KNIT SHAWL. Fig. 33 illustrates a very pretty knit shawl. The materials required are a pound and a half of zephyr wool and two needles of medium size. The pattern consists of two different rows. Begin at one of the front ends with three stitches on the needle. First Row. Knit two plain stitches, cast thread over needle loosely; two plain, cast thread over. Repeat to end of needle. Second row. Always knit two, and drop the thread cast over needle in the preceding row; the thread will be found to have shifted its position, as shown in Fig. 34. Widen until the middle is FIG. 29.-BORDER KNOTTED-WORK (MACRAME). reached by knitting off crosswise the thread cast over by the last stitch, instead of dropping it; then narrow to the end by knitting the last two stitches and thread cast over as one stitch. Always widen and narrow on the straight side. For the fringe, draw three threads of wool, nine inches long, through every second stitch, and knot them. Divide, and knot again. This makes the fringe, when finished, four inches long. INFANT'S SACK. Fig. 35 illustrates a new design for an infant's crocheted jacket. Begin at the bottom by making a chain of one hundred and eighteen stitches. FIG. 30.-DARNED NET INSERTION. the needle,-draw through the next chain, wrap loosely around the needle, etc., to the end of the In going back, draw the wool through two stitches, make one chain, draw thread through two, etc., to the end of the row. Second row. Wrap loosely around the needle, then pick up one stitch, and the wool which was wrapped around the needle of the last row and the chain-stitch, drawing the wool under the chain and through the two stitches, etc., to the end. The fourth, seventh, tenth, thirteenth, and sixteenth rows are decreased by drawing the wool through two double stitches. Narrow all the rows in that manner, and from the eighteenth row on crochet the fronts and back separate, of about eleven rows. The fronts each consist of fourteen double stitches; the twenty-one double stitches between being for the back. Combine the back and front at the shoulders by a tight chain; make two rows of tight single crochet around the neck. The next row around the neck is: three triple, one chain, one single, one chain into each single of preceding row. Draw a cord NOVELTIES IN FANCY-WORK. one plain row, cut the thread, turn the work so that the wrong side shows the edge, and proceed to the pattern. Crochet twenty-four rows from the side edges up, drop one stitch in the FIG. 32.-LACE, DARNED NET. middle of the fourteenth, and every second row The pretty purse illustrated in Fig. 38 is composed of two kinds of fancywork, bead embroidery and crochet. The pattern, worked with beads on fine canvas, can be readily followed. The design may be embroidered in white, black, gold, or silver beads, and filled in with garnet, opaque white, crystal, jet, or blue beads. Or, if preferred, the beads can be used only for the design, and the background filled in with silk. In the illustration, both white and gray beads are employed in the embroidery. A pretty combination of colors is made by using gilt beads for the design and black or bright blue for the foundation. A purse of this description, intended as a gift for a lady in mourning, had the initial and border worked in opaque white beads, and the foundation filled in with cut black After completing the embroidery, press the rim. The first two rows down with an iron, and begin the crocheting with colored silk. are worked around in single crochet; INFANTS' SHIRTS. Ladies often find it a difficult matter to obtain directions for making knit shirts of very small size, and will therefore be glad to have the accompanying simple directions. The materials required for one pair of shirts are one skein of white Saxony yarn and two knittingneedles (rubber) of medium size. Cast forty-nine stitches, knit four stitches at the beginning of the needle, put the yarn forward and FIG. 33.-KNIT SHAWL. knit one, put forward again and knit seven. Repeat till the end of the needle is reached, when there Knit one stitch, slip one, and should be sixty-one stitches. Seam one needle. Knit one needle. bind it over the next two-which are knit plain-needle. Seam one needle. Knit one needle. Knit eight stitches, put the yarn forward and knit one, put the yarn forward and knit two, narrow twice, knit three stitches, put the yarn forward and knit one, put the yarn forward and knit two, FIG. 34.-DESIGN FOR FIG. 33. and knit two, narrow twice and knit three. Repeat to the end of the needle. Seam one needle. Knit one needle. Knit one stitch, slip one and bind it over the next two, which are knit plain, etc. Repeat the first three needles until there are eleven or twelve shells. Next knit two stitches, and seam two alter nately to the end of the needle. Repeat till you have knit forty needles. Knit one needle plain. Seam one needle. Knit one needle plain. Seam one needle. Knit one needle plain. Seam one needle. Make holes. This is done by knitting one FIG. 36.-LACE FOR CROCHET SACK. narrow twice, knit three stitches, put the yarn forward and knit one, put the yarn forward and knit eight, which completes the needle. Seam one needle. Knit one needle. Knit nine stitches, put the yarn forward and knit one, proceeding as in the needle with eight stitches. Seam one needle. Knit one needle. Knit ten stitches, put the yarn forward and knit one, proceed as in the needle with eight stitches. Seam one needle. Knit one needle. Knit eleven stitches, the needle with eight stitches. Seam one needle. put the yarn forward and knit one, proceed as in Knit one needle. Seam one needle, knit one needle, seam one needle, knit one needle, seam one needle. Make holes. Seam one needle, knit one needle, FIG. 35. CROCHET, INFANT'S SACK. FIG. 37.-FOUNDATION OF CROCHET SACK. stitch, slipping one, knitting two plain, and bind- seam one needle. Bind off. If a larger size is ing the slipped stitch over the two knit ones. desired, cast fifty-seven stitches instead of fortyRepeat to the end of the needle. Knit one nine, and proceed according to directions already needle plain. Bind off. given. For the sleeve, commence with forty-seven Sleeve.-Cast thirty-seven stitches. Knit one stitches and proceed as before. SOCKS FOR BABY DOLLS. A novelty in knitting which will be sure to please little girls is socks for baby dolls. Best Cast twenty-eight stitches with white wool, knit two needles plain. Make holes. This is done by knitting one stitch, slipping one stitch, knitting the next two stitches and binding the slipped stitch over the two knitted ones. Repeat this to the end of the needle. Knit two needles plain. Knit two needles with blue wool. Knit two needles with white. Make holes. Seam one needle. Knit one needle. Make holes. Kait one needle. Seam nineteen stitches, leaving the rest on a needle. Slip the first stitch, make four 464 Knit one Knit all but three stitches and narrow. Still using the blue wool, take up the seven Ladies are often solicited for contributions to fairs. They will find that these little novelties are made without much expenditure of either effort or money, and are at the same time very salable. BAG FOR CLOTHES. Another new article, which would find ready sale at fairs, is a bag for soiled clothes, illustrated in Fig. 39. The materials are Macrame lace, lined with silk, satin, or wool goods. The lace extends only two-thirds of the length of the bag, and is finished with a ruche of satin ribbon. The bottom is completed by a handsome bow of ribbon and tassel made of the thread used for the Macrame lace. Draw up the bag at the top with silk cord and tassels the shade of the lining. Fig. 40 shows the pattern of the Macrame lace. Very pretty bags are also made of blue and white ticking, the blue stripes covered with black braid feather-stitched with colored wool, and the white stripes embroidered with bright-hued wools in as great a variety of fancy stitches as the maker's skill can compass. A plainer style, much liked by many persons who wish to have such articles frequently washed, is made of stout brown linen, trimmed with rows of scarlet braid, three-quarters of an inch wide feather stitched with black wool. These rows are placed an inch apart and may be arranged in regular order, covering the bag to half or threefourths of its depth, or in three groups of four rows each, one at the bottom, one in the centre, and one at the top of the bag, just below the drawing-string, which should be of scarlet braid in place of cord and tassels. |