MARY MARIE’S SHAWL
AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs
again.
“How glad we are!
How glad we are!
We heard you coming
From afar!”
sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
“We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn
Baby.
“Not come!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Why, it would be punishment for me
not to have these lovely lessons.”
[Illustration: “How glad we are!”]
[Illustration: “Not come!”]
Picking up Crow Shay, she finished putting the fringe on the scarf.
“Isn’t it lovely!” she cried. “I want you all to see how sweet Mary
Marie looks in it.”
“Oh, let her nap,
Please let her nap,
Until you make—
A little cap!”
said Crow Shay.
“A cap?” asked the little girl. “Why, Crow Shay, do you think I can
ever make her a cap?”
“Yes, indeed,” answered the Yarn Baby. “We have planned that for a
lesson to come soon.”
“And we do not want to see your Polly—I mean your dolly—until you have
the set made; that is, a cap and scarf. Then you can show us how she
looks in them,” added Crow Shay.
“Oh, all right,” said Mary Frances, “that will be a much delightfuller
surprise for Mary Marie, anyhow. I will work hard, and try to make the
cap soon.”
[Illustration: “Oh, let her nap.”]
[Illustration: “Yes, indeed.”]
“Before doing that, you need a little more practice in plain work,”
said the Yarn Baby; “so how would you like to make a pretty little
shawl for your doll?”
“That is exactly what she has needed this very long while,” declared
Mary Frances.
“That’s good,” said the Yarn Baby. “Wooley Ball, what yarn have you
planned for us to use for the shawl?” she asked.
“Two shades of light blue knitting floss,” answered Wooley Ball
proudly. “The floss will make such a pretty, soft shawl.”
“Are you ready to begin?” asked the Yarn Baby as Mary Frances picked up
the lighter blue floss and Crow Shay.
“Yes,” replied Mary Frances, “all ready.” But she wondered whether Crow
Shay were not too coarse a hook to use for the floss.
“Now,” said the Yarn Baby, “you will hear about the way to make a—
[Illustration: “That’s good.”]
DOLL’S CROCHETED SHAWL
(See picture opposite page 72—color plate)
Be sure to make the Doll’s Scarf, page 69, before
attempting this work.
[Illustration: “Pink and white.”]
Material: Light blue (double) wool floss. Deeper shade
of blue wool floss for trimming.
Bone crochet hook No. 3.
Directions:
1. Make 23 chain stitches with light blue floss.
2. Skip 1 chain stitch. Make 22 single crochet stitches.
3. Make 1 chain stitch to use in turning.
4. Make 4 rows of light blue floss, putting hook
through the 2 loops at the top of each stitch in the
row below. Break off the lighter floss and join the end
with the deeper blue floss.
_To Join Ends of Yarn in Crocheting_
(_a_) Tie ends of yarn together. See picture below.
(_b_) When the work is finished, thread the ends of
yarn into a long-eyed “crewel” or darning needle, and
run the ends back into the work.
5. Make 2 rows of the deeper blue floss.
[Illustration: Use Crow Shay]
[Illustration: Run the ends into the work.]
6. Make 50 rows of light blue floss.
7. Make 2 rows of deeper blue floss.
8. Make 4 rows of light blue floss.
9. Break off floss and fasten end securely.
10. Trim shawl with fringe.
In Making the Fringe: Cut 4 strands of floss each 3
inches long. Draw strands through stitches in the same
way as in making the fringe on Doll’s Scarf.
“Oh, how I wish I could work faster,” thought Mary Frances, starting
to work. “I do not believe Crow Shay is the right size for this work
anyhow.”
“I am not,” said Crow Shay, as though reading her thoughts. “I am too
large!”
“Oh!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Oh!”
“Oh, never mind,
I’ve had my turn;
I commenced
To help you learn,”
sang Crow Shay generously.
“And aren’t you going to help me any more?” asked Mary Frances.
[Illustration: “I am too large!”]
[Illustration: “Aren’t you going to help me?”]
“Oh, do not sigh,
And do not cry;
Some one will help you
Better than I,”
the little fellow sang again.
“Some one better than you!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Why, all of you
just suit me!”
“Not if you knew,
Not if you knew,
Our fairy teacher,
Fairly Flew,”
went on Crow Shay.
“Fairly Flew!” called the Yarn Baby.
“Tinkle! tinkle! tinkle!” came the silvery sound of clicking knitting
needles from Mary Frances’ little chest.
“Did some one call me?” asked a still more silvery voice.
“Yes,” answered the Yarn Baby, “a dear little girl who is trying to
learn how to crochet and knit needs you. She has worked so patiently
that she deserves your help.”
[Illustration: “Fairly Flew!”]
[Illustration: “Better than you!”]