[Illustration: ‘Sunlight]
The SUNLIGHT Book
of
Knitting and Crocheting
Edited by
ADELAIDE J. GRAY
Copyright 1913–15
W. G. PERRY
CHICAGO
The SUNLIGHT Book of Knitting and Crocheting
Experienced knitters and crocheters will appreciate this newest edition
of the Sunlight Book of Knitting and Crocheting—because it presents the
very latest novelties as well as new ideas for making many articles of
unchanging style.
Beginners will find every step made clear by directions as simple and
easily understood as though they were demonstrated by a teacher, because
the instructions were all written from actual work on the articles.
The illustrations and directions embrace an almost unlimited variety of
useful and appreciated articles.
Tiny bootees, afghans, hoods and sacques for the baby—warm skirt or
tasseled cap for the little girl—sweater and sturdy mittens for the
boy—a skating cap or sweater after a new and natty model for the man—a
comfortable shawl or slippers for the grandmother and innumerable
fancies from opera capes to bridge and motor jackets for the friend.
That the hours of work on any article may not go for naught with its
first washing, it is imperative to select yarns that have proven
trustworthy.
Sunlight Yarns have for many years been recognized as meeting all the
requirements of satisfactory work, lasting colors and long wear.
There is a SUNLIGHT Yarn for every kind of Knitting and Crocheting
=SUNLIGHT Golf Yarn= is a four-ply, lofty yarn of hard wearing quality,
made in a line of heather shades and brilliant colorings, especially
suitable for golf jackets, stockings, toques, children’s sweater coats,
caps, etc.
=SUNLIGHT German Knitting Worsted= is well known for its extreme wearing
qualities. The greatest of care is exercised to produce a round, even
thread with just the right amount of twist to make it knit up well. It
is made in a full line of colors, prints and mixtures, and is used for
knitting hose, gloves, sweaters and other articles that must stand wear
and great exposure.
=SUNLIGHT Four-fold Germantown= is ideal for crocheting and knitting
sport scarfs, afghans, slippers, toques, aviation caps, shawls, fine
sweaters, mufflers, tying comforts, and innumerable other beautiful and
serviceable articles.
Only the finest selection of wools of just the right quality is used in
this yarn, and it is carefully spun and twisted to produce just the
proper degree of soft, even loftiness and elasticity.
It is made in a wide range of shades covering every possible requirement
from the most delicate to the heaviest staple shades and all the newest
colors in popular favor.
=SUNLIGHT Eight-fold Germantown= is the same in its general
characteristics as the four-fold Germantown, except that the thread is
about twice as heavy. It is especially good for making toques, aviation
caps, heavy sweaters, afghans, slumber robes, etc.
=SUNLIGHT Saxony= is a fine, soft, three-ply thread, smoothly and evenly
spun, made in a complete line of shadings. Only the finest of wools go
into this soft yarn, which is ideal for making children’s stockings,
soft gloves and mittens, fascinators, infants’ crocheted skirts and
hoods, bootees, trimming hoods, children’s coats, shawls, etc.
=SUNLIGHT Spanish Worsted=—four-ply—is made of a special selection of
fine, hard wearing wools. It is spun into a finer thread than the German
Knitting Worsted, is used for much the same purposes, but is
particularly adapted for knitting gloves and mittens, men’s socks,
women’s stockings, sweaters, etc. Sunlight Spanish Worsted is made in a
complete line of colors and mixtures.
=SUNLIGHT Shetland Floss= is a very lofty, fluffy yarn, soft, evenly
spun. It comes in a beautiful line of shades and makes up well into fine
fascinators, sport scarfs, women’s sweaters, circular shawls, baby
jackets, toques, women’s kimonas, and many other articles.
=SUNLIGHT Eiderdown Wool= is a soft, fluffy, round strand, used for
crocheting toques, aviation caps, auto caps, and for baby afghans.
=SUNLIGHT Pompadour Wool= is a soft, fine thread yarn with a strand of
silk running through it. It works up very effectively in dainty
automobile hoods, scarfs, shawls, fascinators and baby garments.
=SUNLIGHT Shetland Wool= is a two-ply yarn, finer spun than Saxony and
very soft. It comes in a line of delicate colors and is used for
infants’ sacques and bootees, women’s scarfs, shawls, etc.
=SUNLIGHT Alliance Worsted= is a very fine knitting yarn, made soft,
lofty and yielding. Its uses are about the same as the Spanish and the
German Knitting Worsted, but the effect is much softer. Made in black
and white only.
=SUNLIGHT Fairy Floss= is a soft yarn of the nature of a Shetland Floss,
crimped to give it a wavy effect. It is used for shoulder wraps, shawls,
fascinators, kimonas, etc.
=SUNLIGHT Coral Yarn= is a fine, soft, round yarn with a very noticeable
spiral twist. It is used for infants’ mitts, bootees and jackets.
=SUNLIGHT Lusterine= is a very soft yarn with a lustrous strand running
spirally about it. It is largely used for making up dainty infants’
garments, scarfs, shawls, etc.
=SUNLIGHT Ice Wool= is a genuine Mohair high luster, wiry, two-ply
thread. It is used for circular shawls and all fancy wraps and headgear.
=SUNLIGHT Angora= works up very beautifully into infants’ soft hoods,
Tam o’Shanters, infants’ muffs and women’s mitts, caps and toques. It
gives a soft, fluffy surface.
Knitting Needles and Crochet Hooks
_Reproductions are actual size_
BONE KNITTING NEEDLES
[Illustration:
10 inches long Size
]
WOODEN KNITTING NEEDLES
[Illustration:
15 inches long Size
]
BONE CROCHET HOOKS
[Illustration:
10 inches long Size
]
WOODEN CROCHET HOOKS
[Illustration:
15 inches long Size
]
CELLULOID KNITTING NEEDLES
[Illustration:
Length 12, 13, 14 inches
]
CELLULOID CROCHET HOOKS
[Illustration:
Length 12 inches
]
BONE CROCHET HOOKS
[Illustration]
STEEL CROCHET HOOKS
[Illustration:
Style No. 1 Size
]
[Illustration:
Style No. 2 Size
]
[Illustration]
AMBER DOUBLE CROCHET HOOKS
Length, 18 inches
[Illustration]
No abbreviations are used in this
book.
A star (*) is often used before
and after a group of words to
indicate that the work described
between the stars must be
repeated.
First Stitches — Crocheting
CHAIN STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain of loops, pulling out 1 loop through the other.
SLIP STITCH
[Illustration]
Place the hook in a loop on the chain, put yarn over hook and pull
through both loops on needle at once.
SINGLE CROCHET
[Illustration]
Take up 1 loop on the chain, put yarn over hook and pull through both
loops on needle at once.
DOUBLE CROCHET
[Illustration]
Put yarn around hook, take up 1 loop on the chain, yarn over hook and
pull through 2 loops at a time.
LONG CROCHET
[Illustration]
Put yarn around hook and pick up 1 loop on the chain; yarn over hook and
pull through 1 loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops twice.
TREBLE CROCHET
[Illustration]
Put yarn around hook twice and take up 1 loop on the chain. Yarn over
hook and pull through 2 loops on needle and repeat this 2 times more.
First Stitches—Knitting
CASTING ON STITCHES
[Illustration]
Make a loop on the left hand needle. Put the right hand needle through
the loop, yarn over needle from left to right and pull through a stitch.
* Take up the stitch with left hand needle from right to left, yarn over
the right hand needle from left to right and pull through a stitch and
repeat from *.
KNITTING PLAIN
[Illustration]
Having the stitches on left hand needle, put right hand needle through a
stitch, in front; yarn over needle from left to right and pull through a
stitch. Drop the stitch on left hand needle and knit another stitch.
PURLING
[Illustration]
Have the yarn in front of a stitch and over the left hand needle. Put
right hand needle through the stitch from right to left, yarn around
needle from left to right and pull through a stitch. Drop stitch on left
hand needle and purl another stitch.
SLIPPING A STITCH
[Illustration]
Pass the stitch over from left to right without knitting it.
DECREASING A STITCH
[Illustration]
Knit or purl 2 stitches together as 1 stitch. Another way: Slip 1
stitch, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted one.
INCREASING A STITCH
[Illustration]
Knit 1 stitch plain; hold the loop on the left hand needle and knit
another stitch in the back of the loop. Drop the loop on the left hand
needle and repeat knitting.
MAKING A TWIST STITCH
[Illustration]
This is the same as plain knitting, with the exception that you put the
needle in the back of the stitch.
MAKING AN EYELET
[Illustration]
After having knitted 1 or more stitches, put yarn over needle and knit 2
stitches together as 1 stitch. Next row: Knit yarn over needle as 1
stitch. This will make the eyelet.
BINDING OFF
[Illustration]
Knit 2 stitches, pass the 1st stitch over the 2nd one; knit 1 stitch and
slip the loop on needle over the knitted stitch and repeat.
Detail Stitches
CROSS STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Work 1 double crochet in the 5th stitch from needle, make
another double crochet across the 1st one in the next stitch on the
chain. This makes the Cross Stitch.
Now make 1 double crochet in 2nd stitch on the chain and the other
double crochet across in the stitch skipped.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row; make the stitches above each other and take
up in the double stitch on the row below.
Turn for every row.
RIB STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length of the work.
=1st row:= Take up 1 loop in the 2nd stitch on the chain, put yarn over
hook and pull through both loops on needle. This is the single crochet.
Repeat in every stitch in the chain to end of row; turn.
=2nd row:= Make 1 chain, work same as on 1st row, taking up in the back
of the stitches on row below.
SLIPPER STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain as long as 1½ times the length of the work.
=1st row:= * Begin with 7 single crochet (larger or smaller number of
stitches as desired), make 3 single crochet in the next (the 8th) stitch
on the chain, then make 7 single crochet, skip 2 stitches on the chain
and repeat from * to end of row.
=2nd row:= Plain, or 1 single crochet for each stitch on row below,
taking up in the back of the stitches.
=3rd row:= Same as 1st row; make 3 single crochet in 1 stitch at the
point, then work 7 single crochet, skip 2 stitches and repeat.
Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows for the work.
BLOCK STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Work 3 double crochet in the 5th stitch from needle. * Make 1
single crochet in the 4th stitch on the chain, then make a chain of 3
stitches and 3 double crochet in same place as the single crochet;
repeat from * to end of row; turn.
=2nd row:= A chain of 3 stitches; make 3 double crochet in the single
crochet below; then work 1 single crochet on top of the block over the
chain of 3 stitches.
Now make a chain of 3 stitches, and work 3 double crochet in the same
place as the single crochet over the chain of 3 stitches; then a single
crochet on top of next block and repeat this for the work.
SHELL STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain somewhat longer than the length of the work.
=1st row:= Work 5 double crochet in the 5th stitch from needle. * Make 1
single crochet in 4th stitch on the chain, then a shell of 5 double
crochet in 4th stitch from the single crochet and repeat from * to end
of row; end row with a single crochet, turn.
=2nd row:= A chain of 3 stitches; work 2 double crochet in the single
crochet on row below (always taking up in the double stitch).
* Make 1 single crochet in the middle of the shell, then make a shell of
5 double crochet in next single crochet and repeat from *, ending the
row with 3 double crochet, turn. Start next row with a shell and repeat
for the work.
GRANDMOTHER’S STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Put yarn over hook and take up 1 loop in 4th stitch from
needle, yarn over and pick up another loop in next stitch on the chain;
now yarn over hook and pull through 4 loops, yarn over and pull through
2 loops and make 1 chain.
Repeat the stitch to end of row, taking up in every stitch on the chain;
turn.
=2nd row:= Draw out the loop on needle, put yarn over hook and take up
1st loop in the 1 chain below, yarn over and pick up 2nd loop between
1st and 2nd stitch on row below.
Pull through as before and repeat for the work, always taking up the
loops for the stitch on each side of the stitch below.
DESIGNS IN KNITTING AND PURLING
[Illustration]
=1st Part:= Knit plain every row.
=2nd Part:= Knit 2, purl 2 for every row.
=3rd Part:= =1st row:= Knit 1, purl 1 and repeat to end of row.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row, alternating the stitches. Slip 1st stitch
for every row.
PATENT STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches, uneven numbers.
=1st row:= Knit 1st stitch, * keep yarn in front of needle and slip 1
stitch with the yarn, knit plain the next stitch and repeat from * to
end of row.
Now for every row always slip 1st stitch, having the yarn to the left
side of the stitch and knit plain last stitch.
=2nd row:= Knit yarn over needle and the slipped stitch together as 1
stitch, and put yarn in front of needle and slip the knitted stitch with
the yarn.
Repeat these 2 rows for the work.
Detail Stitches—Sweaters
AUTO STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches. Knit forward and back.
For every row slip 1st stitch, having the thread to the left side of the
stitch and knit last stitch.
=1st row:= * Knit 4, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1 and repeat
from *, ending row by knitting 4 (knit last stitch).
=2nd row:= * Purl 4, knit 2, purl 1, knit 2 and repeat from * to end of
row.
=3rd row:= Purl 5, * knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 6 and repeat from * to
end of row.
=4th row:= Knit 5, * purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 6 and repeat from * to
end of row.
These 4 rows form the design. Make 5th row the same as 1st row; repeat.
LITTLE BETTY STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches. Knit forward and back.
For every row slip 1st stitch, having the thread to the left side of the
stitch, and knit last stitch.
=1st row:= Purl 3, knit 2 and repeat; at the end of row purl 1 (knit
last stitch).
=2nd row:= Knit 1, * purl 2, knit 3 and repeat from * to end of row.
=3rd row:= Purl 1, * knit 2, purl 3 and repeat from * to end of row.
=4th row:= Knit 3, purl 2 and repeat; at the end of row knit 1.
These 4 rows make the design.
Work 5th row the same as 1st row; repeat.
CABLE STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches.
=1st row:= Knit 5, * purl 2, knit 4 and repeat from *, ending row with
purl 1.
=2nd row:= Slip 1st stitch, * purl 4, knit 2 and repeat from * to end of
row.
=3rd row:= Slip 1, having the thread to the left side of the stitch, *
knit 4, purl 2 and repeat from * to end of row.
=4th row:= Same as 2nd row.
=5th row:= Slip 1, * put the next two stitches on extra needle, knit 2
stitches from 1st needle, then knit the 2 stitches on the extra needle.
This makes the twist; purl 2 and repeat from * to end of row.
=6th row:= Same as 2nd row.
Repeat the twist on every 6th row.
This pattern can be made larger by knitting plain 6 stitches and making
the twist on every 8th row.
FAIRY STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches.
=1st row:= Knit 5, * purl 2, knit 4 and repeat from *, ending row with
knit 1.
=2nd row:= Slip 1st stitch, having the yarn to the left side of the
stitch; * knit 2, purl 4 and repeat from * to end of row.
=3rd row:= Slip 1 (same as on 2nd row, yarn to left), knit 1, * purl 2,
knit 4 and repeat from * to end of row.
=4th row:= Slip 1 (yarn to left), purl 3, * knit 2, purl 4 and repeat
from * to end of row.
These 4 rows form the design.
=5th row:= Slip 1, knit 4 and repeat from * on 1st row. Repeat for the
work.
DARNING STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches.
=1st row:= Knit 1st stitch, purl 3, * knit 2, purl 4 and repeat from *,
ending row with purl 4.
=2nd row:= Slip 1, knit 3, * purl 2, knit 4 and repeat from * to end of
row.
=3rd row:= Slip 1, having the thread to the left side of the stitch, *
knit 2, purl 4 and repeat from * to end of row.
=4th row:= Slip 1, * purl 2, knit 4 and repeat from * to end of row.
These 4 rows form the design.
Make 5th row same as 1st row, slipping 1st stitch instead of knitting
it.
PEARL STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches.
=1st row:= * Knit 1, purl 1 and repeat from * to end of row.
=2nd row:= Slip 1st stitch and knit plain to end of row.
=3rd row:= Slip 1st stitch, having the yarn to the left side of the
stitch, * purl 1, knit 1 and repeat from * to end of row.
Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows for the work.
NEW CHAIN STITCH
(Waistcoat)
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Make the single crochet; break off the yarn.
=2nd row:= Fasten the yarn and make 1 chain. * Take up 1 loop through
center of the single crochet (below top chain, having 1 thread on each
side of the needle on both sides of work). Put yarn over hook and pull
through both loops on needle and repeat from * to end of row.
Repeat 2nd row for the work.
GERMAN WAISTCOAT STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Make the single crochet; break off the yarn.
2nd row: Fasten the yarn and make 1 chain. * Put hook through the left
side loop of the single crochet (below top chain) and through space at
left side of same stitch and take up 1 loop. Put yarn over hook and pull
through both loops on needle and repeat from * to end of row.
Make a single crochet in the chain on edge, at the start of every 3rd
row and drop a single crochet at the end of every 3rd row. By doing this
the edges of the work will be kept straight.
Repeat 2nd row for the work.
ENGLISH WAISTCOAT STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches.
=1st row:= Knit 1, * purl 3, knit 2 and repeat from *, ending row with
knit 1.
=2nd row:= Slip 1st stitch; having the yarn to the left side of the
stitch, * purl 3, knit 2 and repeat from * to end of row.
=3rd row:= Slip 1 (yarn to left); knit plain to end of row.
=4th row:= Same as 2nd row.
=5th row:= Same as 3rd row.
=6th row:= Same as 2nd row.
=7th row:= Same as 1st row.
Repeat for the work.
Detail Stitches—Afghans
OLD AFGHAN STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length for the work.
=1st row:= Pick up 1 loop in each stitch on the chain, then put yarn
over hook and pull through 1 loop at a time.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row, taking up the loops in the front from row
below.
DOUBLE HOOK AFGHAN STITCH
[Illustration]
Wind the yarn into 2 balls. Use 1 ball and make a chain the length
required.
=1st row:= Pick up 1 loop in each stitch on the chain, put yarn over
hook and pull through 1 loop at a time.
=2nd row:= Take up the loops same as on 1st row, but in front, on row
below; then turn, use the other ball and with the other hook pull
through 1 loop at a time.
Pick up the loops as before with the same hook, then pull through with
the 1st hook and ball and repeat.
STAR STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Start in 2nd stitch from needle and pick up 5 loops, 1 in
each stitch on the chain; put yarn over hook and pull through all on
needle at once and make 1 chain.
=2nd stitch:= Take up 1 loop below the 1 chain, pick up another loop in
the back of last loop on preceding stitch; take up 1 loop in same place
as last loop on stitch before; then pick up 2 loops in the next 2
stitches on the chain. (Always take up 5 loops.) Pull through as before
and repeat to end of row.
=2nd row:= A chain of 3 stitches; take up 2 loops in the chain, 1 loop
in the back of 1st stitch on * below, 1 loop in 2nd stitch on the star
(take up in double stitch), then 1 loop in the back of 1st stitch on 2nd
star below, pull through and repeat.
To make the pattern look well, each star must come exactly above the
other.
DOUBLE SHELL STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Begin with a single crochet in 2nd stitch from needle. * Make
a shell of 7 double crochet in the 4th stitch on the chain, and 1 single
crochet in 4th stitch from the shell and repeat from * to end of row;
end row with a single crochet.
=2nd row:= Work on same side, fasten the yarn in the single crochet on
1st row and draw the loop on needle long. Take up 3 long loops from 1st,
2nd and 3rd stitch on the shell below, put yarn over hook and pull
through all on needle at once and make 1 chain. Draw out loop on needle
and make first a slip stitch, then a single crochet in 4th stitch on
shell below.
Now have the loop long on needle and pick up 7 long loops from below, 3
on 1st shell, 1 in the single crochet and 3 loops on 2nd shell, then put
yarn over hook and pull through all on needle at once and make 1 chain.
Draw out the loop, take up in the next shell as before, and repeat.
=3rd row:= Start with 4 double crochet in center stitch of the 4 loops
below.
Make 1 single crochet in the single crochet below, taking up in the
double stitch, then make the shell of 7 double crochet in the center
stitch of the 7 loops below, and repeat.
Alternate the double shells; begin 4th row with a single crochet in 1st
stitch on row below, then pick up the 7 loops.
Repeat these 4 rows for the work.
POPCORN STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length for the work.
=1st row:= * Make 1 single crochet in the 2nd stitch on the chain, then
take up 1 loop in the next stitch on the chain, and from this loop make
a chain of 3 stitches, put yarn over hook and pull through both loops on
needle at once. This is the popcorn stitch. Repeat from * to end of row.
=2nd row:= Start with 2 single crochet and work same as on 1st row,
always taking up in the double stitch on row below.
THE COLONIAL STITCH
[Illustration]
Crochet a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Take up 2 loops in the chain, 1 in 4th and 1 in 5th stitch
from needle. Put yarn over hook and pull through 2 loops at a time.
Repeat this stitch to end of row; make 1 chain; turn.
=2nd row:= Make the same stitch; take up 1st loop in the space below,
pick up the 2nd loop in same space to the left side of the thread, going
diagonally across the space.
Work to end of row, make 1 chain, turn and repeat 2nd row for the work.
EYELET STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches, even numbers.
=1st row:= Knit 1st stitch, * purl 1, slip 1, keep the yarn in front of
the slipped stitch and repeat from * to end of row.
Now for every row always slip 1st stitch, having the yarn to the left
side of the stitch, and knit last Stitch.
=2nd row:= Purl the stitches.
=3rd row:= Slip 1, purl 1 and repeat same as 1st row.
=4th row:= Purl the stitches.
Repeat from 1st to 4th row for the work.
CHECKER STITCH
[Illustration]
Cast on the stitches.
=1st row:= Knit 5, purl 5 and repeat to end of row; turn.
Slip the 1st stitch for every row.
=2nd row:= Knit plain the knitted stitches on this side and purl the
purled stitches.
Work 7 rows and alternate the squares.
BEAN STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Take up 1 loop in the 4th stitch from needle, put yarn over
hook and take up another loop in same place, yarn over again and pick up
1 more loop in same place. Now put yarn over hook and pull through all
on needle at once and make 1 chain. This is the Bean Stitch.
Repeat in every other stitch on the chain to end of row; turn.
=2nd row:= A chain of 2 stitches; make the bean stitch in the space
below, on the right side of the thread, going diagonally across the
space.
Repeat 2nd row for the work, and turn for every row.
TUFT STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length for the work.
=1st row:= Work the single crochet to end of row, make 1 chain; turn.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row, always taking up in the double stitch on row
below.
=3rd row:= Make 2 single crochet, put yarn over hook and take up 1 loop
from below, around (from right to left) the third single crochet on 1st
row; yarn over and pull through 2 loops at a time. This is the Tuft
Stitch.
Work 1 single crochet in 4th stitch on row below. Now make the tuft
stitch in the 5th single crochet on 1st row and then 1 single crochet in
6th stitch on row below and repeat to end of row.
Repeat 2nd and 3rd row, alternating the tuft stitches and always making
them in the single crochet on the 2nd row below.
INDIAN AFGHAN STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Pick up 1 loop in each stitch on the chain (make the loops
long), then put yarn over hook and pull through 1 loop at a time.
=2nd row:= Take up 1 loop between each loop on row below and pull
through as before; at the end of row pull through the 2 last loops as 1.
=3rd row:= Take up the loops as before; at the end pick up 1 loop in the
back of last loop on 2nd row. Pull through 1 loop at a time and repeat
2nd and 3rd row for the work.
CLUSTER STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Draw out the loop on hook, * pick up 1 loop in 2nd stitch on
the chain, put yarn over hook and take up another loop in same place and
repeat from * to end of row.
Put yarn over hook and pull through 1 cluster at a time; at the end of
row pull through 1st loop and make 1 chain.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row, make 1 cluster between 1st loop and 1st
cluster on row below; then repeat, making 1 cluster between each cluster
below. At the end take up 1 loop in the back of last cluster on 1st row,
yarn over and pull through the loop. Repeat as before. At the end of
this row pull through the 1 loop with the cluster and make 1 chain.
Repeat these two rows for the work.
NEWPORT STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Make the single crochet; 1 chain, turn.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row, always taking up in the back of the
stitches; 1 chain, turn.
=3rd row:= Work 3 single crochet, * put yarn over hook twice and take up
1 loop in the chain, below 4th single crochet (take up from underneath);
yarn over and pull through 2 loops at a time. Skip 1 stitch on row below
for the treble crochet, now made; make 3 single crochet and repeat from
* to end of row; 1 chain, turn.
=4th row:= Same as 2nd row.
=5th row:= Same as 3rd row; start with 1 single crochet, make the treble
crochet, taking up from below, on top of the single crochet on 2nd row,
then 3 single crochet and repeat.
Repeat 4th and 5th rows, alternating the treble crochet.
HONEYCOMB STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Pick up 3 loops on the chain, in 4th, 5th and 6th stitch from
needle; put yarn over hook, pull through the 3 loops and make 1 chain.
Now put the hook through the 3 loops, yarn over hook and draw through 1
loop, at last yarn over, pull through 3 loops on needle and make 1
chain. This is the Honeycomb Stitch.
Take up 1st loop for next stitch in same place as preceding stitch and
the other 2 loops in the next 2 stitches on the chain. Repeat to end of
row; break off the yarn.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row; start with a chain of 3 stitches, pick up
1st loop in the 1st stitch on the chain, take up the other 2 loops on
top of the stitch below (always taking up in the back of the stitches).
Repeat for the work.
TRELLIS STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Work the single crochet, 1 chain, turn.
=2nd row:= Make 1 single crochet (take up in the back of the stitches on
row below), put yarn over hook twice, and take up 1 loop in the chain,
below 4th single crochet (take up from underneath), yarn over and pull
through 2 loops at a time. Skip 1 stitch on row below for the treble
crochet, now made, and * make 3 single crochet, 1 in each stitch.
Now make another treble crochet in same place as last one, leaving 2
loops on needle; then make 1 more treble crochet in the chain, in 4th
stitch from the 2 treble crochet previously made, pulling through 3
loops the last time. Repeat from * to end of row, make 1 chain, turn.
=3rd row:= The single crochet (taking up in the double stitch on row
below), 1 chain, turn.
=4th row:= Make 3 single crochet and repeat same as on 2nd row, making
the treble crochet in the 1 loop on top of the treble crochet below,
taking up from underneath.
Repeat for the work.
PURLED AFGHAN STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Pick up 1 loop in each stitch on the chain; put yarn over
hook and pull through 1 loop at a time.
=2nd row:= The same as 1st row, taking up the loops in the back of the
loops on 1st row.
Repeat 2nd row for the work.
ROBE STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Make the single crochet; 1 chain, turn.
=2nd row:= Single crochet, taking up in the double stitch on row below;
1 chain, turn.
=3rd row:= Begin with 1 single crochet, then * put yarn over hook and
take up (from right to left) 1 loop on the chain, below next stitch.
Yarn over hook and pull through 2 loops. Yarn over and take up another
loop in same place as 1st loop (make the loops long). Put yarn over hook
and pull through 2 loops, then yarn over and pull through the last 3
loops.
Skip 1 stitch on row below and make 3 single crochet, 1 in each stitch.
Repeat from * to end of row. Now make 2 rows as before in the single
crochet; then repeat 3rd row, alternating the heavy stitches and making
them in the single crochet below, on the 3rd row from top.
OLD NEWPORT STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Make the single crochet; break off the yarn.
=2nd row:= Make 1 single crochet; * put yarn over hook twice and take up
1 loop on the chain below the next stitch. Yarn over hook and pull
through 2 loops at a time. Skip 1 stitch on row below and make 3 single
crochet, 1 in each stitch (always taking up in the back of the stitches,
with the exception of taking up in the double stitch on the treble
crochet).
Repeat from * to end of row; break off the yarn.
=3rd row:= Start with 2 single crochet; then repeat 2nd row, making the
treble crochet below the next stitch, in the single crochet on 2nd row
from top (taking up from underneath).
=4th row:= Begin with 3 single crochet and repeat as before.
=5th row:= Fasten the yarn and make the treble crochet; then repeat as
before.
Repeat the 4 last rows for the work.
FRENCH AFGHAN STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Take up 1 loop in each stitch on the chain; put yarn over
hook and pull through 1 loop at a time.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row, taking up in the loops below.
=3rd row:= Make 1 chain, then 1 single crochet on top of the stitch
between 1st and 2nd loop on row below. * Put yarn over hook and take up
1 loop through 2nd and 3rd loops on 1st row (make loop long); yarn over
and take up another loop in same place. Put yarn over hook and pull
through 4 loops, yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Skip 2 loops on row
below, make 1 single crochet and repeat from * to end of row, making the
next stitch in the next 2 loops on 1st row; break off the yarn.
=4th row:= Same as 1st row, taking up the loops in the double stitch on
row below.
=5th row:= Same as 3rd row, making the cluster above the cluster below,
taking up from right to left above that 1 loop on top of the cluster.
Break off the yarn.
Repeat 4th and 5th rows for the work.
POCKET STITCH
[Illustration]
(When white and colored yarns are used.)
Begin with white yarn and cast on a number of stitches divisible by 5,
then add 2 more stitches.
=1st row:= Knit plain.
=2nd row:= Purl the stitches.
=3rd row:= Plain; 4th row purl, and 5th row, knit plain.
Start with the colored yarn.
=1st row:= Fasten the yarn and slip 1st stitch. * Knit plain with the
colored, 5 stitches; slip the next 5 stitches over on the other needle
from right to left, keep the yarn in back of the slipped stitches and
repeat from * to end of row, leaving the last stitch on the needle.
=2nd row:= Slip 1st stitch (of the colored stitches), having yarn to the
left side of the stitch and purl 4. * Slip the white stitches over on
the other needle, having the yarn in front of the slipped stitches, purl
5 (in the colored yarn) and repeat from * to end of row, leaving the
last stitch on the needle.
=3rd row:= Slip 1st stitch (in the pink) having the thread to the right
side of the stitch and repeat same as on first row.
Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows until you have 6 rows in pink. Begin with white.
=1st row:= Knit first stitch, then purl the stitches; knit last stitch.
=2nd row:= Knit plain.
=3rd row:= Purl the stitches.
Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows until you have 6 rows in white.
Now make another stripe in the color, like 1st one, alternating the
stitches.
Repeat 2nd stripe in white and 2nd stripe in colored yarn for the work.
PINE STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Start in 2nd stitch from needle and * take up 3 loops, 1 in
each stitch on the chain (make the loops long); then pick up 1 loop (not
long) in the next stitch on the chain and from that loop make 1 chain.
Repeat from *, ending row with the short loop and 1 chain.
Now * put yarn over hook and pull through 1 loop, yarn over and pull
through the 3 long loops at once and repeat from * to end of row; make 1
chain.
=2nd row:= Take up 1 loop in the space below to right side of the 3 long
loops, pick up 1 loop in the stitch going across the 3 loops, and 1 loop
in the space to left side of the 3 loops below. Pick up the short loop
in the 1 chain, made in the preceding row, and make 1 chain. Repeat from
* to end of row.
Pull through same as on 1st row.
Repeat 2nd row for the work.
KNOT STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Begin in 2nd stitch from the needle and * take up 3 loops on
the chain, 1 loop in each stitch. Put yarn over hook and pull through 2
loops, yarn over, pull through 1 loop, yarn over and pull through last
loop.
Make a slip stitch on the chain in same place as last loop in preceding
stitch. Repeat from * to end of row; break off the yarn.
=2nd row:= Fasten the yarn and make 1 chain. * Take up 1 loop in space
below to right side of the stitch. Pick up 2 loops in the space to left
side of the stitch—that is, 1 loop on each side of the thread going
diagonally across the space. Pull through same as on 1st stitch; make
the slip stitch and repeat from * to end of row.
Repeat 2nd row for the work.
ROPE STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Put yarn over hook and take up 1 loop in 2nd stitch from
needle, yarn over and take up another loop in the same place (draw the
loops long). * Put yarn over hook and take up 1 loop in 2nd stitch from
the preceding cluster, yarn over and take up another loop in same place
and repeat from * to end of row.
Now put yarn over hook and pull through 1 cluster at a time. At end of
row pull through last loop and make 1 chain.
=2nd row:= * Put yarn over hook and take up (from right to left) 1 loop
through the cluster below, yarn over and take up another loop through
the same cluster and repeat from *.
At end of row pick up 1 loop in the back of last cluster below; put yarn
over hook and pull through the loop with the cluster and repeat as
before.
Repeat 2nd row for the work.
ICELAND STITCH FOR EIDERDOWN AFGHANS
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= The single crochet. At end of row make a chain of 2 stitches;
turn.
=2nd row:= Take up 1 loop in the 1st stitch and another loop in the 2nd
stitch on row below, always taking up in the back of the stitches. Put
yarn over hook and pull through all on needle and make 1 chain.
=2nd stitch:= Take up 1 loop in same place as last loop in preceding
stitch; pick up the other loop in 2nd stitch on row below. Pull through
as before and repeat to end of row.
Make 3rd row same as 1st row, taking up in the back of the stitches.
Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows for the work.
DOUBLE STAR STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Begin in 2nd stitch from needle and pick up 5 loops on the
chain, 1 in each stitch (draw the loops long). Put yarn over hook and
pull through all on needle at once and make 1 chain.
=2nd stitch:= * Take up 1 loop below the 1 chain just made, pick up
another loop in the back of last loop in preceding stitch, 1 loop in
same place as last loop in preceding stitch, then 2 more loops on the
chain, 1 in each stitch (always take up 5 loops). Pull through same as
before, make 1 chain and repeat from * to end of row; turn.
=2nd row:= A chain of 3 stitches; take up 2 loops in the chain, then 2
loops, 1 in each stitch, on star below (same start for every row, always
4 loops to the 1st star).
Make 2nd row same as 1st row, always taking up in the double stitch on
row below.
Repeat 2nd row for the work.
SPLICING STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= * Put yarn over hook and take up 1 loop in the chain; pull
this loop through the next loop on needle, then put yarn over hook and
pull through the 2 remaining loops. Repeat from * to end of row.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row, always taking up in the double stitch on row
below.
Repeat 2nd row for the work.
Detail Stitches—Afghan Border
MALTESE STITCH
[Illustration]
Have a plain afghan stitch stripe for foundation. (See page 25, Old
Afghan Stitch.)
=1st row:= Start on the edge about 1 inch from a corner with a single
crochet; make 1 chain, draw out the loop, put yarn over hook and take up
1 loop in back of the single crochet, yarn over and take up another loop
in same place, yarn over and pull through all on needle at once and make
1 chain. Draw out the loop on needle and make another cluster in the
back of the 1 chain, the eye of the Maltese Stitch.
Fasten to the other edge with a slip stitch, make a chain of 3 stitches,
go back into the eye of the Maltese with a slip stitch and make 1 chain.
Work 1 cluster as before in the back of the 1 chain, another cluster,
fasten to the edge and repeat for the length of the border.
=2nd row:= Start in the eye of the Maltese with a slip stitch; make 1
chain, then a cluster in the 1 chain and fasten to a stitch opposite the
cluster at the edge. A chain of 3 stitches, go back into the eye of the
Maltese with a slip stitch, another chain of 3 stitches, go over to the
next eye of the Maltese and repeat.
LACE EDGE
[Illustration]
(When white and pink yarns are used.)
Begin with white yarn and make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Work the single crochet; break off the yarn. Turn the row
upside down, so that you will take up in the chain.
=2nd row:= Start with a single crochet; * make 1 chain, then make 2
double crochet between 4th and 5th stitch from the single crochet, a
chain of 2 stitches and 2 more double crochet in the same place. Make 1
chain, a single crochet between 4th and 5th stitch from the double
crochet, and repeat from * to end of row.
=3rd row:= Same as 2nd row, making the double crochet over the chain of
2 stitches and the single crochet in the single crochet on row below.
Now use pink yarn.
=4th row:= Make a slip stitch (from right to left) below the 1st single
crochet on 2nd row. Make a chain of 4 stitches and a slip stitch over
the 1 chain above; a chain of 4 stitches and another slip stitch over
the next 1 chain above, then a chain of 4 stitches and * make 1 double
crochet over the chain of 2 stitches. Now make a chain of 3 stitches,
then make 1 single crochet below the chain over the double crochet and
repeat from * 3 times more in same space.
Make other side of scallop to correspond.
Attach lace to afghan with pink yarn. * Make a slip stitch on edge of
afghan, then make a slip stitch on edge of lace and repeat from *,
taking up in every stitch on both sides.
This stitch is also used in putting stripes together.
SCALLOP EDGE
[Illustration]
(When white and pink yarns are used.)
Begin with white yarn and make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Make 5 single crochet, then * 1 chain, skip 1 stitch, work 9
single crochet and repeat from * to end of row; break off the yarn.
=2nd row:= Make 1 single crochet in 1st stitch on 1st row. * Put yarn
over hook twice, skip 4 stitches and take up 1 loop in the space; yarn
over and pull through 2 loops at a time. Make 8 more treble crochet in
same space; a single crochet in 5th stitch and repeat from * to end of
row.
=3rd row=, in pink: Make a single crochet in 1st stitch; take up 1 loop
in each of the next 2 stitches, * put yarn over hook and pull through
all on needle. Make a chain of 3 stitches, take up 1 loop in same place
as preceding stitch, 1 loop in the next stitch and repeat from *, having
a single crochet between each scallop.
Now make another chain in white, same length as first one.
Work 1 row in the double crochet.
Join this row to the scallop with the cord stitch.
Use white and pink yarn, turn the row upside down, place both edges
together and work as on one.
Start with white yarn; make 1 single crochet and a chain of 4 stitches.
Take the pink yarn and make 1 single crochet in the 2nd stitch from the
white, then a chain of 4 stitches.
Now take up the white chain over the pink one, toward you, and make a
single crochet in the 2nd stitch, then a chain of 4 stitches.
Repeat the same with the pink chain.
Work alternately with the 2 colors.
This corded stitch is also used in putting stripes together.
SCALLOP EDGE
[Illustration]
(When white and blue yarns are used.)
Begin with white yarn and make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Make the single crochet, 1 chain, turn.
=2nd row:= The single crochet, taking up in the back of the stitches.
=3rd row=, in blue: Make 1 double crochet below top row, in 3rd stitch
from edge; a chain of 3 stitches and another double crochet across 1st
one in 1st stitch from edge.
Repeat the cross, leaving 1 stitch between each cross.
=4th row=, in white: * Make 1 single crochet in 1st cross, then a shell
of 8 double crochet in the next cross and 1 single crochet in 3rd cross;
make 1 chain and repeat from * to end of row.
=5th row=, in blue: Make 1 single crochet between the scallops; then 1
chain and another single crochet in the 1st double crochet. * A chain of
3 stitches; make 1 single crochet in the 2 loops below the chain, then 1
single crochet in the next double crochet and repeat from * around the
scallop.
Detail Stitches
OPEN CROSS STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length for the work.
=1st row:= Put yarn over hook twice, take up 1 loop in the 6th stitch
from needle, yarn over and pull through 2 loops; yarn over hook, skip 1
stitch on the chain and pick up another loop in the next stitch. Now
yarn over and pull through 2 loops at a time and make 1 chain.
Yarn over hook again and take up 1 loop from the 2 loops in middle of
cross, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, then 2 more and make 1 chain.
Repeat the cross stitch to end of row, leaving 1 stitch on the chain
between each cross; break off the yarn.
Repeat 1st row, alternating the crosses (take up in the double stitch on
the row below).
DOUBLE CROSS STITCH
[Illustration]
Make a chain the length required.
=1st row:= Put yarn over hook twice, take up 1 loop in the 6th stitch
from needle, yarn over and pull through 2 loops; yarn over hook, skip 1
stitch on the chain and pick up another loop in the next stitch.
Now yarn over and pull through 2 loops at a time and make 1 chain. Yarn
over hook again and take up 1 loop from the 2 loops in middle of cross,
yarn over, pull through 2 loops, then 2 more and make 1 chain. Skip 1
stitch on the chain, make another cross and repeat to end of row. Break
off the yarn.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row; make the crosses above each other, taking up
in the double stitch on row below.
BULLION STITCH
Make a chain the length required.
=1st stitch:= Put yarn around hook 10 times (not too tight) and take up
1 loop in 5th stitch from needle; yarn around hook and pull through all
on needle at once.
Repeat 1st stitch, always taking up in the next stitch on the chain.
This pretty stitch is used for borders, belts, etc.
[Illustration]
NARROW BULLION STITCH
Make a chain the length required.
Put yarn around hook 6 times (not too tight) and take up 1 loop in 4th
stitch from needle; yarn around hook and pull through all on needle at
once.
Now yarn around 6 times and repeat, making 1 stitch in each stitch on
the chain.
[Illustration]
LACE PICOT
[Illustration]
Begin with 1 chain; * make another chain a little tighter, pull out the
loop and withdraw the hook.
Now put hook back into 2nd chain from the loop and draw out a loop; make
1 chain and repeat from * for any length desired.
PICOT EDGE
[Illustration]
Begin with a chain of 8 stitches. Make 1 single crochet in 4th stitch
from needle. Put yarn over needle 3 times and take up 1 loop in the 2nd
stitch on the chain, yarn over and pull through 2 loops at a time. * A
chain of 4 stitches, make 1 single crochet in the 1st stitch on the
chain. Put yarn over hook 3 times, take up 1 loop in middle of that long
stitch, made before; yarn over and pull through 2 loops at a time and
repeat from *.
Infant’s Crocheted Bonnet
MATERIALS
SUNLIGHT Shetland Floss
2 skeins white
1 skein colored
1 10-inch Bone Crochet Hook, No. 3
3½ yards Satin Ribbon, ½ inch wide
1 yard Satin Ribbon, 1⅛ inches wide
[Illustration]
INSTRUCTIONS
(_Written for white and pink._)
Start on the turnover with white yarn. Make a chain of 60 stitches.
=1st row:= Take up with the hook 1 loop in each stitch on the chain. Put
yarn over hook and pull through 1 loop at a time.
=2nd row:= Same as 1st row, taking up in the loops on row below.
=3rd row:= Pick up 3 loops; leave the yarn, * take up 4th loop with pink
yarn and make 1 double crochet in the loop below on 2nd row from top.
The next 3 loops in white and repeat from * to end of row.
Repeat these 3 rows, alternating the double crochet. Work 9 rows. Start
next row on wrong side of the turnover and take up in the loops from the
back. Begin in 1st loop with a chain of 2 stitches. Put yarn over hook
and take up 1 loop in 2nd loop on row below. Yarn over and take up
another loop in 3rd loop on row below. Yarn over and pull through all on
needle at once and make 1 chain. This is the stitch for bonnet. Work to
end of row. Make 1 stitch for each 2 loops on row below.
=2nd row:= Start same as on 1st row and take up between the stitches on
preceding row so that each stitch will come exactly above the one below.
Work 3 stitches, then make 1 heavy stitch. Put yarn over hook and take
the stitch below on your needle from right to left. Yarn over hook and
pull through 1 loop, yarn over, take up another loop in same place and
repeat this 3 times more, yarn over and pull through all on needle and
make 1 chain. Work 6 stitches, then make 1 heavy stitch, repeat with 8
stitches, 1 heavy, 6, 1 heavy and 3 stitches.
Repeat this row until you have 12 rows, or 4½ inches from turnover.
Continue work on 12 stitches in center of row, and make 11 rows.
This part is the back of bonnet.
Sew the sides together.
Now work at bottom of bonnet. Start at front in 1st stitch from the
turnover and make 1 row of single crochet. Work tight, make 2 single
crochet for each row on the sides and make 1 single crochet for each
stitch in back.
Repeat the single crochet, taking up in double stitch and work back and
forth for 10 rows.
Finish off the edge all around with 1 row in pink yarn:
Take up 2 short loops, leaving 1 stitch between on row below, yarn over
hook and pull through. A chain of 2 stitches and repeat, taking up in
same and 2nd stitch on row below.
For trimming make two bows of the narrow ribbon and put them on the
sides to hold the turnover in its place. Have about twenty loops in each
bow.
Sew ribbon on to tie.
Infant’s Crocheted Hood
For details see Single Crochet, page 10 and Star Stitch, page 28
MATERIALS
SUNLIGHT Saxony Yarn—2 skeins of white
1 10-inch Bone Crochet Hook No. 5
2¼ yds. Pink Ribbon, 1⅛ inches wide
⅙ yard Pink Silk for lining
[Illustration]
INSTRUCTIONS
Begin in back with a chain of 3 stitches.
=1st row:= Join to a ring and work tight 12 single crochet in the ring.
Join for every row and take up in double stitch on the row below.
=2nd row:= Work looser and make 12 single crochet in the row.
=3rd row:= Make a chain of 3 stitches, take up 2 loops in the chain, 1
loop in joining-place and 1 loop in the 1st single crochet on row below.
Put yarn over hook and pull through all on needle at once and make 1
chain.
=Next stitch:= Take up 1 loop below the 1 chain, pick up 1 loop in the
back of last loop in preceding stitch, 1 loop in same place as last loop
in preceding stitch and 1 loop in the next single crochet on row below.
Pull through as before and repeat to end of row. (12 star stitches in
the row.) Now turn for every row and work on the other side.
=4th row:= The single crochet; make 2 stitches for each star below.
=5th row:= The star stitch, same as before.
=6th row:= The single crochet; increase 1 stitch for every 4th stitch on
the row.
=7th row:= The star stitch, taking up the 2 last loops for the stitch in
the next 2 stitches on row below.
Work 1 more row in the single crochet and increase 1 stitch for every
10th stitch. Now turn again and make 26 star stitches, same way as on
preceding row, then there are about 14 plain stitches left for the neck.
=Turn:= Make 1 row in the single crochet and repeat back and forth until
you have 6 rows in each stitch.
=The turnover:= Work 1 row in the star stitch on same side as last row,
then turn and make 1 row in the single crochet, turn.
=3rd row:= A chain of 2 stitches; work 5 double crochet, with 1 chain
between each double crochet in every 4th stitch on row below.
=4th row:= Make a chain of 3 stitches and 1 single crochet between every
double crochet on row below. This will finish the front.