The household (of the Detroit free press)

You have now fifty-eight stitches on your needle, knit plain six times across, then put your thread over and knit two together, across the middle, then begin to seam, seam two and knit two, just as you would for pulse warmers, until it is about half a finger deep, then bind off; now sew them up on the wrong side, crochet a row of shells around the top, run a narrow ribbon through the row of holes and tie in a bow on top, and you have a pair of shoes dainty enough for any baby. In sewing them together, gather them a little at the toe, to make rounding. CHILDREN'S CAPS AND BONNETS. Bicycle Cap. — Use a mixed wool and No. 1 1 hook. The cap is worked in rounds, not rows. Make a chain of six stitches, and work ten stitches in treble crochet in the ring, then work round for seven rounds of treble crochet. As you begin the sixth round there should be 102 stitches ; before you finish the seventh round you must decrease fourteen stitches, leaving eighty-eight. Then do three rows of open treble stitch, two chain, miss one loop, and finish off leaving a straight edge. For the turned-up part then do a row of seventy-nine treble stitches working the other way, and it is then finished in star pattern. Sailor or Fireman's Cap. — This is suitable for children's wear, or even for young ladies at lawn tennis. It is done in double Berlin, of a dark navy blue color, and a large wooden crochet needle. Make a chain of eight stitches, join and work ten stitches into the ring in double crochet, then proceed onward in rounds, not rows. The second row, work two stitches into every stitch, putting the hook through both stitches of the chain ; then work for the third row two stitches into every third. The top consists of fourteen rows, and requires to be increased with great care, so as to keep it perfectly flat. After the fourteenth row, when there should be seventy-four stitches, do one round plain, and begin decreasing for four rounds till there are fifty-seven stitches ; then three rounds of single crochet, one round of double crochet, and three more rounds of single crochet, which finishes the band of the cap with fifty-seven stitches as you began it. A silk ball or pompon is placed in the center of the crown. COUNTERPANES. 215 Neapolitan Fisherman s Cap. — This cap is made of single Berlin wool, in stripes of red and blue, and No. 8 bone needle. The stitch is double crochet, the hook being put through both stitches of the chain. The work is done in rows, and each stripe consists of six rows of the same color. The first stripe is blue ; make a chain of four stitches, join, and work twelve double into the loop. Second row — Two stitches into each stitch. Third row — Work two into every alternate stitch. Fourth row — Two into every third stitch. Fifth row — The same. Seventh row — Begin with red and increase four stitches in each row. Increase very gradually, henceforth, keeping a pointed shape for six stripes, ending with red and beginning with blue ; there should then be ninety-three stitches. The rest of the cap for eight alternates of blue and red rows is not increased. The fourteenth stripe is red. Then turn the cap around and work the other way round, for the turn over in blue for thirty-two rows. Turn up half of this length and iron flat. The top is finished by a thick tassel of red wool.