[Illustration:
The LION YARN MILL
Where Lion Brand Yarns are manufactured from raw to finished product
_The Mark of Quality and Full Weight_
Describing Latest Creations
In Worsted Work]
Copyright, 1920,
By
The Lion Yarn Co.
[Illustration:
=Skating Set=
]
Directions for
SKATING SET
Sweater, With Scarf Attached.
Materials for Sweater Set:
=7 Hanks Black LION BRAND Knitting Yarn; 2 Hanks Tango Orange LION
BRAND Knitting Yarn; 1 Hank Green LION BRAND Knitting Yarn; 1 Hank Red
LION BRAND Knitting Yarn; 1 Pair Amber Knitting Needles No. 9; 1 Pair
Amber Knitting Needles No. 6; 1 Crochet Hook No. 5.=
=Note=: When joining colors where the work is purled and knitted, knit
first four sts., also knit the four that were purled, taking up sts. at
back of needle, continue doing this to end of row, knit four, purl four,
as directed.
With bk. yarn and No. 6 knitting needles cast on 90 stitches, kt. four,
purl four, for 10 inches.
The following is how the colors are arranged:
Black—Kt. 4, purl 4 for 15 rows.
Tango Orange: 4 rows.
Black: 1 row.
Green: 1 row.
Red: 4 rows.
Black: 1 row.
T. O.: 4 rows.
Black: 12 rows.
T. O.: 1 row.
Black: 4 rows.
T. O.: 1 row.
Black: 8 rows.
Work of kt. 4, purl 4, should now measure 10 inches; change to No. 9
needle and kt. in plain garter st. for 10 more inches (42 ribs) cast on
65 sts. on each side, for sleeves. Kt. on these 220 sts. for 6 inches
(or 26 ribs); now kt. and slip 100 sts. onto a large safety pin, bind
off 20 sts. for back of neck. Continue ktg. on the other 100 sts. for 3
ribs, then cast on 6 sts. at front of neck. Kt. on these 106 sts. for 6
more inches (or 26 ribs).
Bind off 65 sts. for sleeves, continue ktg. sts. left on needle, adding
one st. every row, at front side only, until 56 sts. are on needle. Pass
these onto large safety pin. Take sts. off safety pin on shoulder and
kt. other front to correspond. When other 56 sts. are reached put all
stitches on one needle (112 in all), kt. until front measures same as
back and bind off.
=For Cuffs=: With bk. yarn pick up 50 sts. at end of sleeve. Kt. 7 ribs,
then 1 rib T.O., 1 rib bk., 1 rib gr., 1 rib bk., 1 rib red, 1 rib bk.,
1 rib T.O., 3 ribs bk., 4 ribs T.O., and bind off. Sew up sweater, both
sides, and sleeves, turn cuff over on right side of sweater.
=For Sleeves=: With bk. yarn and crochet hook, chain 3 (always chain one
to turn).
1st row: One s. c. in each st., taking up both loops. Increase 1 st. at
end of each row, on one side only until 18 sts. are worked, then
decrease at same side increases were made until but 13 sts. are left,
work on these for 14 rows, then again decrease until 5 sts. are left.
Break off yarn.
For border: 1 row bk., 1 row gr., 1 row red, 1 row T.O. Sew to each side
of sweater at neck. Join the lower part of reveres neatly. Finish with
crochet button.
=For Scarf=: With No. 9 needles and T.O., cast on 6 sts., increase 1 st.
at end of each needle until 40 sts. are on needle, blending colors at
each end of scarf, same as on sweater. Kt. on these 40 sts. for 18
inches. Now kt. 15 sts., bind off 10 sts., then kt. 15 more, to end of
row. Turn, kt. 15 sts. cast on 10 sts., kt. other 15 to end of row. Kt.
back and forth until scarf measures 50 inches from point to point. Bind
off, finish with tassel of T.O., sew scarf to back of neck, shoulder to
shoulder, slip one end through opening made, when scarf is to be worn
snug to neck.
=Dickey=: Cast on 3 sts. Increase 1 st. at end of every row, until 36
sts. are on needle. Bind off. Attach to sweater with snaps. Dickey can
be omitted if desired.
=Sash=: With crochet hook and tango orange chain 6, 1 st. in each st.
until sash measures 58 inches; finish with tassel.
[Illustration:
=New Ruffle Sweater and Tam=
]
Directions for
THE NEW RUFFLE SWEATER AND TAM
Materials:
=10 Skeins LION BRAND Shetland Floss; 1 Pair Knitting Needles, No. 10;
1 Pair Knitting Needles, No. 5.=
Directions:
=Back=: Cast on No. 10 needles 150 sts., k. popcorn st. for 8 inches.
Change to No. 5 needles, decrease to 80 sts. and k. until back measures
18 inches from bottom. Add on 65 sts. at each end for sleeves and k. for
5 inches more. This finishes back.
=Front=: K. 95 sts., bind off the next 20 sts. for neck. Slip the 95
sts. just knitted on a spare needle; on the remaining 95 sts. k. one
front after the following directions: K. 4 ribs or 8 rows, then add 1
st. at neck end every other rib until the sleeve is finished, having as
many ribs on front of sleeve as there are on back. Bind off the 65 sts.
added on for sleeve and k. for 2 inches more, still increasing at front.
Slip these sts. on a spare needle. Take the first 95 sts. from spare
needle and k. the same.
Now take all sts. on needle and k. until as long as back. Change to No.
10 needles and increase to 150 sts. and work popcorn st. for 8 inches,
bind off.
=Cuffs=: Pick up sts. with No. 10 needles and increase on each st., work
popcorn st. for 5 inches, bind off.
Finish neck with ribbon holes for ribbon.