THE MAGIC PAPER (CONTINUED)
THESE are the instructions which were found on the paper which the
Queen of All Fairies sent to Mary Frances by the fairy, Fairly Flew.
INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE TO BEGINNERS: Before attempting to make any of the
following articles, make those given in the story part
of this book.
The articles that follow need not be made in the order
given.
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN CROCHETING AND KNITTING
When you look at the directions usually given for
making crocheted and knitted articles you will find
the names of the stitches abbreviated. Although
_abbreviations are not used in this book_, it is well
to know those in the following list:
sc. single crochet
dc. double crochet
tr.c. treble crochet
sl.st. slip stitch
ch.st. chain stitch
st. stitch
k knit
*——* repeat directions between stars
NOTE.—In order to become familiar with these
abbreviations—think of single crochet as “sc.”, and of
double crochet as “dc.” Instead of using the words,
use the letters when you read the directions. Say “2
s-c’s” or “3 d-c’s”; not 2 single crochets, or 3 double
crochets.
TREBLE CROCHET
In making Treble Crochet make about 15 chain stitches.
Skip 3 chains. Wrap the yarn around the needle _twice_,
before putting hook through the chain stitch. Wrap, and
draw yarn through chain stitch. Wrap, and draw yarn
through 2 loops. Wrap, and draw yarn through 2 loops.
Wrap, and draw through 2 loops.
[Illustration]
INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED SOCKS
(See pictures opposite pages 136 and 200—color plates)
Material: Three-fold Saxony wool. Pink or blue
(mercerized) silk for trimming. Bone crochet hook No. 2.
Directions:
The work is begun with the ankle part.
1. Chain 15; that is, make 15 chain stitches.
2. Skip 1 chain and put 1 single crochet in each of the
14 stitches. Chain 1 to use in turning.
3. Taking the back thread only, make 1 single crochet
in each of the 14 single crochets. The two rows just
made will form a rib. This kind of rib is called
“slipper stitch.” Make 1 chain in turning.
4. Make 2 more ribs like the one just made. Make 1
chain in turning.
5. Make 8 single crochet and 1 chain stitch.
Make 8 single crochet. These two rows of single crochet
will form a shorter rib. Make 1 chain stitch.
6. Make 8 more ribs on the 8 stitches.
7. Join the last row of stitches with 8 of the first
chain stitches made, using slip stitch.
To Form the Foot:
8. Put 1 single crochet in each stitch around the
bottom of the part just made, taking up both threads.
9. Make 4 more rows.
10. Fold sock together from toe to back, and crochet
together with slip stitch.
To Make the Scallops:
1. Fasten the wool into the top of the sock at the
back, and make 1 single crochet.
2. Put 4 double crochets in the top of the next rib.
3. Put 1 single crochet in the top of the next rib.
4. Repeat No. 2 and 3 around the top of the sock. Break
wool and fasten.
5. Fasten the trimming silk into the top of the scallop
at the back of the sock. Make 1 single crochet.
6. Make 5 double crochets in the single crochet stitch
between the scallops of wool.
7. Repeat No. 5 and 6 around top of sock. Fasten the
silk.
To Make the Runner.—With the silk make about 35 chain
stitches. Run these through the top of the sock at the
bottom of the white scallops and fasten a small tassel
on each end of the runner.
For trimming, thread a sewing needle with the pink silk
and make 4 cross stitches on the center rib. Make 1
cross stitch on each side of the second cross stitch
from the top cross stitch.
INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED CAP
(See picture opposite page 136)
[Illustration]
Material: Three-fold pink or white Saxony, with
three-fold deep pink Saxony for trimming. Bone crochet
hook No. 2.
Directions:
1. Chain 3; that is, make 3 chain stitches. Join in a
ring with slip stitch.
2. Chain 3, and make 16 double crochets in the ring.
Join last double crochet with slip stitch to the top
stitch of the 3 chain stitches. This makes the first
row.
3. Second row: Chain 3. Make 2 double crochets in each
stitch of first row, taking back thread (back loop of
stitch) only. Join.
4. Third row: Chain 3, and make 1 double crochet in the
first stitch of the row below. Make 2 double crochets
in the second stitch. Continue to do this to end of
row. Join.
5. Fourth row: Chain 3 and make 2 double in every third
stitch. (Make 1 double crochet in the other stitches.)
Join.
6. Fifth row: Make 2 double crochets in every fourth
stitch.
7. Sixth row: Make 1 double crochet in each stitch of
fifth row. Break off the yarn and fasten end.
8. Seventh row: In the ninth stitch from joining,
fasten yarn and make 3 chain stitches.
9. Put 1 double crochet in each stitch of row below,
leaving 16 stitches without any stitches taken in them.
That is, leave 8 stitches on each side of the joining.
This will be the back of the neck. Break off and fasten
yarn.
10. Make 7 rows (in all) putting 1 double crochet in
each stitch of row below. Break off wool and fasten at
end of each row.
To Make Trimming Bands:
1. Hold the inside of the cap toward you, and fasten
the trimming wool at the right-hand corner.
2. Make 3 chains. Put 1 double crochet in each stitch
all around the cap. Join. Make 3 more rows like this.
Fold the band back against the face and up around the
neck of the cap, folding the extra fulness at the
corners into a mitered shape. Sew in place with a
long-eyed needle threaded with pink wool, and fasten
rosettes and tie-ribbons at the sides.
INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED SACQUE NO. 1[L]
Material: Pink, or light blue, or white, four-fold
Saxony wool. Bone crochet hook, No. 2.
Directions:
This work is commenced at the neck.
1. Chain 50; that is, make 50 chain stitches.
2. Make 11 double crochets.
3. Put 2 double crochets in the twelfth chain stitch.
4. Make 12 double crochets.
5. Put 3 double crochets in the thirteenth chain stitch.
6. Make 12 double crochets.
7. Put 2 double crochets in the next chain stitch.
8. Make 11 double crochets. Break off yarn and fasten
end. Do not turn the work.
9. Second row: Attach yarn at right-hand end.
[Illustration]
TO ATTACH NEW YARN
Put the needle through the stitch and put a slip knot
on the hook. Draw the slip knot through the stitch; or,
thread a zephyr needle with the new yarn and run it
into the loose end on the work; or, twist the two ends
of yarn together.
[Illustration]
10. Chain 2. Taking the back loop only, make 12 double
crochets. Put 3 double crochets in the next stitch.
11. Make 1 double crochet in each stitch until you
reach the cluster of 3 double crochets. Put three
double crochets in the middle double crochet of the
cluster.
12. Make 1 double crochet in each stitch until the
cluster of 2 double crochets is reached. Put 3 double
crochets in the first of the 2 double crochets. Put 1
double crochet in each stitch to end of row. Break off
yarn, and fasten end.
13. Third row: Attach yarn. Chain 2. Make 1 double
crochet in each stitch except in middle stitch of
clusters. Put 3 double crochets in the middle stitch of
each cluster. Break off yarn and fasten.
14. Fourth and fifth rows: follow direction No. 13.
15. Sixth row: Same as fifth row, except that in
starting, 2 double crochets are put into the first
stitch; 2 double crochets are also put into the last
stitch.
16. Seventh row: Chain 2. Turn the work.
17. Putting hook under both threads, make 1 double
crochet in the next stitch. Chain 1. Skip 1 stitch. Put
1 double crochet in the next stitch.
To Form the Armhole:
18. Keep on in this way (see No. 17) until there are
7 double crochets. Make 12 chain stitches. Count 7
stitches from the middle stitch (counting the middle
stitch) in the first cluster of double crochets in the
sixth row. Put 1 double crochet in the eighth stitch
beyond the middle stitch of the cluster.
19. Continue according to direction No. 17.
20. Put 2 double crochets, with 1 chain stitch between,
in the middle stitch of the cluster of double crochet
in the middle of the back of sacque.
Continue according to direction No. 17, until within 7
stitches from middle stitch of last cluster of double
crochet in sixth row. Make 12 chain stitches and form
other armhole. Continue by direction No. 17 to end of
row.
21. Eighth row: Follow direction Nos. 16 and 17,
putting 2 double crochets in the first and the last
stitches of the row in order to widen the front. The
double crochets are put under _two_ threads in the
chain stitches of the row just made.
22. Ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and
fourteenth rows: Like eighth row. Break off yarn and
fasten end.
To Make the Sleeve:
1. Attach yarn to middle chain stitch underarm. Chain
2. Put double crochets all round the armhole. Join last
stitch to chain with a slip stitch.
2. Next row. Chain 2. Put 1 double crochet in the next
stitch. Chain 1. Put 1 double crochet in next stitch.
Continue around row and join first and last stitches.
3. Continue direction No. 2 for 3 more rows. Narrow
in the next 4 rows by omitting the chain between the
double crochet every other stitch.
4. Chain 1. Put a row of single crochet around end of
sleeve. Join.
5. Putting hook under back thread, make another row of
single crochet. Break off yarn and fasten end.
To Make the Trimming:
The sacque in the picture is trimmed with a wool and
silk Saxony yarn. It may be trimmed with the yarn used
for the sacque.
1. At the left corner of the neck attach the yarn. Make
slip stitches down left front to the first open space.
2. In the space, put 2 double crochets, and 1 chain,
and 2 double crochets.
3. Make 1 single crochet in the next space.
4. Continue direction No. 2 to corner of sacque.
5. In the corner, put 3 double crochets, and 1 chain,
and 3 double crochets.
6. Continue to make scallops in this way all around
sacque, finishing edge of yoke part with single
crochets as in direction No. 1 above.
Finish sacque at neck by drawing a ribbon runner under
every other stitch.
[Illustration: FLOWERS FOR MOTHER
FOR DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING KNITTED ARTICLES SHOWN IN THIS ILLUSTRATION
SEE
LITTLE CROCHETED HAT—206 FLOWER BASKET—246 KNITTED HOOD—176
KNITTED SILK SWEATER—259 BABY’S CROCHETED BALL—252]
[Illustration: INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED SACQUE NO. 2]
[Illustration:
CUT 1
CUT 2
CUT 3
CUT 4
DETAILS OF AFGHAN STITCH]
INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED SACQUE NO. 2.[M]
(See picture opposite page 136)
Material: Three-fold pink Saxony wool. Bone crochet
needle No. 3. This needle should be a long even one,
because the yoke of the sacque is made with
AFGHAN STITCH
Before beginning the sacque, practice making afghan
stitch with four-fold Germantown wool.
Make 9 chain stitches. Pull a loop through _each_
stitch of the chain except the one next the needle.
That is, skip one chain. See Cut 1, page 233.
Pull a loop through the loop nearest the hook. Cut 2.
Pull a loop through the next two loops nearest the
hook. Continue to pull a loop through two loops in this
way (Cut 3) until only one loop remains on the needle.
You will now notice the long straight upright loops on
the front, or the right side, of your work. Cut 4.
Put the hook under the nearest long loop on the _front_
of the row of stitches just made, and pull a loop
through. Cut 4. Continue to pull loops through the
entire row in this way, and take the loops off the
needle in the same way as they were pulled through the
stitches in Cuts 2 and 3.
Directions for Making the Sacque:
Begin the work at back of yoke which is made with
afghan stitch.
1. Chain 30; that is, make 30 chain stitches.
2. Keeping the last chain stitch on the hook, pull a
loop through each stitch of the chain (except the one
next to the needle) making 30 loops on the needle.
3. To take the stitches off, throw the yarn over the
hook, pull hook through first loop. Throw yarn over the
hook. Pull hook through 2 loops.
4. Continue to pull hook through 2 loops until but one
loop remains on needle.
5. Pull a loop through each long loop (do not count the
chain stitches on the edge as a long loop), leaving
each on the needle. Do not turn the work, always work
on the right side.
6. Repeat direction No. 3 and No. 4.
7. Make 10 rows of afghan stitch.
8. On the next row make loops in 10 stitches only—to
form shoulder.
9. Make 6 rows of 10 stitches.
10. Now add 1 stitch, at the neck end only, on each row
until there are 15 stitches.
To add a stitch.—Draw up a loop through the top thread
between the loops of the row below. See “A” in Cut 4,
page 233.
11. Continue to work on these 15 stitches until there
are 10 rows, or 26 rows from the starting of the yoke.
12. To make strip down the front.—Make slip stitch in
9 loops. Then work 13 rows of afghan stitches on the
remaining 6 stitches. Finish end of strip with 1 row of
slip stitches.
13. To make other side.—Fasten yarn at right corner of
back of neck. Make slip stitches in 10 stitches, and
make 6 rows of afghan stitches on the other 10 stitches.
14. Increase on this side by making the extra loop
between the first and second stitches until there are
15 stitches.
15. Work on the 15 stitches until there are 26 rows
from the starting of the back yoke.
16. Then make front strip of 13 rows on the first 6
stitches, and finish strip like on other side.
17. Make slip stitches all around yoke.
18. Fasten yarn at one lower corner of yoke, back.
Chain 8 and fasten end stitch to one lower corner of
yoke, front, for armhole.
19. Do the same for other armhole.
To Make Body of Sacque:
Fasten yarn at left side corner of yoke leaving about a
3-inch end hanging and work across bottom of yoke and
across the under arm chain stitch in this way:
[Illustration]
1. Put 1 slip stitch in first stitch.
2. Make 3 chain stitches.
3. Put 1 double crochet in same stitch with the slip
stitch.
4. Chain 2.
5. Put 2 double crochets in same stitch.
6. Skip 2 stitches on bottom of yoke, and put 1 double
crochet, 1 chain stitch, 2 double crochets in the next
stitch. Continue in this way to end of yoke on right
side. Break off yarn about 3 inches from the work and
pull through the last stitch. The ends are used later
to fasten the body of the sacque to the front strips.
7. Second row: Fasten yarn in the middle of the first
scallop on the left side, leaving the end hanging.
Chain 3. Put 1 double crochet in same stitch. Chain 2.
Put 2 double crochets in same stitch, and continue to
other end of yoke, making a scallop in the middle of
each scallop.
8. Continue in this way until the body is as long as
the strip in front.
9. Thread a long-eyed needle with the end of yarn
hanging from the first scallops, and catch it to the
front strip with an over-and-over stitch. Cut off yarn.
Continue to fasten fronts to scallops in this way until
they are fastened down the full length of the fronts.
To Make the Sleeve:
1. Fasten yarn at corner of armhole. Chain 3, and make
a scallop (as in body part of sacque) in first stitch.
2. Skip 4 of the slip stitches on the edge. Make a
scallop in the next stitch. Continue in this way around
the armhole.
3. Join last and first scallop with slip stitch.
4. Chain 3 and make another round of scallops and join.
5. Continue to make rounds of scallops until there are
7 rows.
6. On the next row, chain 3. Put 2 double crochets in
the middle of each scallop in the row below.
7. Next row: Chain 3. Put 1 double crochet in each
double crochet of row below. Break off and fasten yarn.
Make other sleeve like this one.
To Make Bands for Sleeves:
1. Chain 6, and make a strip of afghan stitches 14 rows
long.
2. Finish all around strip with slip stitch.
3. Sew ends of band together, and slip it over the end
of the sleeve, putting the seam to the seam of the
sleeve, and sew in place with end of pink wool.
Trimming.—With pink silk, make a row of slip stitches
all around the edge of the sacque, and ends of the
sleeves.
Thread a zephyr needle with two threads of the silk,
and make cross stitches on the front strips, and around
the strips at ends of sleeves.
Fasten pink narrow ribbons at neck to tie.
INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED CAPE AND HOOD[N]
(See picture opposite page 136)
Material: Two-fold Saxony wool. Crochet silk
(mercerized) for trimming. Bone crochet needle, No. 2.
Directions:
To Make the Hood.
1. With the Saxony, make 3 chain stitches.
2. Join them in a ring with a slip stitch.
3. Make 3 chain stitches, and make 16 double crochets
in the ring.
4. Join the last double crochet with the top of the 3
chain stitches with a slip stitch. This makes the first
row.
5. Second row: Make 3 chain stitches and put 2 double
crochets in each double crochet of the first row. In
making this garment, take up back loop of the stitch
only. Join as in direction No. 4 (bottom of page 236).
6. Third row: Chain 3; that is, make 3 chain stitches.
Put 1 double crochet in the first double crochet in the
row below. Put 2 double crochets in the second double
crochet. Continue in this way to the end of the row,
and join as in direction No. 4.
[Illustration: CAPE AND HOOD]
7. Fourth row: Chain 3 and put 2 double crochets in
every third stitch. (Put 1 double crochet in the
stitches between.) Do this to the end of the row and
join.
8. Fifth row: Chain 3, and put 2 double crochets in
every fourth stitch. Join.
9. Sixth row: Chain 3 and put 1 double crochet in each
double crochet of the row below. Join and break off and
fasten the yarn.
10. Seventh row: Fasten end of wool at the ninth stitch
and make 3 chains. Put 1 double crochet in each stitch
of row below, leaving 16 stitches without any stitches
taken in them; that is, leave 8 stitches on each side
of the joining. This will be the back of the neck.
11. Make 8 rows in all, putting 1 double crochet in
each double crochet of row below, breaking off and
fastening the yarn at end of each row. Begin the new
row each time at the right side of the cap.
There is a turned-back facing around the face of the
doll.
To Make the Facing:
Holding the wrong side of the cap toward you, make 4
rows of double crochet in the same way as in directions
Nos. 10 and 11. Nothing more is to be done to this
facing until after the cape is made.
TO MAKE THE CAPE
This work is all done on the right side, holding cap
toward you.
1. Starting at the right-hand corner of the neck, make
1 row of double crochet along the bottom edge of the
cap. Break off and fasten yarn.
2. Second row: Fasten yarn at right end and make this
row of double crochet, putting 3 double crochets in the
fifteenth stitch from each end. These increases make
the fulness over the shoulders.
3. Third row: Make this row of double crochet, putting
3 double crochets in the middle stitch of the increases
in direction No. 2.
4. Fourth row: Make in same way, increasing as in No.
3. Also increase by making 2 double crochets in each of
2 stitches in the middle of the back.
5. Fifth and sixth rows: Same as fourth row.
6. Seventh row: This row is increased in the shoulders
and middle of back in the same way as before, but more
fulness is given by making 2 double crochets in the 2
middle stitches between the shoulder and the back on
each side.
7. The eighth row is made in the same way as the
seventh row.
8. Make 9 rows without increasing.
9. To fasten the loose ends of wool, thread them into a
long-eyed needle and run the ends back into the work.
10. Starting at the neck at the left side, holding the
outside of cape toward you, make single crochets in the
ends of the first 2 rows of double crochet.
11. Make double crochet all around the cape except at
the corners, where you will put 3 double crochets.
12. When you reach the first 2 rows on the right-hand
side of the cape at neck, make single crochet as in the
No. 10.
13. Put 1 single crochet in each stitch around the face
holding the turn-back flat against the cap.
To Trim.—Fasten the pink silk at the left side of the
neck, and put 1 single crochet, 2 chains and 3 double
crochets in the first stitch.
2. Skip 2 stitches, and put 1 single crochet, 2 chains,
and 3 double crochets in the third stitch.
3. Continue to do this all around the cape and the face
of the hood or bonnet, and then around the edge of the
turn-back.
4. Holding the face of the hood toward you, put a
single crochet in the front loop of each stitch all
around the first row of double crochet in the turn-back.
5. Do the same to the other 2 rows of the turn-back.
DOLL’S CROCHETED COACH COVER
(Coffee Bean Stitch)
Material: White four-fold Germantown zephyr with pink
four-fold Germantown zephyr for trimming. Bone crochet
hook, No. 6.
Directions:
NOTE.—In doing this work, make loose stitches.
[Illustration]
TO MAKE COFFEE BEAN STITCH
1. Chain 50; that is, make 50 chain stitches.
2. (_a_) Skip 2 chains, and put the hook through the
third chain stitch.
(_b_) Wrap (throw yarn over hook) and pull the hook
through the stitch.
(_c_) Wrap. Put hook through the same chain stitch:
Wrap, and pull hook through the stitch.
(_d_) Wrap. Put hook through the same chain stitch.
Wrap, and pull hook through the same stitch.
There will now be 6 stitches on the crochet needle.
(_e_) Throw yarn over hook, and draw it through the 6
stitches on the needle.
3. Chain 1.
4. Skip 1 chain stitch in the chain first made (see
direction No. 1 above) and repeat direction No. 2. This
will make another bean stitch.
5. Continue to make bean stitches to the end of chain,
making 25 beans in all. Turn the work.
6. Second row: Draw a loop through the second stitch
from the needle.
Throw yarn over hook and proceed to make another bean.
Chain 1, and skip 1 stitch and continue in this way to
the end of the row.
Make in all—
6 rows of white
4 rows of pink
22 rows of white
4 rows of pink
6 rows of white
To Make the Scallops:
1. Fasten the white wool in the first stitch of the top
with single crochet.
2. Put 5 double crochets in the next stitch.
3. Skip 1 stitch and put 1 single crochet in the next
stitch. (This will hold the scallop down.)
4. Skip 1 stitch and put 5 double crochets in the next
stitch. Fasten scallop down with 1 single crochet as in
direction No. 3. Continue to make scallops all around
the cover. Break off white yarn and fasten.
5. Attach pink yarn, and put 1 single crochet in the
white single crochet.
6. Put 5 double crochets around the third stitch of the
white scallops.
The double crochets are put around the third stitch as
in making Doll’s Crocheted Hat, page 207.
7. Fasten scallop down with single crochet in the
single crochet between the white scallops.
8. Continue to make scallops this way all around the
cover. Break off the yarn, and fasten the end.
DOLL’S CROCHETED SPORTS HAT
(See picture opposite page 72)
Material: Rose pink wool floss, Gray Angora or Teazle
wool for trimming. Bone crochet hook, No. 3.
[Illustration]
Directions:
1. Chain 3; that is, make 3 chain stitches.
2. First row: Put 6 single crochets in second chain
stitch. Do not join.
3. Second row: Put 2 single crochets in each of the 6
single crochets, taking up both loops.
4. Third row: Put 2 single crochets in the first
stitch, 1 single crochet in the next stitch. Continue
around row.
5. Fourth row: Put 2 single crochets in the first
stitch, 1 single crochet in each of the next 2
stitches. Continue around row.
6. Continue to widen in this way until there are 11
stitches in each section, or 66 stitches in the row.
7. Make 6 rows without increasing.
8. Make 10 single crochets; skip 1 stitch and continue
to do this until there are but 48 stitches.
9. Turn, and work on the wrong side of the hat.
10. Make 1 row of single crochet without increasing.
11. On the next 2 rows, increase in every third stitch,
as in direction No. 5.
12. Make 1 row of single crochet without increasing.
13. Finish off the pink by taking 2 slip stitches.
14. Fasten on the trimming wool, and make 1 single
crochet in each stitch all around for 2 rows.
15. Make 1 row of slip stitches. Break off and fasten
yarn.
DOLL’S CROCHETED BREAKFAST CAP
(See page 87)
[Illustration]
Material: Pink or white, or pink and white, or light
blue and white luster cotton. Steel crochet hook No. 7.
1 yard “baby” ribbon to match cap.
Directions:
The work is begun in the center of the top.
1. Chain 5; that is, make 5 chain stitches. Join in a
ring with slip stitch. Chain 4.
2. First row: Make 20 treble crochets in the ring (see
page 228). Join last stitch to top stitch of chain with
slip stitch.
3. Second row: Chain 4. Put 1 single crochet into each
treble crochet with 4 chain stitches between the single
crochet, thus making a loop of the chain stitches.
4. Third row: Chain 4. Make 1 single crochet in each
chain loop with 4 chain stitches between.
5. Fourth row: Same as third row.
6. Fifth and sixth rows: Chain 5. Make 1 single crochet
in each chain loop, with 5 chain stitches between.
7. Seventh and eighth rows: Chain 6. Make 1 single
crochet in each chain loop with 6 chain stitches
between.
8. Ninth row: Chain 4. Make 1 single crochet in the
loop of the row below. Chain 4. Make 1 single crochet
in the first single crochet of row. Chain 4. Make 1
single crochet in next loop. Chain 4. Make 1 single
crochet in next single crochet. Continue around the row.
9. Tenth row: Chain 4. Make 1 single crochet in each
loop to end.
10. Eleventh and twelfth rows: Like tenth row.
11. Thirteenth row: Chain 4. Make 1 double crochet in
chain loop. Chain 1. Make 1 double crochet in first
single crochet. Chain 1. Make 1 double crochet in next
chain loop. Chain 1. Make 1 double crochet in next
single crochet. Continue to end of row.
12. Fourteenth row: Chain 4. Put 1 double crochet
in each space of thirteenth row with 1 chain stitch
between and join last stitch to top of the chain 4 with
a slip stitch.
13. Fifteenth row: Chain 1. Make 1 single crochet in
each double crochet of fourteenth row.
14. Sixteenth row: Chain 3. Make 1 double crochet in
each single crochet of fifteenth row. (When the cap is
finished run ribbon through these stitches.)
15. Seventeenth row: Chain 4. Make 1 single crochet in
the second double crochet of sixteenth row. Chain 4.
Make 1 single crochet in the fourth double crochet.
Continue to end of row.
16. Eighteenth and nineteenth rows: Chain 5. Make 1
single crochet in each chain loop of previous row with
5 chain stitches between. Break off and fasten thread.
Trim with ribbon rosette.
DOLL’S CROCHETED GARTERS
(See picture opposite page 40)
Material: Pink or light blue mercerized crochet cotton.
(In ordering this material, mention what you are going
to make, so that you will be given the right size of
thread.) Steel crochet hook, No. 9.
Directions:
1. Chain 10; that is, make 10 chain stitches.
2. Put 2 double crochets and 1 chain and 2 double
crochets in the fourth stitch from the needle.
3. Chain 5.
4. Put 2 double crochets and 1 chain and 2 double
crochets in the end chain stitch.
5. Chain 3 and turn.
6. Put 2 double crochets and 1 chain and 2 double
crochets between the second and third double crochet in
the cluster below. (This cluster was made by direction
No. 4 above.)
7. Chain 5, and repeat direction No. 6 in the next
cluster below.
8. Repeat directions No. 5, 6, 7, again. This will make
3 rows.
9. On the fourth row, make the cluster (No. 4). Chain
2. Make 1 single crochet around the 2 rows of 5 chains
below.
10. Chain 2 and continue with the clusters, catching
chains together in every fourth row. Make work long
enough to cover the doll’s elastic garter very loosely.
11. Run rubber garter through the crocheted work and
fasten ends of garter. Sew a ribbon bow over the
joining.
A CHILD’S GARTER
is made in the same way, using a few more stitches in
each row across.
DOLL’S CROCHETED SHOPPING BAG
(See picture opposite page 104)
Material: Ecru crochet cotton, No. 5. Two brass rings
to fit doll’s wrist. Steel crochet hook No. 7.
Directions:
This work is begun at the bottom of the bag.
1. Chain 25; that is, make 25 chain stitches.
2. Using 1 chain to turn, make 24 single crochets in
the chain. Put 2 more single crochets in the last
stitch.
3. Make 1 single crochet in each stitch on the other
side of the chain, putting 2 single crochets in end
stitch.
[Illustration: DOLL’S SHOPPING BAG]
4. Now work around and around without joining the rows.
Chain 3, skip 1 stitch, make 1 single crochet in the
second stitch. Continue doing this around the first row.
5. On the next row, chain 3, make 1 single crochet
around the chain 3 of the row below. Continue doing
this until there are 13 rows.
6. On the fourteenth row, work half way around. Make
3 chains to turn, and put 1 single crochet in the
first chain loop. Chain 3, and continue across, making
stitches as in direction No. 5. Make 5 rows. This will
make the division which forms the opening.
7. Next row: Chain 3. Make 1 double crochet in each
chain loop, with 1 chain between.
8. Next row: Chain 3. Make 1 double crochet in each
double crochet of row just made.
9. Last row: Chain 1. Make 1 single crochet in each
double crochet of row below. Do not break off the
thread.
To Fasten Bag to Handles:
1. With the last stitch made on the needle, put hook
through one of the brass rings which will be used as a
handle. Very nearly fill the ring with single crochet.
Fold the ring down inside the bag, and make single
crochet through the ring and top of bag, putting 1
single crochet in each stitch.
This will entirely cover the ring, and attach it to the
bag at the same time, and will also make a neat finish
on the right side of the work.
2. Break off and fasten end of thread.
3. To make other side of opening.—Start at right-hand
side of opening. Make 3 chains. Put 1 single crochet in
first chain loop, and continue to work in the same way
as you made the first side.
DOLL’S CROCHETED SPORTS SWEATER
(See frontispiece)
Material: Burnt orange double floss with black double
floss for trimming three small wooden button molds.
Bone crochet hook, No. 2.
Directions:
To Make Front:
1. With orange floss, chain 25; that is, make 25 chain
stitches.
2. Make 24 single crochets. Chain 1 to turn.
[Illustration: DOLL’S SPORTS SWEATER]
3. Taking front thread of stitch only, put 1 single
crochet in each of 24 single crochets, and add 1 single
crochet in the last stitch. Chain 1 to turn.
4. Continue in this way (No. 3), adding 1 single
crochet at neck end until there are 27 stitches.
5. On the next row add 4 chains after making 27 single
crochets.
6. Put 1 single crochet in each of 3 of these chains,
and 1 single crochet in each of the 27 single crochets,
making 30 single crochets in all.
7. Continue to make rows of 30 single crochets until
there are 13 rows from the beginning.
8. On the fourteenth row, make 20 single crochets. Make
8 rows of 20 single crochets for under arm.
9. On the twenty-third row, add 11 chain stitches. Use
1 chain to turn, and make 10 single crochets in the
chain stitch,—also 20 single crochets in the single
crochets (see No. 8) under arm.
10. Make 21 rows of the 30 stitches for the back.
11. On the next row (the forty-fourth) make 20 single
crochets for 8 rows under arm.
12. On the next row (the fifty-second) add 11 chain
stitches. Use 1 chain to turn. Make 10 single crochets
in the chain and 20 single crochets in the under arm
stitches.
13. Make 7 rows of the 30 single crochets.
14. On the next row make 27 stitches. (Be sure to make
this row from the bottom upward.) Make 1 chain to turn.
15. Skip the first single crochet at the neck, and make
26 single crochets.
16. Continue to decrease 1 single crochet at the neck
until you have only 24 single crochet stitches in the
row.
This finishes the body of the sweater.
17. Sew 7 rows of the front and back at the shoulders
to form armholes. (See picture, page 130.)
Border around the Sweater:
1. Starting at the left side of the neck, holding
outside of the sweater toward you, put 1 single crochet
in each stitch all around the sweater until you come
to the right side of the neck, except at the corner
stitches at the bottom, in which put 3 single crochets.
2. Chain 1 to turn, and work back to the starting point
in the same way.
3. Then put one row of slip stitches all around sweater.
To Make the Buttons:
Make 5 buttons of orange floss just as you made the
buttons on the doll’s pink sweater (see page 205).
Thread a long-eyed needle with black floss and decorate
the buttons with cross stitches around the edges.
To Make the Collar:
1. With black floss, chain 31. Use 1 chain stitch to
turn.
2. Make 30 single crochets. Make 1 chain.
3. Make 6 rows of 30 single crochets, taking both
threads.
4. Make 16 rows of 15 single crochets.
5. Make 6 rows of 30 single crochets. (Add chain
stitches as for lengthening in No. 9 above.)
6. With two strands of the black floss put 1 row of
single crochet across the bottom edge of the back of
the collar.
7. With single black floss put 1 row of slip stitches
all around the collar.
[Illustration]
To Make the Sleeve:
1. Chain 9.
2. Make 8 single crochets. Chain 1.
3. Second row: Put 2 single crochets in the first
stitch. Make 1 single crochet in each stitch to the end
of the row. Chain 3 to turn.
4. Third row: Make 1 single crochet in each of the 2
chains, and make single crochet to the end.
5. Fourth row: Put 2 single crochets in the first
stitch; single crochet to the end of row. Chain 5. Turn.
6. Fifth row: Put 4 single crochets in the chain, and
single crochet to end of the row. 1 chain.
7. Sixth row: Put 2 single crochets in the first
stitch; single crochet to end of row. 1 chain.
8. Seventh row: Make 17 single crochets, 1 chain.
9. Eighth row: Put 2 single crochets in the first
stitch; single crochet to end. Make 1 chain.
10. Make 6 more rows of 18 stitches.
11. On the fifteenth row, skip the stitch next to the
last. Make 1 chain.
12. Sixteenth row: Make 17 single crochets and 1 chain.
13. Seventeenth row is the same as the fifteenth row.
14. Eighteenth row is 16 single crochets and 1 chain.
15. Nineteenth row: Put a slip stitch in each of the
first 4 stitches; single crochet to the end of the row,
skipping the next to the last stitch. Chain 1.
16. Twentieth row: Make 11 single crochets and 1 chain.
17. Twenty-first row: Make slip stitch in the first 2
stitches; single crochet to the end of row, skipping
next to the last stitch. Chain 1.
18. Twenty-second row: Make 8 single crochets. Sew up
the sleeve.
With orange floss, put 2 rows of single crochet around
the hand, taking both threads of stitches.
Add 2 rows of black single crochet and 1 row of black
slip stitches.
To Make the Belt:
1. Chain 5.
2. Make 4 single crochets. Chain 1 to turn.
3. Taking both threads, make 4 single crochets and 1
chain to turn until the belt is the length desired.
(About 28 rows.)
Sew the sleeves in the armholes as in making Teddy Bear
Sweater (see page 133).
Sew buttons in place and make loops as in making Teddy
Bear Sweater.
Sew belt at waist line under arm, sewing a button on
each end.
Sew the collar to the neck of the sweater.
DOLL’S CROCHETED FLOWER BASKET[O]
(See picture opposite page 230)
Material: White or tan crochet cotton No. 10. Steel
crochet hook No. 7.
Directions:
To Make Bottom of Basket:
1. Chain 5; that is, make 5 chain stitches. Join into a
ring with a slip stitch.
2. Chain 5.
3. Make 15 treble crochets in the ring with 1 chain
stitch between each treble crochet. Join the last
treble crochet into the fourth chain stitch (see No. 2)
with slip stitch.
4. Second row: Chain 4. Make 1 double crochet in the
space between the first 2 treble crochets. Chain 2.
Make 1 double crochet in next space. Make 2 chain
stitches. Continue in this way around the row. Join
(with slip stitches) the last of the 2 chain stitches
into the third chain of the 4 chain stitches.
5. Third row: Chain 3. Put 2 double crochets in the
first space between first 2 double crochets in previous
row. Make 2 chains. Put 2 double crochets in the next
space. Make 2 chains. Continue around the row, and join
the last chain with the top of the 3 chains.
To make the Scallops:
6. Make 1 single crochet, 3 double crochets, 1 single
crochet in each space between double crochets in the
row below.
To Make the Sides of the Basket:
1. Turn the under or wrong side of the bottom of the
basket toward you. Bend down the scallops under the
thumb.
2. Chain 3.
3. Put hook through the top of the first double crochet
made in the second row. (See No. 4, page 246.) Fasten
chain which is on needle with a slip stitch. (See
picture.)
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
4. Chain 3. Put 2 crochets in each space between the
double crochet in the second row. Join last and first
stitch with slip stitch.
5. Chain 3.
Put 2 double crochets in the space between the first
two clusters of double crochet in the row below. Chain
1.
Continue to end of row. Join with slip stitch.
6. Make 3 more rows in the same way.
7. The next row is made in the same way, except that 2
chains are put between the clusters of stitches.
8. Finish the top of sides with scallops like the ones
on the bottom of the basket. (See No. 6.)
To Make the Handles:
1. Chain 3.
2. Put 4 double crochets at the top of the first two
scallops. (See picture.)
3. Chain 3. Turn. Make 1 double crochet in each of the
4 double crochets.
4. Repeat No. 3 until handle is about 12 rows long, or
as long as desired.
5. Fasten end to opposite side of basket with slip
stitch.
6. Run ribbon through the spaces in the sixth row of
sides, and tie in a bow.
GIRL’S CROCHETED HAND BAG
(Crazy Stitch)
(See picture opposite page 104)
Material: Heavy mercerized Old Blue crochet cotton,
about No. 5. Steel crochet hook, No. 3.
Directions:
This bag is made with
CRAZY STITCH
1. Chain 28 stitches; that is, make 28 chain stitches.
2. In the fourth stitch from needle, put 3 double
crochets.
3. Skip 3 chains and put 1 single crochet, 2 chains, 3
double crochets, in the fourth chain stitch.
4. Skip 3 chains and repeat the cluster to the end of
the chain, fastening the last cluster in the end stitch
of the 35 chain stitches with a single crochet.
[Illustration]
5. Second row: Chain 3, and turn the work. Make 3
double crochets in the single crochet that fastened the
last cluster to the end of the chain. (See picture.)
6. Make 1 single crochet, 2 chains, 3 double crochets
between the third double crochet and the 2 chains of
the row below. (See picture.)
7. Continue in this way, making clusters until there
are 9 rows. Break off and fasten thread. This makes one
side.
8. To make other side. Fasten the cotton in the last
chain stitch of the chain first made. (See No. 1.)
9. Make 9 rows of clusters.
10. Fold, and crochet sides together with single
crochets.
11. Make 1 row of clusters all around the top of the
bag.
12. Make 1 single crochet in the chain stitches in the
first cluster of the row of clusters just finished.
13. Make 3 double crochets in the single crochets
between the clusters.
14. Put 1 single crochet in the chain of the next
cluster.
15. Repeat Nos. 12, 13, 14 around top.
To Make Runner Spaces:
1. Chain 3.
2. Put 1 double crochet in the first double crochet of
the first scallop. Chain 1.
3. Put 1 double crochet in the third double crochet of
scallop. Continue No. 2 and 3 around top. Join with
slip stitches.
To Make Top Scallops:
1. Make 1 single crochet in the first runner space.
2. Make 2 double crochets in the next space.
3. Make 1 double crochet in the double crochet between
the spaces.
4. Make 2 double crochets in the next space.
5. Make 1 single crochet in the next space. This makes
1 scallop.
6. Make scallops in this way all around the top.
7. Make 1 single crochet in the top of the first double
crochet of first scallop.
8. Chain 3.
9. Draw a loop through each of the first and second
stitches of scallops, and take the 3 loops off the
needle as one stitch.
10. Repeat Nos. 8 and 9 around the top.
To Make the Runner:
Cut 3 strands of the cotton about 1½ yards long. Lay
side by side and twist as in making trimming for Doll’s
Crocheted Hat, page 209.
Make 2 runners in this way, and tie a knot in one end
of each.
Run them through runner spaces from opposite sides of
bag and tie them in hard knots at the ends.
Cut ends even to look like tassels.
BABY’S CROCHETED BOOTEES
Materials: White four-fold Saxony wool. Pink four-fold
Saxony wool. Bone crochet hook No. 3.
Four small flat pearl buttons.
Directions:
(The work is commenced at “B.”)
1. With white wool chain 34; that is, make 34 chain
stitches.
2. Skip the first chain stitch, and make 1 single
crochet in each of the next 16 chain stitches.
3. Put 3 single crochets in the seventeenth stitch, and
1 single crochet in each of the next 16 chain stitches.
Make 1 chain to turn.
4. Second row: Taking the back thread of the stitch,
make 1 single crochet in each stitch, except the
eighteenth stitch. In the eighteenth stitch put 3
single crochets. The 2 rows now made from a rib. Make
1 pink rib, putting 3 single crochets in the middle
stitch at the toe. Make 1 white rib and 1 more pink rib
in the same way. Do not break off the yarn. Just let
it hang in back of the work, and crochet back edges
(from A to B) together with the pink yarn, using slip
stitches. Break off and fasten wool.
To Make Sole:
1. Fasten white yarn at the joining place at the
bottom, holding right side (outside) of bootee toward
you.
2. Make 3 chain stitches. Taking back thread only,
make 1 double crochet in each stitch all around edge
of sock. Join last stitch to the 3 chains with slip
stitches.
3. Second row: Chain 3. Make 1 double crochet in each
double crochet of row just made. Join end in same way.
[Illustration]
4. Fold sock from toe to heel with right sides in, and
join the opening in the sole with slip stitch, catching
back threads only of opposite stitches.
Break off wool and fasten end. Turn sock right side out.
5. To make finishing edge of sole—hold narrow part of
sock toward you, toe pointing toward your left hand.
Fasten pink yarn at joining place in back, and make
1 row of single crochet all around sole edge of sock
(along the place where the double crochets were first
made), taking front thread of stitches of last rib made
in vamp, or upper, of sock.
To Make Top of Bootee.
1. Fasten pink yarn in second stitch from middle of
the front. (In making sock for the right foot, point
the toe toward your right hand with the sole toward
you. Point toe toward left hand in making sock for left
foot.)
2. Make 1 row of single crochet all around the ledge.
Break off yarn and fasten end.
3. Fasten white yarn in top of first single crochet.
The top of the sock is made with
STAR STITCH
Practice making this stitch with four-fold Germantown
wool. Make 14 chain stitches. Skip 1 chain stitch. Make
13 single crochets in the chain.
1. Make 3 chain stitches. Turn the work. Draw a loop up
in each of first two chain stitches of the three chain
stitches just made. Draw a loop up in each of the first
two single crochets on the edge taking both threads.
There will be 5 loops on the needle.
Wrap the yarn around the needle, and pull a loop
through all the loops on the needle.
Make 1 chain stitch. This last chain stitch draws all
the loops into a little “eye.”
2. For the second star stitch, pull a loop through the
“eye” of the first star stitch. Pull a loop through
the _back_ thread of the last loop of the first star
stitch. (See “A” in picture below.)
Pull a loop through each of the next 2 single crochets
on edge. This will make 5 loops on the needle. Wrap and
pull yarn through all the loops on the needle at one
time.
Make 1 chain stitch to form the “eye.”
3. Repeat direction No. 2 all around sock. Break off
and fasten yarn.
4. Second row of star stitches. To make the first star
stitch on this row—fasten white yarn into top of first
star stitch and make 3 chains.
Draw a loop through each of 2 chain stitches. Draw a
loop through the “eye” of the star stitch below (the
first one made).
Draw a loop through the _next_ stitch at the top of the
first star stitch, taking up the 2 threads. This makes
5 loops on the needle. Wrap and draw a loop through all
5 loops. Make 1 chain.
5. In making the next stitch, draw up a loop in the
“eye” of the star stitch just made. (See A in picture.)
Draw up a loop in _back_ thread of the last loop of the
star stitch just made. (See B.) Pull a loop through the
“eye” of the next star stitch in the row below. (See
C.) Pull a loop through under the next _two_ threads on
the edge of the row below. (See D.) Pull a loop through
the 5 loops on the needle. Make 1 chain stitch. Repeat
this direction around the sock.
6. Make another row of white star stitches.
7. Make another row of pink star stitches.
[Illustration]
To Make the Scallops:
1. Holding the sole of the sock toward you, fasten the
pink yarn at the opening point (near the lower button
in the picture).
2. Make a row of single crochet along opening edge to
the top.
3. In the corner stitch at the top, make 1 single
crochet and 2 chain stitches and 3 double crochets.
4. Make scallop by direction No. 3 in the “eye” of each
star stitch around the top.
5. Make a row of single crochet along the other edge of
the opening. Break off and fasten yarn.
For Buttonhole Loops:
Fasten pink wool at top edge of the opening, and
working toward the sole, make 2 slip stitches.
Make 2 chain stitches. Skip 2 stitches on the edge and
make 2 slip stitches. Make another loop in the same way
and finish edge of opening with slip stitches. Break
off and fasten yarn.
Fasten all ends securely.
Sew two buttons opposite the loops.
BABY’S CROCHETED BALL
(See picture opposite page 230.)
Material: White four-fold Germantown zephyr, Pink
Germantown zephyr. Bone crochet hook No. 8.
Directions:
1. With pink yarn, chain 5; that is, make 5 chain
stitches.
2. Join into a ring with slip stitches.
3. Put 1 single crochet in the ring.
To Make Curly Stitch:
4. With the stitch now on the needle, put the hook
through the ring, draw the yarn through the ring,
and make 4 chain stitches. Then the stitches _on the
needle_ will look like the picture at top of page 253.
5. Do _not_ wrap, but draw the last chain stitch
through the stitch on the needle.
6. Make 1 single crochet in the ring.
7. Repeat Nos. 4 and 5, being sure to have the loop of
chain stitches on the right side of work.
8. Make 5 of the loops of chain stitches in the ring
(in all).
9. Second row: Put 1 single crochet in the top of the
first single crochet in the ring and a curly stitch in
the next stitch.[P]
[Illustration]
10. To widen.—Put the single crochet and the curly
stitch in the same stitch. This is done in about every
third stitch until the ball is as wide as you wish to
make it.
11. Make 5 rows of pink.
3 rows of white.
2 rows of pink.
This will finish half of the ball.
12. Make another half, and sew the two halves together,
leaving about 2 inches open for filling.
13. Fill with raw cotton. Bury in the cotton several
little brass bells. Or fill with odds and ends of
left-over yarn.
14. Finish sewing together.
[Illustration: CURLY STITCH]
LADY’S CROCHETED NECKLACE
(See picture opposite page 200)
Material: Mercerized cotton, or silk—any color desired,
6 glass beads with large threading holes. Steel crochet
hook No. 7.
Directions:
Make two balls first in this way:
HOW TO MAKE BUTTON BALLS
1. Make 4 chain stitches. Join first and last stitches
in a ring with a slip stitch.
2. Make 2 single crochets in each chain stitch. There
will be 8 stitches. Do not join them. Work round and
round.
3. Make 2 single crochets in each stitch of first row
(16 stitches).
4. Make 6 rows of 16 stitches each, or 96 single
crochets, working round and round.
5. Stuff this form just made with soft cotton, filling
it until it is firm but not hard. Then draw in the top
of the ball by making single crochets in every other
stitch until the opening is closed.
Cut off the thread about 5 inches from the ball, and
draw it through the last stitch. Leave the end hanging.
[Illustration]
To Make the Chain:
1. Thread the 6 beads on the cotton and push them back
near the spool.
2. Commencing about 5 inches from the end of the
cotton, make 2 _loose_ chain stitches. Pull out the
loop of the second chain stitch until it is nearly ½
inch long.
To Make Bead Stitch:
3. Now throw the thread over the crochet needle; that
is, “wrap,” (holding the chain stitch between the thumb
and second finger of the left hand) and put the hook
into the first chain stitch under 2 threads. Throw the
thread over the needle and pull a long loop through the
chain stitches, making it the length of the first drawn
through.
Throw the thread over the crochet needle, or “wrap,”
and draw another loop up on the hook in the same way.
Continue to wrap and draw up loops in this way until
there are 7 loose loops on the crochet needle. (See
picture.) Wrap once again, and draw a loose loop
through all 7 loops already on the needle.
[Illustration]
Wrap and draw a loop through the stitch then on the
needle. Draw this stitch through until it is the length
of the loops in the first cluster.
Holding the first cluster between the thumb and second
finger of the left hand, wrap, and put hook through the
loop just below the loop on the needle (at the right),
and _back_ of the _single_ thread at the left. (See
picture above.)
Draw up a loop.
Wrap; draw up a loop and continue to draw up loops
until there are 7 loops on the needle. Wrap, and draw a
loose loop through the seven loops. Make 1 loose chain
stitch.
Make another cluster of stitches to form another bead.
After the third cluster is made, make 3 chain stitches,
and slip 1 bead down the thread until it meets the
chain. Put the hook through the hole in the bead, and
catch the last chain stitch. Pull the bead down over
the chain stitches.
Draw up the last loop of the chain about ½ inch, and
make a cluster of stitches as in beginning the work.
Make 2 more clusters; add another bead.
Make 2 more clusters, and add one more bead.
Continue to make clusters until the chain is nearly as
long as desired. Then add the beads as explained above
and make 3 more clusters. Cut off thread about 5 inches
from the end of the work, and make one chain stitch to
fasten end, drawing it all the way through.
To Fasten Balls on Ends of the Chain:
Thread the end of cotton left on the chain into a
long-eyed needle and sew with several stitches to the
top of the ball, running the end well down into the
ball to fasten it securely before cutting it off.
LADY’S CROCHETED PURSE
(See picture opposite page 104)
Material: Fine mercerized blue, or lavender, or pink,
or ecru, or gray, crochet cotton. Steel crochet needle
No. 9. One bone ring, about 1⅛ inch across.
Directions:
1. Chain 8; that is, make 8 chain stitches. Join in
ring with slip stitch.
2. First row: Chain 3. Put 2 double crochets in each
stitch of chains.
Join with slip stitch.
3. Second row: Like the first row.
4. Third row: Chain 3. Make 1 double crochet in the
first stitch of row below. Make 2 double crochets
in the next; 1 double crochet in the next; 2 double
crochets in the next; and so on to the end of row. Join.
5. Fourth row: Chain 3.
Make 1 double crochet in each of the first 2 stitches;
2 double crochets in the third stitch; and so on to the
end of the row.
6. Fifth and sixth rows: Chain 3. Put 1 double crochet
in each stitch with 1 chain between.
This makes one side.
7. Make another side like the one just finished.
8. Join sides with picot edging.
[Illustration: FRONT, SHOWING FLAPS]
HOW TO MAKE PICOT EDGING
Use a piece of rather heavy cord to practice making
picot (pēkō) edge.
1. Make a chain of 15 stitches.
2. Turn and make 14 single crochets. Make 1 chain
stitch.
3. Turn, and putting hook under two threads, make 2
single crochets.
4. Make 3 chain stitches.
5. Now, pointing the hook toward the left thumb, put it
through the top loop of the single crochet _last_ made
(where the chain was started), and then put it through
the _lower front_ loop of the single crochet _last_
made. (See picture, page 256.)
6. Wrap and draw thread (a slip stitch) through all
three loops and on needle. This forms a picot.
7. Make 2 single crochets, and make another picot.
Continue in this way across the row. Now you are ready
to join the sides of the purse together.
8. Hold both sides together with the joinings touching.
Put the crochet hook through the space between the
first 2 stitches on each side. Make 1 single crochet.
Chain 3 and fasten last chain stitch to single crochet
just made with slip stitch as in Nos. 5 and 6. This
makes a picot.
9. Continue to make picot edge, leaving 15 double
crochets without the picot edge—to form an opening.
To Make the Flap:
(See picture on page 255)
1. Chain 3.
2. Put 2 double crochet in each space.
3. Chain 3 to turn. Skip 3 double crochets and put
1 double crochet in each of the 24 stitches. Skip 2
double crochets and put 1 double crochet in the end
double crochet.
[Illustration: PICOT EDGING]
4. Chain 3 to turn. Skip 3 double crochet.
Make 1 double crochet in each of 18 double crochets
in lower row. Skip 2 double crochets and put 1 double
crochet in the end double crochet.
5. Chain 3. Skip 3 double crochets. Make 12 double
crochets. Skip 2 double crochets. Make 1 double crochet
on end.
6. Chain 3. Skip 3 double crochets. Make 7 double
crochets. Skip 2 double crochets. Make 1 double crochet
on end.
7. Chain 3. Skip 2 double crochets. Make 3 double
crochets. Skip 2 double crochets. Make 1 double crochet
on end.
Break off and fasten cotton.
8. Put picot edge around the flap in the same way as
you did around the purse. Fasten thread.
Fold flap over into place.
To Make the Strings:
1. Holding the back of the purse toward you, fasten the
cotton into the fifth space from the joining point of
the sides.
2. Chain 25. Catch the twenty-fifth chain stitch into
the bone ring with a single crochet.
3. Chain 25. Skip 2 spaces on the top of the purse, and
fasten the twenty-fifth chain into the third opening
with a single crochet.
4. Make 9 strings of chain stitches, fastening them at
the ends as explained.
5. Cover the ring with single crochet.
6. Make 25 chain stitches, and fasten last chain stitch
in the place where the strings were started. Fasten
thread.
7. Sew snap fasteners on purse and flap.
DOLL’S KNITTED MUFF
(See picture opposite page 200)
Material: White Angora wool, or Teazle yarn. If Teazle
yarn is used, before sewing the garments up, brush with
a clean stiff brush to make them furry. Bone knitting
needles No. 2.
[Illustration: BACK OF PURSE]
Directions:
1. Cast on 15 stitches.
2. Knit 20 ribs (a row across and back makes a rib).
3. Bind off.
4. Sew beginning row and last row of stitches together,
and line muff with satin.
5. Make a long chain of the yarn to use to hang muff on
doll’s neck.
Trim lower edge with fringe. Cut 3½-inch strands of
yarn for making fringe. Draw 2 strands through at a
time.
DOLL’S KNITTED BOA OR STOLE
(See picture opposite page 200)
Material and Needles: The same as for Doll’s Muff.
Directions:
1. Cast on 8 stitches. Knit plain.
2. Increase 1 stitch on each rib at one end only until
there are 14 stitches.
3. Make 42 ribs on the 14 stitches; then
[Illustration: MUFF AND BOA]
4. Narrow on one edge by knitting off 2 stitches
together as one, on each rib until there are 8 stitches.
5. Bind off.
6. Trim with fringe same as fringe on muff.
7. Make a 2-inch chain of gold color mercerized cotton
and sew it to each side of the neck of the stole.
8. Make 2 fancy rings like those made on doll’s
sleeveless sweater (see page 189), and sew one over
each place where the gold chain was fastened.
TO MAKE THE TRIMMING BAND ON HAT
(See picture opposite page 200)
Crochet a chain a little longer than needed to meet
around the band. Put 1 treble crochet into each chain
stitch. (See page 228.)
In sewing trimming band on hat, let the treble crochet
puff out, and bring the edges of the band close
together.
The pompon is made in the same way as the pompons on
the Doll’s Crochet Toque or Cap.
DOLL’S KNITTED BREAKFAST SHAWL
(See picture on page 87)
Material: White wool floss and pink mercerized cotton.
Bone knitting needles No. 5.
Directions:
1. With white floss cast on 30 stitches.
2. Knit plain for 50 ribs. (A rib is a row across and
back.)
3. Bind off.
4. Lay 1 strand of floss side by side with 1 strand of
pink cotton, and pick up each stitch along edge for
collar.
[Illustration]
5. Knit plain, narrowing at each end (by knitting first
2, and last 2 stitches together as one) until there are
9 ribs.
6. Bind off.
7. Put 1 row of single crochet around edge of collar.
8. Make tassels of the white and pink.
9. Sew a tassel on each corner of the cape.
DOLL’S KNITTED SLEEVELESS SILK SWEATER
(See picture opposite page 230)
Material: Mercerized rose pink cotton No. 3, with
turquoise blue cotton No. 3 for trimming; or crochet
silk No. 3. Bone crochet hook No. 3. Bone knitting
needles No. 3.
Directions:
To Make the Back:
1. With pink material cast on 36 stitches.
2. Knit 2, purl 2, for 20 rows, slipping off first
stitch on each row.
3. Knit plain for 11 ribs. (A row across and back makes
a rib.)
4. Knit 2 stitches off as one at each end, every other
row, until there are only 28 stitches on the needle.
5. Knit plain until you have 20 ribs.
6. Bind off.
To Make the Front:
1. Cast on 36 stitches and follow directions for making
the back until the 11 ribs of plain knitting are
finished.
2. On the twelfth rib, narrow at each end by knitting
first 2 and last 2 stitches together, making 34
stitches on the needle.
3. Slip 17 stitches on to a safety pin, keeping the
remaining stitches on the needle.
4. Narrow by knitting 2 stitches together at each end
every other row until there are 11 stitches; then
narrow only on the neck edge, every other row until
there are 8 stitches.
[Illustration: DOLL’S SILK SWEATER]
5. Knit ribs of 8 stitches until there are 23 ribs from
the waist line to the shoulder, and bind off.
6. Take the stitches off the safety pin on to the
needle; and make other side like the first.
Sew fronts and back of the sweater together under arms
and on the shoulder lines.
With the blue cotton, put 2 rows of single crochet
around the armholes and neck taking up each stitch.
HOW TO CAST ON STITCHES WITH KNITTING NEEDLES
1. Make a slip knot on one knitting needle near the end
of the yarn.
2. Knit 1 stitch. (See page 162, To Knit a Stitch.)
Do not take the stitch off the left-hand needle, but
stretch the new stitch (which is on the right-hand
needle) and slip it over the point of the left-hand
needle. (See picture on page 261.) Hold the stitch on
the left needle with the thumb of the left hand.
Continue to make new stitches and slip them on the
left needle until there are the number of stitches
required.[Q]
[Illustration: TO CAST ON STITCHES WITH KNITTING NEEDLES (See page 260)]
[Illustration: 2 and 3. THE CONTINENTAL METHOD OF KNITTING (See page
262)]
THE CONTINENTAL METHOD OF KNITTING
This method is a little more rapid than the Colonial
or English method, but is not so much used. Notice the
position of the hands in the picture.
To knit plain the straight thread on the second finger
of the left hand is lifted with the point of the right
needle. Cut 2.
A loop is drawn through; and the top loop on the left
needle is drawn off the point of the left needle. Cut
3. Finish this row.
To purl, hold hand in same position as above. Slip
the first stitch off the left needle. Put the point
of the right needle under the thread which is fast to
the ball, and lift it toward you over the left needle,
holding the thread on the right needle with the right
thumb.
Keeping the thread on top of the right needle put the
point through the top of the first loop on the left
needle, pointing the right needle toward the middle of
the palm of the left hand.
Lift the point of the right needle toward you and over
the thread. Push the point of the right needle backward
through the loop on the left needle (which the right
needle is already through) carrying the thread through
the loop.
Slip the top loop off the point of the left needle.
TO CAST OFF STITCHES
(Another method of binding off work)
1. Slip the first stitch. 2. Pointing the left needle
toward the first finger of the right hand, insert it in
the slipped stitch _under_ the right needle. The two
needles will now be crossed in the loop. 3. With the
thumb and first finger of the left hand push this loop
over and back of the next stitch on the left needle,
and knit the next stitch, bringing the two loops off
the left needle. Repeat to end.
In using the Continental Method, the thread is thrown
as in purling.