_Materials_--For Silk necessary to embroider this tray cloth, and
instructions for same, see Daisy Design, page 65. Made in sizes, 18
x 27 and 18 x 36 inches. Also for bureau scarfs, 17×54 and 17×72.
Dealers can furnish stamped linen, with hemstitched edge, of this
design, in all of the above sizes. See page 92.
[Illustration: DAISY TRAY CLOTH DESIGN NO. 406 D.]
Hemstitched linen, similar to Daisy Tray Cloth Design No. 406 D,
can also be furnished by dealers in the above sizes, stamped with
the following designs: 406 A, Apple Blossom; 406 B, Buttercup; 406
C, Chrysanthemum; 406 E, Sweet Pea; 406 F, Forget-me-not. For
instructions for working and silk required, see pages 63, 64, 65, and
66.
_Sofa Pillow Design No. 508._
_Materials_--1 piece plaid cambric, 24 x 48 inches, stamped with a
wide colored check, with 5 yards double ruffling of same material;
Corticelli Roman Floss, 9 skeins (6 of the light shade, and 3 of
the dark shade). For colors see below. Dealers can furnish all of
above material. See page 92.
For Green Pillow use Corticelli Roman Floss, 549, 551.
For Yellow Pillow use Corticelli Roman Floss, 743, 743.6.
For Blue Pillow use Corticelli Roman Floss, 793, 796.
[Illustration: SOFA PILLOW DESIGN NO. 508.]
This pillow is a pretty one for summer use. The material is plaid
cambric, a white ground with a colored check. The check comes in three
different colors: green, yellow, and blue.
[Illustration: SHOWING METHOD OF WORKING SOFA PILLOW.]
The engraving shows exactly how the work is done, using the lighter
shade of silk and the seamstress' feather stitch for the four corners
around each square. The center figure is worked in the darker shade of
silk, with the X in the lighter shade. When the decoration is complete,
finish the pillow as follows: Gather the ruffle double on the raw edge,
and, putting it between the front and back pieces of the cushion, sew
together on the wrong side on three sides of the pillow. Blind-stitch
the fourth side after the down cushion has been placed inside. Other
figures and methods of working will suggest themselves to every
needleworker. This pillow is a very inexpensive one. (Easy.)
_Bicycle and Golf Stockings._
[Illustration: PATTERN A, WITH STRAP.
(The Stocking Leg shows the light brown mixed yarn.)]
The increasing popularity of the wheel and the game of golf has revived
the interest in knitting, especially since desirable and exclusive
patterns in bicycle and golf stockings are not easily obtained in the
ready made goods.
The designs given here are knit from wool and silk. The silk is made
especially for this work and in combination with wool the effect is
very handsome. The best results can only be secured by the use of the
exact material called for in the instructions. Corticelli Bicycle and
Golf Silk is made of specially selected stock dyed in fast colors,
and will be found easy to knit. Fleisher's German Knitting Worsted,
Golf and Cycle Mixtures, is just the right size to use in connection
with the silk. To identify this yarn look for the name "Fleisher's"
on the ticket attached to each hank. The colors of silk to go with
the different colors of yarns harmonize perfectly. Ordinary yarn, _no
matter of what kind or color_, will not do to work these patterns.
Those who do not care to knit the complete stocking can make the tops
alone. These are frequently made separate, but the stocking (purchased
at any store) on which they are put should not be cut, but the top
sewn on just in place to turn over in the right position. The extra
thickness is no disadvantage, in fact, rather the contrary. This
suggestion is entirely practical, especially since stockings with fancy
tops and plain legs are now the vogue.
Care must be taken to knit the top of stockings quite loosely, allowing
plenty of slack in the thread especially when changing from silk to
yarn and vice versa. Without this slack the tops of Patterns B and C
will not give or stretch, making it difficult to draw them on and off.
To knit these patterns four No. 13 steel needles are required. The
quantity of silk and yarn necessary for each pair of stockings is given
on the following pages. Among the twelve patterns will be found one
which cannot fail to suit every individual taste as to the proper color
combinations of yarn and silk.