swarm of bees flying in all directions and a sentiment, as " How doth
the little," etc., or "Oh! velvety bee, you're a dusty fellow, you've
powdered your legs with gold," etched in large letters above.
Scrim makes a pretty apron, with threads drawn and the smallest
side of ribbon run through length ways, ending with a loop.
All kinds of towels can be used, pulling out threads and having a
band of drawn work at one end ; appropriate for a hostess to wear at a
lunch or tea.
Take a large mull handkerchief, pretty of black mull with bunches
of pink hawthorn scattered through it ; shirr on ribbon band, letting
the edge come above to make about an inch frill. In this case have
belt and strings of pink ribbon. The flowered mulls make dainty ones,
made the same way.
Sheer muslin aprons made with tucks about one and a half inches
deep ; cut the tuck up half way and turn under, making a small point ;
a group of points, having one on the lowest tuck, two above it, and
three on the third. Ribbon bows can be disposed of anywhere, on
pocket or side of belt.
Knitting does not mean now as it used to, work for our grand-
mothers to doze over, but dainty mittens, edges for sacques, skirts, cur-
tains, etc. Here is a pretty knit purse;
Fawn-colored and brown purse silk. Along a chain of eighty-eight
stitches (pale shade) crochet sixty-two rows double crochet, but the
third, fifth, nineteenth, twenty- first, forty-first, forty-third, fifty-seventh
and fifty-ninth rows are crocheted with brown silk ; and in the ninth,
fifteenth, forty-seventh and fifty-third the two shades are used as fol-
lows :
Ninth row. — Five double with fawn color, and six double with brown ;
repeat, always drawing up the last stitch of the one shade with the
first of the other.
Tenth row. — One double, * (brown), three double (fawn), one double
(brown), six double (fawn) ; repeat seven times from.*
Eleventh row. — One double (fawn), *, three double (brown), three
fawn, two brown, three fawn ; repeat from * seven times, but in the last
repetition crochet only two double (fawn) instead of three.
Twelfth row. — One double (fawn), *, three double (brown), two
fawn, one (brown), two (fawn), one (brown), two (fawn) ; repeat seven
times from *, crocheting one fawn instead of two at the end of the last
repetition.
Thirteenth row. — Like the eleventh.
Fourteenth row. — Like the tenth.
Fifteenth row. — Like the ninth.
Forty-seventh row to fifty-third row — like ninth to fifteenth.
When the sixty-second row is finished, crochet twenty-two double
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for the opening-, and then work to and fro for the centre of the purse.
Sixty-thirp! row. — Along the last stitches with the same silk, three
chain to form one treble✪ Crochet Purse, then miss one, one treble, one chain ; repeat ;
close with one treble in first stitch of this row.
Sixty-fourth row. — Turn the work, three chain to form one treble,
then one treble in chain, one chain ; repeat, close with one treble in
first stitch.
Sixty-fifth to eighty-seventh rows. — Like the preceding. This cdm-
pletes the centre. Then crochet the other end of the purse as follows :
Crochet Purse.
Twenty-two stitches in the first twenty-two of the eighty-seventh
row, then twenty-five rows double crochet with same silk ; then repeat
third to twenty-first row. The purse is then finished with twenty-two
rows of fawn color, decreasing as follows :
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swarm of bees flying in all directions and a sentiment, as " How doth the little," etc., or "Oh! velvety bee, you're a dusty fellow, you've powdered your legs with gold," etched in large letters above.
Scrim makes a pretty apron, with threads drawn and the smallest side of ribbon run through length ways, ending with a loop.
All kinds of towels can be used, pulling out threads and having a band of drawn work at one end ; appropriate for a hostess to wear at a lunch or tea.
Take a large mull handkerchief, pretty of black mull with bunches of pink hawthorn scattered through it ; shirr on ribbon band, letting the edge come above to make about an inch frill. In this case have belt and strings of pink ribbon. The flowered mulls make dainty ones, made the same way.
Sheer muslin aprons made with tucks about one and a half inches deep ; cut the tuck up half way and turn under, making a small point ; a group of points, having one on the lowest tuck, two above it, and three on the third. Ribbon bows can be disposed of anywhere, on pocket or side of belt.
Knitting does not mean now as it used to, work for our grandmothers to doze over, but dainty mittens, edges for sacques, skirts, curtains, etc. Here is a pretty knit purse;
Fawn-colored and brown purse silk. Along a chain of eighty-eight stitches (pale shade) crochet sixty-two rows double crochet, but the third, fifth, nineteenth, twenty- first, forty-first, forty-third, fifty-seventh and fifty-ninth rows are crocheted with brown silk ; and in the ninth, fifteenth, forty-seventh and fifty-third the two shades are used as follows :
Ninth row. — Five double with fawn color, and six double with brown ; repeat, always drawing up the last stitch of the one shade with the first of the other.
Tenth row. — One double, * (brown), three double (fawn), one double (brown), six double (fawn) ; repeat seven times from.*
Eleventh row. — One double (fawn), *, three double (brown), three fawn, two brown, three fawn ; repeat from * seven times, but in the last repetition crochet only two double (fawn) instead of three.
Twelfth row. — One double (fawn), *, three double (brown), two fawn, one (brown), two (fawn), one (brown), two (fawn) ; repeat seven times from *, crocheting one fawn instead of two at the end of the last repetition.
Thirteenth row. — Like the eleventh.
Fourteenth row. — Like the tenth.
Fifteenth row. — Like the ninth.
Forty-seventh row to fifty-third row — like ninth to fifteenth.
When the sixty-second row is finished, crochet twenty-two double
CROCHET PURSE.
for the opening-, and then work to and fro for the centre of the purse.
Sixty-thirp! row. — Along the last stitches with the same silk, three chain to form one treble, then miss one, one treble, one chain ; repeat ; close with one treble in first stitch of this row.
Sixty-fourth row. — Turn the work, three chain to form one treble, then one treble in chain, one chain ; repeat, close with one treble in first stitch.
Sixty-fifth to eighty-seventh rows. — Like the preceding. This cdmpletes the centre. Then crochet the other end of the purse as follows :
[illustration: Crochet Purse]
Twenty-two stitches in the first twenty-two of the eighty-seventh row, then twenty-five rows double crochet with same silk ; then repeat third to twenty-first row. The purse is then finished with twenty-two rows of fawn color, decreasing as follows :
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