, the first needle is the one which begins from that place. Knit 15 stitches plain. Make a stitch by taking up a loop of the last row. Knit 3 stitches. Make another as before. Continue to knit 3 and make 1 till you have increased 11 stitches, which will bring you within 4 stitches of the end of the needle. Knit them plain. Knit the front needle in the second row of pattern, knitting 35 and seeming 1, knitting 35, seeming 1, knitting 35, which ends the needle. Knit 3 stitches. Make 1. Knit 3 as before, till you have made 11. Knit 15 plain, which ends the row. There should now be 51 stitches on each of the side needles. You must knit to within 2 stitches of the end of the first needle. Knit them together. Knit the front needle in 3rd row of pattern, 3rd needle. Slip a stitch, knit a stitch, pull the slipped stitch over it, knit to the end of the needle plain. The next row is not to be narrowed at either place. Continue to narrow the side needles as directed every second row, carrying on the pattern on the front needle, till you have reduced the stitches on each side needle, the first to 35 and the second to 36 stitches. There will now be 173 stitches all round. Continue to knit the side needles plain and the front in pattern, till you have repeated the pattern from the beginning of the gore 32 times. Join on the second thread and narrow the pattern 14 stitches in each stripe in the manner directed for the heel. There will now be 136 stitches on the needles. Knit 8 plain rows. Divide the stitches exactly, leaving 68 on the front needle and 34 on each of the side needles. The first needle of the row is the same as before. Knit to within 3 stitches of the end, slip 1, knit 1, pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one, knit 1 plain. Second needle, knit 1 plain stitch, knit 2 together, knit 2 within 3 stitches of the end, slip 1, knit 1, pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one, knit 1 plain. Third needle, knit 1 plain, knit 2 together, knit 1 to the end, knit 1 plain row all round. Continue these alternate rounds till you have reduced the stitches to 88. Then narrow every row, as directed, till there remain only 30 stitches on the front needle and 15 on each of the others. Cast off and fasten the thread. End of pattern 44. Pattern number 45 of exercises in knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Betsy Bush in Marquette, Michigan, May 2008. Exercises in knitting by Cornelia Mee. Pattern number 45 for a brioche. Either 8 thread German or 3 thread Flesi should be used. Pins number 12. Cast on 90 stitches. Keep the wool in front, slip a stitch the reversed way, knit 2 together, pass the wool in front, slip a stitch the reversed way, knit 2 together, pass the wool in front, slip a stitch the reversed way, knit 2 together, and so on. The whole of the knitting is done in this manner. Then knit 2 rows of dark for the edge, 2 rows of the color for the center, 2 more dark, these 6 rows form an edge which is done on each side of each piece. Then commence the center part of the stripe and knit 2 rows to the end. In the third row, leave 6 stitches at the end and turn back, as if beginning a fresh row, and knit to the end. In the next row, leave 12 stitches, then 18, 24, 30, 36, and 42. After leaving 42 stitches, you must only leave 3 more each time instead of 6, and next leave 45, 48, 51, and so on until you have only 15 stitches left. Then knit 2 rows of dark, the whole number of stitches. 2 of the center color, 2 of the dark, and take it off like common knitting. This completes one piece. 16 of which are required and look pretty placed. Scarlet, white, blue, gold, scarlet, white, lilac, green. This forms half the brioche, and the colors are repeated. End of pattern 45. Pattern number 46 of exercises in knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Betsy Bush in Marquette, Michigan, May 2008. Exercises in knitting by Cornelia Mee. Pattern number 46. Very pretty Van Dyke border. Pins number 19 and number 10. Boar's head thread. First row. Cast on 10 stitches. Slip 1, knit 1. Bring the thread forward. Knit 2 together. Knit 1. Bring the thread forward. Knit 2 together. Pass the thread twice over the pin. Knit 2 together. Knit 1 plain. Second row. Slip 1, knit 1. Knit half the stitch turned twice over the needle. Seam the other half. Knit 2. Bring the thread forward. Knit 2 together. Knit 1. Bring the thread forward. Knit 2 together. Third row. Slip 1, knit 1. Bring the thread forward. Knit 2 together. Knit 1. Bring the thread forward. Knit 2 together. Knit 4 plain stitches. Fourth row. Make a stitch. Knit 4. Knit 2. Bring the thread forward. Knit 2 together. Knit 1. Bring the thread forward. Knit 2 together. 5th row. Slip one, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two together, knit one. Bring the thread forward, knit two together, pass the thread twice round the pin, knit two together, pass the thread twice round the pin, knit two together, knit one plain. 6th row. Slip one, knit one, knit the first half of the double stitch, seam the other half, knit one, knit the first half of the double stitch, seam the other half, knit two plain, bring the thread forward, knit two together, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two together. 7th row. Slip one, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two together, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two together, knit the remainder of the stitches plain. Eighth row. Knit nine plain stitches, bring the thread forward, knit two together, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two together. Ninth row. Knit one, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two together, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two together, pass the thread twice over the needle, knit two together, repeat this three times, knit one plain stitch. Tenth row. Knit two, knit first half of double stitch, seam the other half, knit one double stitch as before, knit one, knit double stitches before, knit two, bring the thread forward, knit two together, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two together, eleventh row, slip one, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two together, knit one, bring the thread forward, knit two knit 2 together, knit 10 plain stitches. 12th row.  Slip 1, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, pass the thread twice over the needle, and knit 2 together. Repeat this 4 times, knit 1 plain. 14th row.  Slip 1, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, knit 3 remaining stitches plain. 16th row. Knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 5, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, knit 2 together, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, 17th row, slip 1, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, pass the thread twice over the needle and knit 2 together. Repeat this 5 times, knit 1, 18th row, knit 2, double stitches before, knit 1, plain, double stitches before, knit 1, double stitches before, knit 1, double stitches before, knit 1, double stitches before, knit 2, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, 19th row. Slip 1, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, knit 1, bring the thread forward, knit 2 together, knit the remainder of the stitches plain. 20th row. Cast off all the stitches but 10. This should be 23 and all.  This completes one van dyke. You then begin again from the first row and repeat these 20 rows till sufficient length is done. End of pattern 46. Pattern number 47 from exercises in knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Erika Sims. Exercises in knitting by Cornelia Mee. Pattern number 47 for children's gators. For this, two thread white fleece is required and number 11 pins. Cast on 22 stitches and knit 18 plain rows, increasing at the toe every time. There will then be 30 stitches on the pin, 14 of which must be left off at the heel onto a third pin. Then knit 24 plain rows without increasing. Cast on as many extra stitches as you before left off and knit 18 rows, decreasing one stitch every row until only 22 stitches are left. This completes the foot part. For the leg, take up 14 stitches on each side and 12 in the center. Knit 20 plain rows without increasing and afterwards increase one every third row at each end until 54 rows are done. Knit 24 rows with increasing, knit 20 plain rows, decreasing one every other row, then knit 10 rows, knitting two stitches and seaming two without increasing or decreasing. Knit 6 plain rows and cast off. End of pattern number 47. Pattern number 48 for an underspenser from Exercises in Knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Betsy Bush in Marquette, Michigan, October 2008. Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Me. Pattern number 48 for an underspenser. For the sleeve, cast on 40 stitches, knit 6 rows plain knitting. Seam and knit in 2s, 20 rows. The stripes at the beginning and ends will have 3 stitches. Knit 6 rows plain knitting. Seventh row. Knit 3 stitches, bring the wool forward, knit 2 together, knit 4 stitches, continue making a stitch knitting 4 between to the end of the row. Knit a stitch, increase a stitch. Knit to within 2 stitches at the end. Increase a stitch by knitting 2 in one loop. Continue increasing a stitch in every 6th row till there are 72 stitches. Cast off 18 stitches. Knit to the end of the row. Cast off 18 more. Knit 2 together at the beginning of every row till only 24 stitches remain. Cast off and sew up the sleeve. For the back. Knit the waist by casting on 28 stitches. Knit 3 plain rows. Knit 3 stitches, bring the wool forward, knit 2 together, knit 6. Continue making a stitch and knitting 6 between to the end of the row. Knit 6 rows, knit 3 stitches, increase 1 by knitting 2 in one loop. Knit to within 4 stitches of the end. Increase 1 as before. Knit 3. The next row, knit plain. Continue to increase a stitch till within 3 stitches of the beginning and end of the needle, every 2nd row, till there are 82 stitches. The next row, knit 3 stitches, knit 2 together, knit till within 5 of the end of the row. Knit 2 together, knit 3. Knit 16 rows without increasing or decreasing. This is for the armhole. Knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 2 within 5 of the end, knit 2 together, knit 3. Continue to decrease every row in this manner till only 24 stitches remain. Cast off. For the fronts, begin at the waist, cast on 52 stitches, knit 3 rows, knit 3 stitches, bring the wool forward, knit 2 together, knit 6. Continue to make a stitch in knit 6 between to the end of the row. Knit 12 rows, knit from the front, 11 stitches. Increase a stitch by knitting 2 in one. Knit to the end of the row. Knit 3 rows, knit 12 stitches, increase 1, knit to the end. Knit 3 rows, knit 13 stitches, increase 1, knit to the end. Knit 3 rows, knit 15 stitches, increase 1, knit to the end. Knit 3 rows, knit 17 stitches, increase 1, knit to the end. Knit 3 rows, knit 18 stitches, increase 1, knit to the end. Knit 3 rows, knit 19 stitches, increase 1, knit to the end. 3 rows. Knit 20 stitches, increase 1, knit to the end. There should now be 61 stitches on the needle. Knit 8 rows without either increasing or decreasing. Knit from the front 45 stitches. Cast off 9, take another needle, knit the 7 which remain, knitting together the 2 first at the end of the needle, where you cast off every row till only 1 is left. Cast off. This is the beginning of the armhole. Knit 2 together at the beginning of each row at the armhole until it is reduced to 37 stitches. Knit 32 rows without increasing or diminishing. Cast off 10 stitches from the front, knit a stitch, knit 2 together, continue to decrease a stitch in front every row inside the first stitch till only 20 stitches remain. Leave off decreasing in front. Knit 2 within 2 stitches of the end next the armhole. Increase the stitches before. Continue to do this every row till there are 27 stitches. Knit plain row, cast off. Take up the stitches down one side of the Spencer, knit 3 rows at one side, knit 3 stitches from the bottom, bring the wool forward, knit 2 together, knit to the end of the row, knit 5 rows, cast off. At the other side, knit 3 rows, knit 3 stitches from the bottom as before, bring the wool forward, knit 2 together, knit 10, make one stitch, knit 10, make one more, knit 10, make one, knit 10, make another stitch, knit to the end. For the buttonholes, knit 5 rows, cast off, sew the back and fronts together, take up the stitches all around the neck, knit 3 rows, knit 4 stitches, bring the wool forward, knit 2 together, knit 6, make a stitch, continue to make a stitch and knit 6 between to the end of the row. This is for a string to pass through, as are also the holes at the waist. Knit 8 rows, cast off, and sew in the sleeves. This should be knit in number 3 white lamb's wool yarn and number 14 steel pins. End of pattern number 48. Pattern number 49, knitted shawl, from exercises in knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Betsy Bush in Marquette, Michigan, October 2008. Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Pattern number 49, knitted shawl. Make a foundation of 108 stitches and knit on the narrow mesh 25 rows with white, 25 with a color for the center alternately. Till you have 5 stripes of white and 4 of colored, this completes the center. For the border, on the second size mesh, knit entirely with double wool throughout and 2 stitches made in every corner stitch in the wide rows, in addition to the pattern. First row, with white, on a mesh this width. Note, in the source text, this dash is 23 mm long. Plain. Second row, take 2 stitches together and knit them as one in the same mesh as the row before, also with white, and the 2 next rows. Third row, knit 2 stitches in every loop. Fourth row, plain on the narrow mesh. Repeat these 4 rows till you have knit all the shades, beginning with the lightest and ending with the darkest, 4 rows of each. For the fringe, on the wide mesh, with double wool, taking the 2 shades marked for the fringe. End of pattern 49. Pattern number 50 from Exercises in Knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Vicki Selleck in Maplewood, New Jersey, USA. Pins in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Pattern number 50. Another pretty pattern for a knit purse. Pins number 16. Cast on 76 stitches. Knit 1 plain stitch at each edge. Knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, seam 1. 4 skeins of silk are required, and passing 3 beads at a time makes it very handsome. 3 bunches of number 6 beads. The beads are passed in every alternate row at the made stitch. Every row is the same. End of pattern number 50. Pattern number 51 for a Knitted Collar from Exercises in Knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Betsy Bush in Marquette, Michigan, October 2007. Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Pattern 51 for a Knitted Collar in Fine Laced Thread and with Fine Needles. For the edging, cast on 10 stitches. First row. Slip 1, knit 1. Pass the cotton twice round the needle. Knit 2 together. Pass the cotton twice round the needle. Knit 2 together. Pass the cotton twice round the needle. Knit 2 together. Pass the cotton twice round the needle. Knit two plain. Second row. Knit three. Seam one. Knit two. Seam one. Knit two. Seam one. Knit two. Seam one. Knit two. Third row. Slip one. Knit fourteen. Fourth row. Cast off five. Knit nine. This leaves ten stitches on the needle. Fifth row. Slip one. Knit one. Pass the cotton four times around the needle. Knit two together. Knit one. Pass the cotton twice round the needle. Knit two together. Pass the cotton twice round the needle. Knit two together knit one sixth row knit three seam one knit two seam one knit three seam one knit one seam one knit two seventh row slip one knit fourteen eighth row cast off five knit nine this leaves ten stitches on the needle begin with the first row again and repeat the pattern fifteen times sixteenth time knit the first six rows of the edging cast on fifty six stitches on the same needle knit the fifty six stitches and the seventh row of the edging remembering that the first stitch of every row of the edging must be knit now and not slipped knit the eighth row of edging seam the fifty six stitches first row of pattern slip one knit three star bring the cotton forward and knit two together cotton forward and knit two together cotton forward and knit two together cotton forward and knit two together cotton forward and knit one cotton forward and knit two slip one knit one pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one knit four knit two together knit two repeat from star cotton forward and knit two together cotton forward and knit two together cotton forward and knit two together cotton forward and knit two together. Cotton forward and knit two together. Knit the first row of the edging. Second row. Knit second row of edging. Seam 55 stitches. Knit one stitch. Third row. Slip one, knit three, star. Cotton forward, knit two together. Cotton forward, knit two together. Cotton forward, knit two together. Cotton forward, knit two together. Cotton forward, knit three. Cotton forward, knit two. Slip one, knit one. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Knit two, knit two together. Knit two. Repeat from star. Cotton forward, knit two together. Cotton forward, knit two together. Cotton forward, knit two together. Cotton forward, knit two together. Cotton forward, knit two together. Knit the third row of the edging. Fourth row. Knit Knit the fourth row of the edging, seam 55, knit 1, fifth row, slip 1, knit 3, star. Bring the cotton forward and knit 2 together. Cotton forward and knit 2 together. Cotton forward and knit 2 together. Cotton forward and knit 2 together. Cotton forward, knit 5, cotton forward, knit 2, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Knit 2 together, knit 2, repeat from star. Cotton forward and knit 2 together. Cotton forward and knit 2 together. Cotton forward and knit 2 together. Cotton forward and knit 2 together. Cotton forward and knit 2 together. Knit the fifth row of the edging. Sixth row. Knit sixth row of edging, seam 55, knit 1. Seventh row. Slip 1, knit 2, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Star. Bring the cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton Forward. Slip One. Knit One. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton Forward. Knit Two. Slip One. Knit One. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Knit Four. Knit Two Together. knit 2, cotton forward, and knit 1. Repeat from star. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, and knit 1. Knit the seventh row of the edging. Eighth row. Knit eighth row of edging. Seam 55 stitches, knit 1. Ninth row. Slip 1, knit 2. Slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Star. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, knit 2, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 2. Cotton forward, and knit 3. Repeat from star. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, and knit 1. Knit the first row of the edging. Tenth row. Knit second row of edging. Seam 55, knit 1. Eleventh row. Slip 1, knit 2. Slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Star. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, and knit 2. Slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Knit 2 together. Knit 2. Cotton forward, knit 5. Repeat from star. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, slip 1, knit 1. Pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Cotton forward, knit 1. Knit the third row of edging. 12th row. Knit 4th row of edging. Seam 55. Knit 1. Begin with the first row again. Care must be taken to knit the proper rows of the edging. Knit the color the length you please. Cast off from the straight side 56 stitches. Repeat the edging pattern 16 times. Cast off, and sew the edging neatly on to the sides of the collar. Sew a narrow band of muslin to the neck part to make it firm. It will be observed that, in beginning the second time with the first row of the collar pattern, it is the fifth row of edging that must be knit, and so on every second time the pattern is begun. End of pattern number 51. Pattern number 52 from exercises in knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Betsy Bush, February 2009. Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Pattern number 52. Pretty feather pattern for the border of a shawl. 12 stitches to a pattern. First row. Knit two together, knit two together, make one, and knit one for four times. Knit two together, knit two together. 2nd row. Seamed. 3rd row. Knit plain. 4th row. Seamed. This is also a pretty pattern for toilet covers. End of pattern 52. Pattern number 53 from exercises in knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Betsy Bush, February 2009. Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Pattern number 53. Opened diamond pattern for the center of a shawl. 12 stitches to a pattern. This pattern looks extremely well in Stripes of Scarlet and White, 18 rows of each, for a large shawl cast on 240 stitches. First row. Make one, knit two together, knit seven, knit two together, make one, knit one, repeat. 2nd row. Seamed. 3rd row. Knit one, make one, knit two together, knit five, knit two together, make one, knit two, repeat. 4th row. Seamed. 5th row. Make one, knit two together, make one, knit two together, knit three, knit two together, make one, knit two together, make one, knit one, and repeat. 6th row. Seamed. 7th row. Knit one, make one, knit two together, make one, knit two together, knit one, knit two together, make one, knit two together, make one, knit two, and repeat. 8th row. Seamed. 9th row. Make one, knit two together, make one, knit two together, make one, slip one, knit two together, pass the slipped stitch over, make one, knit two together, make one, knit two together, make one, knit one, and repeat. 10th row. Seamed. 11th row. Knit two together, make one, knit two together, make one, knit three, make one, knit two together, make one, knit two together, knit one, and repeat. 12th row. Seamed. 13th row. Knit one, star, make one, knit two together, make one, knit five, make one, knit two together, make one, slip one, knit two together, and repeat from star. At the end of the row, knit two together. 14th row. Seamed. 15th row. Knit one, star. Knit two together, make one, knit seven, make one, knit two together, knit one, and repeat from star. 16th row. Seamed. 17th row. Knit two together, star, make one, knit nine, make one, slip one, knit two together, pass the slipped stitch over, and repeat from star. 18th row. Seamed. Begin again from first row. End of pattern 53. Pattern 54. Fan pattern from exercises in knitting. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Gesine. Exercises in knitting by Cornelia Mee. Pattern 54. Fan pattern. Nine stitches to a pattern. First row. Knit two, make one, and knit one for five times. Make one, knit two, and repeat. Second row. Seamed two, knit eleven, seam two. Third row. Knit two together, knit eleven, knit two together, and repeat. Fourth row. Seamed two together, seam nine, seam two together, and repeat. Fifth row. Knit two together, knit seven, knit two together. Sixth row. Seamed. Seventh row. Same as first.


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