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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book - or Adventures Among the Knitting People - -Author: Jane Eayre Fryer - -Illustrator: Jane Allen Boyer - -Release Date: June 23, 2016 [EBook #52396] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MARY FRANCES KNITTING, CROCHETING *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, MWS and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - - -[Illustration: SEE MY NEW SWEATER - -FOR DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING KNITTED ARTICLES SHOWN IN THIS ILLUSTRATION -SEE KNITTED SLEEVELESS SWEATER—185 CROCHETED HAT—206 CROCHETED SPORTS -SWEATER—243] - - - - -[Illustration] - - THE - MARY FRANCES - KNITTING AND CROCHETING - BOOK - - OR - ADVENTURES AMONG THE - KNITTING PEOPLE - - - BY - JANE EAYRE FRYER - - - Illustrated by - JANE ALLEN BOYER - and from - ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS - - - THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. - PHILADELPHIA - - - - - COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY - JANE EAYRE FRYER - - ————CAUTION———— - The entire contents of this book are protected - by copyright, and all persons are - warned not to reproduce the text, in whole - or in part, or any of the illustrations without - permission of the publishers. - - - - -PREFACE - - -DEAR GIRLS: - -After reading about Mary Frances’ many adventures among the Kitchen -People, and the Thimble People, and the Garden People, and with the -Doll Family and the Brave Family, in the Mary Frances books—perhaps you -thought that no girl, not even Mary Frances, could find any more funny -little fairy helpers right in her own home. - -But Mary Frances did, for the Knitting People had overheard many of -the lessons which the Thimble People gave her, and they were almost -jealous. At least they probably would have been jealous if they had -not planned to surprise Mary Frances with some delightful lessons in -crocheting and knitting. Such good lessons they were that almost before -she knew it, Mary Frances had made the loveliest caps and sweaters and -bootees for her dolls—just exactly the kinds you want for your own -dolls. And you can have them if you wish, for Mary Frances says that -the Knitting People told her that they are always just as ready to help -any other girl who wants their help—if she will follow the lessons -exactly as they are given in this book. - -She says, too, that after a girl has learned to crochet and knit for -dolls, it is “just as easy as a-b-c” to crochet and knit for real -people; and that knitting articles for soldier boys and fathers and -mothers makes a person feel of very much account. - -It is in the hope that you will enjoy these new adventures as much as -Mary Frances did, that this book is sent out to the girls of America -with the best wishes of - - THE AUTHOR. - _Merchantville, N. J._ - - - - -CONTENTS - - - CHAPTER PAGE - I. KNIT AND KNACK 15 - II. AUNT MARIA STEPS IN 19 - III. CROW SHAY TALKS 25 - IV. WOOLEY BALL TELLS SOME YARNS 29 - V. SPEAKING OF MOTHS 35 - VI. CROW SHAY’S RELATIVES 39 - VII. A DISAPPOINTMENT 43 - VIII. A DOLL’S NECKLACE 47 - IX. A TELEGRAM 55 - X. MAKING PLANS 61 - XI. A ROSE SCARF 67 - XII. MARY MARIE’S SHAWL 73 - XIII. FAIRLY FLEW FLIES IN 79 - XIV. A LITTLE PETTICOAT 83 - XV. MARY MARIE’S CAP 93 - XVI. MARY MARIE’S TURBAN 99 - XVII. MARY MARIE COMES TO LIFE 105 - XVIII. THE MAGIC RHYME 113 - XIX. MARY MARIE’S SCHOOL BAG 117 - XX. A LETTER FROM MOTHER 121 - XXI. A TEDDY BEAR SUIT 127 - XXII. THE FIRST KNITTING LESSON 145 - XXIII. CASTING ON STITCHES 149 - XXIV. CROW SHAY HELPS KNIT 153 - XXV. TO KNIT A STITCH 159 - XXVI. MARY FRANCES REALLY KNITS 165 - XXVII. DOING IT OVER AGAIN 169 - XXVIII. DOLL’S KNITTED HOOD 175 - XXIX. WHAT’S A PURL? 179 - XXX. DOLL’S SLEEVELESS SWEATER 183 - XXXI. GOOD NEWS 191 - XXXII. THE BOY AVIATOR 195 - XXXIII. MARY MARIE’S SPORTS SWEATER 201 - XXXIV. HOME AGAIN 215 - XXXV. A GIFT FROM THE QUEEN OF FAIRIES 219 - XXXVI. THE MAGIC PAPER 225 - XXXVII. THE MAGIC PAPER (_Continued_) 227 - XXXVIII. TWO MORE SWEATERS 262 - XXXIX. RED CROSS KNITTING 265 - -[Illustration] - - - - -INSTRUCTIONS - - - PAGE - DIFFERENT YARNS 31 - NAMES OF YARNS 32 - CROCHET HOOKS AND KNITTING NEEDLES 40 - SCALE OF SIZES 41 - TO MAKE CHAIN STITCH 48 - DOLL’S CROCHETED NECKLACE 50 - TO MAKE SINGLE CROCHET 51 - TO MAKE DOUBLE CROCHET 52 - TO MAKE SLIP STITCH 53 - DOLL’S CROCHETED SCARF 69 - TO MAKE FRINGE 69 - DOLL’S CROCHETED SHAWL 75 - TO JOIN ENDS OF YARN IN CROCHETING 76 - DOLL’S CROCHETED WOOL FLOSS SCARF 84 - DOLL’S CROCHETED PETTICOAT 88 - HOW TO “INCREASE” IN CROCHETING 89 - TO MAKE THE SCALLOPS 89 - TO MAKE THE RUNNER 90 - DOLL’S CROCHETED TOQUE OR CAP 93 - TO MAKE POMPONS 95 - DOLL’S CROCHETED TURBAN (HAT) 99 - BABY’S BALL 107 - HAIR PIN BALL 107 - DOLL’S CROCHETED BEDROOM SLIPPERS 108 - TO MAKE TASSELS 111 - DOLL’S CROCHETED BOOK BAG 118 - HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL 121 - HOW TO MAKE A COLORED YARN DOLL 123 - TEDDY BEAR SUIT, CONSISTING OF— - CROCHETED SWEATER 129 - CROCHETED TAM 135 - HOW TO “DECREASE” IN CROCHETING 137 - CROCHETED LEGGINGS 138 - FIRST LESSON IN KNITTING— - TO MAKE A SLIP KNOT 148 - TO CAST ON STITCHES WITH THE FINGERS 150 - TO CAST ON STITCHES WITH A CROCHET HOOK 155 - TO KNIT PLAIN 162 - TO SLIP A STITCH 163 - HOW TO BIND OFF 166 - DOLL’S KNITTED SHAWL 171 - DOLL’S KNITTED HOOD 176 - DOLL’S KNITTED BEAN BAG 180 - HOW TO PURL 180 - DOLL’S KNITTED SLEEVELESS SWEATER 185 - TO SLIP OFF STITCHES NEEDED LATER 186 - TO INCREASE OR ADD A STITCH IN KNITTING 186 - AVIATOR DOLL’S OUTFIT— - KNITTED HELMET 196 - KNITTED WRISTLETS 196 - KNITTED SLEEVELESS SWEATER 197 - DOLL’S KNITTED SPORTS SWEATER 201 - TO DECREASE STITCHES IN KNITTING 202 - LITTLE CROCHETED HAT 206 - DOLL’S CROCHETED MITTENS 211 - TREBLE CROCHET 228 - INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED OUTFIT— - INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED SOCKS 228 - INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED CAP 229 - INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED SACQUE, NO. 1 230 - TO ATTACH NEW YARN 231 - INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED SACQUE, NO. 2 232 - AFGHAN STITCH 234 - INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED CAPE AND HOOD 236 - DOLL’S CROCHETED COACH COVER 239 - COFFEE BEAN STITCH 239 - DOLL’S CROCHETED SPORTS HAT 240 - DOLL’S CROCHETED BREAKFAST CAP 241 - DOLL’S CROCHETED GARTERS 242 - DOLL’S CROCHETED SHOPPING BAG 242 - DOLL’S CROCHETED SPORTS SWEATER 243 - DOLL’S CROCHETED FLOWER BASKET 246 - GIRL’S CROCHETED HAND BAG 248 - CRAZY STITCH 248 - BABY’S CROCHETED BOOTEES 249 - STAR STITCH 251 - BABY’S CROCHETED BALL 252 - CURLY STITCH 252 - LADY’S CROCHETED NECKLACE 253 - HOW TO MAKE BUTTON BALLS 253 - BEAD STITCH 254 - LADY’S CROCHETED PURSE 255 - HOW TO MAKE PICOT EDGING 255 - DOLL’S KNITTED MUFF 257 - DOLL’S KNITTED BOA OR STOLE 257 - DOLL’S KNITTED BREAKFAST SHAWL 259 - DOLL’S KNITTED SLEEVELESS SILK SWEATER 259 - HOW TO CAST ON STITCHES WITH KNITTING NEEDLES 260 - THE CONTINENTAL METHOD OF KNITTING 262 - TO CAST OFF STITCHES 262 - CHILD’S KNITTED SWEATER 262 - LADY’S KNITTED SWEATER 263 - RED CROSS KNITTING 265 - EQUIPMENT 265 - GENERAL DIRECTIONS 265 - MUFFLER 265 - WASH CLOTH 267 - SLEEVELESS SWEATER 267 - KNITTED HELMET, NO. 1 267 - KNITTED HELMET, NO. 2 268 - WRISTLET, NO. 1 268 - WRISTLET, NO. 2 268 - MEDIUM-SIZED SOCK 268 - BED SOCK 270 - HOT WATER BOTTLE COVER 270 - -[Illustration] - -NOTE.—The garments described in this book will fit 12- to 16-inch dolls. - -It is impossible to give exact measurements, because few people crochet -and knit with exactly the same “tension.” - -In making garments for other than 12- to 16-inch doll it would be best -to cut a paper pattern to fit the doll, and make the garments fit the -pattern, following as far as possible the directions given in this book. - -[Illustration] - -IMPORTANT.—In order to learn to crochet and knit, the beginner should -follow the directions, and make the garments, in the order given in the -story part of the book. - -Do not try to understand the directions before doing the work. Learn -one new thing at a time doing exactly as told. Advance step by step. - -In these directions woolen yarns are used, but mercerized cotton yarns -may be used in their place with good results. - - - - -LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS - - - SEE MY NEW SWEATER _Frontispiece_ - OPPOSITE - PAGE - OFF TO SCHOOL 40 - LET US PLAY BALL 72 - GOING SHOPPING 104 - BABY BLUE AND BABY PINK 136 - OUR FRIENDS TEDDY BEAR AND AIRMAN 168 - READY FOR CHURCH 200 - FLOWERS FOR MOTHER 230 - - - - -[Illustration: “Did you say Knit?”] - - - - -CHAPTER I - -KNIT AND KNACK - - -“WE will teach her to knit,” declared Mary Frances’ grandmother’s -knitting needles proudly. They spoke together. - -When they did not speak together they always repeated what each other -said. You see, they were twins. One was named Knit and the other was -named Knack. - -“And I will teach her to crochet,” said the big crochet hook just as -proudly. - -“Knitting is a much older art than crocheting,” said Knit. - -“Knitting is a much older art than crocheting,” repeated Knack. - -[Illustration: “We will teach him to knit.”] - -“Knit!” exclaimed Crow Shay Hook. “It is not!” - -[Illustration: “Knit! It is not!”] - -“How can you prove that?” asked Knit. - -“How can you prove that?” asked Knack. - -“Easily!” answered Crow Shay. “Crocheting is making knots. Knots were -made by people before they ever thought of weaving. Knitting is a sort -of weaving, you know. Knotting is not, you know.” - -“To tell the honest truth,” a new voice spoke, “I do not believe any of -you know what you are talking about; but I could tell you a story—” and -the big ball of yarn rolled over nearer the group of needles. - -[Illustration: “To tell the honest truth”] - -“Oh, spare us, Wooley Ball!” begged all the needles. “We don’t want to -hear any more yarns.” - -“It is easy to see,” went on Wooley Ball, pretending not to notice -their impoliteness, “that for most people crocheting is more easily -learned than knitting. Therefore it seems best that Crow Shay should -begin the lessons.” - -“What’s that?” The Yarn Baby suddenly sat up, her hair standing out -straight on her head. It always stood up straight and stiff when she -was excited. “You know very well, Wooley Ball, that I was chosen to -direct these lessons.” - -[Illustration: “What’s that?”] - -“Please excuse me?” begged Wooley Ball. “I am always so interested in -knitting and crocheting that sometimes I forget myself, I fear.” - -The Yarn Baby’s hair slowly settled back into place. She smoothed and -patted it down carefully. - -“It so happens that I felt that Crow Shay had best commence the -lessons,” she said. - -Crow Shay glanced over at the Knitting Twins. - -“Get the hook!” laughed the Knitting Needles. “We shall have lots of -fun listening to the crocheting lessons.” - -“All right,” cried Wooley Ball to Crow Shay; “let’s get ready, Hookey. -I’ll chase you into the Red Cross knitting bag!” and away hopped Crow -Shay, while the big ball rolled after him. Right down into the bottom -of the big bag they landed and Crow Shay cuddled up close to Wooley -Ball. - -[Illustration: Into the Red Cross knitting bag.] - -“We shall have a splendid time with Miss Mary Frances, don’t you think, -Wooley Ball?” asked Crow Shay. - -“Indeed we shall,” said Wooley Ball warmly. “If we begin to have the -fun the Thimble People had, we shall feel very happy.” - -[Illustration: She smoothed it down carefully.] - -[Illustration: “But don’t you remember?”] - - - - -CHAPTER II - -AUNT MARIA STEPS IN - - -FOR a long time Wooley Ball and Crow Shay lay very still in the -knitting bag, hoping that Mary Frances would soon come into the room. - -At length Crow Shay began to move about restlessly. - -“Do be quiet,” whispered Wooley Ball softly. “If you don’t stop jumping -about, you’ll punch a hole in the bag!” - -[Illustration: Wooley Ball lay very still.] - -“I can’t keep still,” complained Crow Shay; “my foot’s asleep! My, how -it hurts!” - -“How does it feel?” asked Wooley Ball, in sympathy. - -[Illustration: Hoping Mary Frances would come.] - -“Just like tiny mosquito bites all over me which scratching won’t help.” - -“I guess you mean moth bites!” exclaimed Wooley Ball. - -“Will you two keep still?” said the Yarn Baby, tapping upon the -knitting bag with her soft little fist. “I think that I hear footsteps.” - - “Don’t speak to me now, - Don’t speak to me never; - And I will be quiet - Forever and ever!” - -sang Crow Shay, poking his little round head up through the top of the -bag. - -[Illustration: Poking his head up.] - -“Oh, are you going to be bad?” sighed the Yarn Baby. “Get down in -there!” She pushed his head down into the bag and tied it shut. - -“Now, he’s shut up,” she said, settling down beside the bag, and -smoothing her hair, which had begun to stand up. - -She was just in time, too, for as she finished putting the last strand -in place the door opened, and in stepped—Mary Frances’ Aunt Maria! - -[Illustration: “Will you two keep still?”] - -“For the land’s sake!” she exclaimed. “For the land’s sake! So that is -where Mary Frances left her knitting bag! I’ve hunted high and low for -it. I never thought to look on the floor!” - -She sat down on Mary Frances’ little rocking-chair and emptied Wooley -Ball and Crow Shay on her lap. - -“Very well,” she said, “these things will do to start with. I shall -begin her lessons to-night.” - -[Illustration: Wooley Ball and Crow Shay.] - -Just as she put them back into the bag, she spied the Yarn Baby. - -“I’ll put that silly doll in, too,” she said, tumbling the Yarn Baby -into the bag and pulling the drawing-strings tight. - -Then she carried the bag downstairs and out on the porch, where Mary -Frances sat in the porch swing reading a book. - -“It is high time, my dear,” she said, “that you learn to crochet and -knit. To-night I shall give you your first lesson. - -“Oh, won’t that be splendid, Aunt Maria?” cried the little girl. “I do -want to learn so much!” - -[Illustration: “Won’t that be splendid?”] - -“It seems very strange to me that you do not know anything about such -work,” said her aunt. “Why, I made your father learn how to knit when -he was only six years old!” - -Mary Frances did not tell her Aunt Maria that her father had told her -about those lessons, and how he had hated the work because, every time -he made a mistake, his aunt would whack his chubby, clumsy little -fingers with a ruler. - -[Illustration: Aunt Maria.] - -You see, Aunt Maria was Mary Frances’ great-aunt, and was the aunt of -her father also. Mary Frances’ grandmother, the mother of Mary Frances’ -father, died when he was a little boy and his Aunt Maria had “brought -him up.” - -“Mother would like to teach me,” said Mary Frances, “but——” - -“Your mother was not brought up right,” her aunt snapped. “What -does she know about crocheting? She doesn’t know star stitch from -coffee-bean stitch, and as for knitting—I don’t suppose she knows plain -knitting from purling! Very queer! A very queer way to bring up a -child!” - -[Illustration: “But don’t you remember?”] - -“But, Aunt Maria, don’t you remember? Mother fell and hurt her arm when -she was little and couldn’t use it for such work for years,” said Mary -Frances. “Even now it hurts her arm to try to crochet. That is what I -commenced to tell you.” - -[Illustration: “Even now it hurts her”] - -“Oh, yes,” said Aunt Maria, “I remember now. But your arm doesn’t hurt, -and you must learn to crochet and knit, my dear niece. You are so much -like me anyway that you must learn to crochet and knit well. Then you -may grow up to be almost exactly like me! Now, I must go set my bread. -Nothing ever interferes with my program except sickness or death. You -must be like me in that, too.” And the old lady went down the path. - -[Illustration: Mary Frances] - -At the gate she turned. “Remember,” she called, “I’ll be ready at seven -o’clock.” - -[Illustration: “Oh, he loves to crow—”] - - - - -CHAPTER III - -CROW SHAY TALKS - - -“OH, dear,” sighed Mary Frances. “Oh, dear, how I wish there were -crocheting and knitting people like the Kitchen People and the Thimble -People—only that would be too good to be true.” - -[Illustration: “Oh, dear!”] - - “Not at all, - Not at all; - Untie the bag - And see us all,” - -came a voice from the knitting bag which was beside Mary Frances in the -swing just where Aunt Maria had laid it. She picked it up and untied -the drawing-strings and up popped Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: Up popped Crow Shay.] - -The bright sunlight made him blink as he looked around. - - “Good day, good day, - To you we say— - Yarn Baby, Wooley Ball - And I, Crow Shay,” - -sang the little fellow, as Mary Frances lifted them out. - -[Illustration: Sang the little fellow.] - -“Oh, can you all talk?” she asked in delight. “Can they, Crow Shay?” - -“‘Can they crochet?’” repeated Crow Shay, “‘Can they crochet?’ Why, I -don’t think they can. They can only help. Crow Shay Hooks are the only -ones who really can crochet!” - -“Oh, I see,” said Mary Frances, even though she did not understand -exactly what he meant. - -By this time the Yarn Baby’s hair was standing on end. She looked so -wild that Mary Frances pretended to be frightened and began to move -away. - -[Illustration: “Do not be alarmed”] - -“Do not be alarmed, Miss Mary Frances,” said the Yarn Baby, trying to -smooth down her hair. “My hair always stands out that way when I get -excited. I was afraid some one might overhear Crow Shay talking, and -then all our lovely plans would be spoiled. Crow Shay always talks too -much, anyhow. You might think that he was appointed to take charge of -the lessons instead of me!” - -[Illustration: “Crow Shay always talks too much”] - -“Oh,” said Mary Frances, “I know what you wish to do! You want to give -me secret lessons in crocheting and knitting just as the Kitchen People -gave me lessons in cooking, and the Thimble People gave me lessons in -sewing! I’ll put you all back in the bag and carry you upstairs this -minute, and I do hope that you will begin the lessons right away!” - -[Illustration: “I know what you wish to do”] - -[Illustration: “Hush!” warned Wooley Ball.] - - - - -CHAPTER IV - -WOOLEY BALL TELLS SOME YARNS - - -MARY FRANCES opened the bag on the sewing table. - -“Is this the whole family?” she asked as she lifted the Yarn Baby, -Wooley Ball and Crow Shay out. - -[Illustration: Spoke up Crow Shay.] - - “Oh, no, indeed! - Oh, no indeed! - Wait till the rest of us - You’ve see’d,” - -spoke up Crow Shay. - -Up flew the Yarn Baby’s hair. - -[Illustration: “‘See’d,’ indeed!”] - -“‘See’d,’ indeed! ‘See’d,’ indeed! Do be more polite, Crow Shay!” she -exclaimed. “Use correct grammar and give some one else a chance to -speak!” - -[Illustration: “Do be more polite!”] - -Then she explained to Mary Frances about the large family of Crocheting -and Knitting People who were so anxious to help her. - -“Oh, I can’t wait to begin!” cried the delighted little girl. “What do -I do first?” - - “First you will a slip knot make; - Then in your right hand me you’ll take—” - -began Crow Shay. - -“Now, now,” exclaimed the Yarn Baby. “There you go again!” - -“Oh, he loves to crow—” said Wooley Ball, laughing. - -[Illustration: “Oh, he loves to crow—”] - -“You mean that I love to crochet, Wooley Ball!” Crow Shay turned toward -Wooley Ball. - -“Well, I think that Wooley Ball means that you love to crochet so much -that when you get a chance, you love to crow about it!” said the Yarn -Baby. “You do not wait to give anyone else a chance to talk. Now, the -very first person to explain lessons in crocheting and knitting is -Wooley Ball.” - -“Because she can tell so many yarns!” giggled Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: Giggled Crow Shay.] - -Wooley Ball looked up at Mary Frances with a broad smile. - -[Illustration: Wooley Ball looked up.] - -“Do not mind him,” she said. “If you are quite ready, we will have a -little talk about— - - -DIFFERENT YARNS - - There are many different weights and sizes of woolen - yarns. We shall need to know about only a few of these. - - All yarns are made of twisted strands of thread. The - weight depends upon the number and size of the strands - that are twisted together. - - If two strands are twisted together, the yarn is - two-fold. - - If three strands are twisted together, the yarn is - three-fold. - -[Illustration] - - If four strands are twisted together, the yarn is - four-fold. - - If you are uncertain of the “fold” of the yarn you - have, untwist a little piece and count the strands. - - -NAMES OF YARNS - - Germantown Zephyr or Germantown Wool. A soft woolly - yarn very much used where warmth is needed. - - Germantown wool comes in four-fold and eight-fold - weights. Four-fold is the weight generally used. The - eight-fold is too thick and heavy for most purposes. - -[Illustration: Hank of yarn.] - - Knitting Worsted is somewhat like Germantown wool in - weight, but is rather harsh to the touch, because - the threads are made of long twisted fibers of wool. - Garments made of knitting worsted will stand hard wear - and usage. - - Saxony Wool. A soft yarn made of light-weight strands. - Comes in two-fold, three-fold, and four-fold weights. - - The four-fold and two-fold are the weights most used. - Saxony wool is much used for making garments for babies. - -[Illustration: Wool in balls.] - - Woolen Knitting Floss. A light-weight, loosely-twisted - yarn. Comes in single and double threads. - - Teazle Yarn, or Teazle Wool, resembles knitting floss, - but is rougher and harsher in finish. It is more often - used for trimming than for making garments. - - Angora Wool is a hairy yarn used for trimming. It is - made entirely of the soft silky hair of the Angora - goat, or of a mixture of wool and Angora hair. It is so - expensive that Teazle yarn is much used in its stead. - After the trimming is made, the Teazle yarn is usually - brushed until it is quite furry and fuzzy. - -[Illustration: Needles.] - - There are many different makers of yarns. Each firm - manufactures a variety of yarns under various fancy - names. All manufacturers, however, make Germantown - Wool, Knitting Worsteds, Saxony Wools, Woolen Flosses, - and Teazle Wool. - -[Illustration: Mary Frances and the wools.] - -[Illustration: She only smiled.] - - - - -CHAPTER V - -SPEAKING OF MOTHS - - -“THERE!” exclaimed Crow Shay as Wooley Ball finished. “There! Hasn’t -Wooley Ball long yarns to spin?” - -[Illustration: “There!”] - -Mary Frances laughed. “You little chatterbox,” she said, “I really -believe that you are jealous!” - -“I certainly do love to talk,” said Crow Shay; “but I admit I can’t -tell about yarns the way Wooley Ball can.” - -Here the Yarn Baby interrupted. - -“If you will bring your chest of yarns, little Miss,” she said, “we -will soon see if you have all those different kinds of yarns.” - -[Illustration: “Bring your chest of yarns”] - -Mary Frances went to the closet, and brought the chest to the sewing -table. - -As she pulled out the bright-colored yarns, some small white balls fell -on the table. - -[Illustration: Small white balls.] - -“Oh, goody!” exclaimed Wooley Ball. “I see that you are not going to -let the moths eat up your treasures. Moths hate camphor and moth balls. -I just love them.” - -“Oh, I know about moths,” said Mary Frances. “I learned a sad lesson -about them. Once my aunt knit my doll a little——” - -“Did you say Knit?” came a little voice. - -“Did you say Knit?” came another little voice. - -[Illustration: “Did you say Knit?”] - -“Who was that?” asked Mary Frances. - -“Oh, that’s only Knit and Knack, the Knitting Twins,” answered Crow -Shay. - -He turned toward the table where they lay. - -“You two go to sleep again!” he said. “It’s not your turn yet.” - -By this time the Yarn Baby looked like a porcupine. Her hair stood out -so straight and stiff that Mary Frances was almost afraid to speak. - -“He will keep on until he will have to be punished,” whispered Wooley -Ball. - -“Yes,” said the Yarn Baby, “if he doesn’t stop crowing so much I will -not let him crochet.” - -That seemed to scare Crow Shay terribly, and he did not utter another -sound, but listened with all his ears. - -“You were speaking of moths,” Wooley Ball reminded Mary Frances. - -[Illustration: “Speaking of moths”] - -“Oh, yes—about the little coat which my aunt made for Angie, my doll. -I used it all winter and in the summer I folded it and put it away in -a little box. When the weather was cold again, and Angie needed it, I -took it out of the box and what do you think happened?” - -“I know!” declared Wooley Ball. “I know what happened. The little coat -fell to pieces when you picked it up. The moths had bitten it all over.” - -[Illustration: “The moths had bitten it all over”] - -“Yes, that’s exactly what happened,” said Mary Frances. “It taught me -never to put anything made of wool away without camphor or moth balls.” - -[Illustration: Neatly wound balls.] - - - - -CHAPTER VI - -CROW SHAY’S RELATIVES - - -WOOLEY BALL and the Yarn Baby looked over the yarns that Mary Frances -had put on the sewing table. - -“These are just right,” said the Yarn Baby. “You have every kind of -wool here that we shall need. Will you see that all the yarns are wound -into very, very loose balls before your next lesson?” - -[Illustration: “These are just right”] - -“Yes,” promised Mary Frances, “I will wind them over my hand the way -Aunt Maria does, so that the balls feel quite ‘spongey.’ I wish that -all yarns came from the factories wound in balls, though!” - -[Illustration: “Yes, I will”] - -“You are not the first person to wish that,” said the Yarn Baby. “Hanks -and skeins are much harder for a child to manage than balls. Now, if -you please, we will talk a few minutes about crochet hooks.” - -[Illustration: WIND YARNS OVER THE HAND] - -Crow Shay rolled his eyes toward the Yarn Baby, but did not say a word. - -[Illustration: “Come, Crow Shay”] - -“Come, Crow Shay,” said the Yarn Baby; “you may tell us about all your -little and big relatives.” - -Then Crow Shay began to tell about— - -[Illustration: Crow Shay began to tell.] - -CROCHET HOOKS AND KNITTING NEEDLES - - Crochet hooks and knitting needles are made of bone, - or celluloid (amber), or rubber, or wood. These are - usually made in sizes from 0 to 15, size 0 being the - smallest. - -[Illustration: OFF TO SCHOOL - -FOR DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING KNITTED ARTICLES SHOWN IN THIS ILLUSTRATION -SEE - -CROCHETED SCARF—69 CROCHETED GARTERS—242 HAIR PIN BALL—107 - -CROCHETED TURBAN (HAT)—99 CROCHETED BOOK BAG—118] - - Crochet hooks and knitting needles are also made of - steel. Steel crochet hooks usually come in sizes from 0 - to 14.[A] Size 0 is quite large. Size 14 is very small. - Steel knitting needles are usually numbered from 8 to - 20. Size 8 is large. Size 20 very fine. - - Steel hooks and needles are generally used for making - articles of cotton thread, and needles made of bone, - celluloid, rubber or wood are generally used for wool - work. - -[Illustration: Steel hooks.] - -“I will give you a gauge card to measure the sizes of crochet hooks and -knitting needles,” finished Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: THIS SCALE FOR STEEL KNITTING NEEDLES ONLY - -Sizes for knitting and crochet needles.] - -“Oh, thank you,” said Mary Frances, helping Crow Shay take a card out -of the knitting bag. “Now I shall feel very much better acquainted with -your whole family.” - -“Take good care of the picture,” said Crow Shay. “You may often want to -look at it.”[B] - -[Illustration: “Dear little girl.”] - - - - -CHAPTER VII - -A DISAPPOINTMENT - - -JUST then the gong sounded for dinner. - -“What!” exclaimed the little girl. “Is it six o’clock already? Why, I -had no idea how time had flown!” - -“You must have enjoyed hearing me talk,” said Crow Shay. Then, noticing -the Yarn Baby’s hair, he corrected himself. - -[Illustration: He corrected himself] - -“I mean, you must have enjoyed hearing _us_ talk,” he said. - -Then there came footsteps on the stairs. - -“Mary Frances, didn’t you hear the gong? Mother sent me to look for -you,” called the little girl’s brother Billy. “Where are you, anyway?” -he asked as he bounded up the steps. - -[Illustration: “What! Dinner time already!”] - -“Mercy!” exclaimed Crow Shay under his breath, as his face melted away. - -Wooley Ball rolled over on her face. - -The Yarn Baby fell over on her side and looked as dumb as a dumb-bell. - -“I’m coming,” called Mary Frances. “I’ll be right down.” - -“Oh, do not let anyone know about us,” muttered the Yarn Baby. “If you -do, we’ll be deader than sixty coffin nails.” - -[Illustration: “Deader than sixty coffin nails.”] - -“I’ll never tell about any of you, dear Yarn Baby,” whispered Mary -Frances, hurrying away. - -She had scarcely finished her dinner before her aunt came in. - -“Seven o’clock,” said the old lady, after greeting the family; “seven -o’clock is the time I said we would start our lesson, Mary Frances. Are -you nearly ready?” - -Poor Mary Frances! She felt like crying when she thought of how Crow -Shay, and Wooley Ball and the Yarn Baby had been planning to give her -lessons. - -[Illustration: Poor Mary Frances!] - -“Are you nearly ready?” repeated Aunt Maria. - -“Why, yes, Aunt Maria. I will be ready as soon as I get my knitting -bag. I carried it upstairs,” she answered. - -“I’ll wait for you right here at the foot of the stairs,” said her -aunt. “Then we will go over to my house where no one will interrupt us.” - -“Oh, dear,” thought Mary Frances. “I don’t want to go! I guess I shall -have to, though. It would disappoint Aunt Maria so dreadfully if I did -not.” - -Mary Frances paused at the door of the room, thinking that she might -hear her new friends talking, but there wasn’t a sound. - -“Let me see—what shall I take?” she thought. “I don’t dare take the -Yarn Baby. Aunt Maria would think it foolish. I do not want to take -Wooley Ball for fear Aunt Maria will use her. I can take Crow Shay, -though. He might enjoy the lesson!” - -She selected some Germantown zephyr and put it into her knitting bag; -then she carefully laid Crow Shay in. - -“You will help me a lot,” she said as she drew up the strings. - -[Illustration: “You will help a lot”] - -Her aunt was waiting for her. She ran to kiss her mother good-bye, then -hurried off with the old lady. - -[Illustration: She drew up the strings] - -[Illustration: “Oh, did she get off?”] - - - - -CHAPTER VIII - -A DOLL’S NECKLACE - - -“LET me see what you have in your bag, child,” said Aunt Maria, as soon -as they were seated in the big old-fashioned parlor of the old lady’s -house. - -Mary Frances opened the bag. To her surprise Crow Shay winked an eye at -her, but his face melted away before Aunt Maria saw it. - -[Illustration: Winked an eye at her.] - -She caught up the crochet hook, however, and examined it. - -“A very good crochet hook,” she said. “Just right to learn with. About -a number 5, I judge,” looking at it carefully. - -She laid it down on the table, and took up Mary Frances’ ball of yarn, -and showed her how. - -[Illustration: Took up the ball of yarn.] - - -TO MAKE CHAIN STITCH - -[Illustration: Chain Stitch] - - Material: Germantown wool. - Bone crochet needle No. 5. - - CUT[C] 1 - - Hold crochet hook and yarn in positions shown in this - picture. - - CUT 2 - - Pointing the hook away from you, turn it completely - around, bringing a loop on the needle. - - CUT 3 - - With thumb and second finger of left hand take hold of - the crossed threads. Now point the hook under the yarn, - and catch it on the hook. This is called “wrapping” the - yarn. - - CUT 4 - - Pull a loop through the loop which was on the needle. - - CUT 5 - - Pull the loop closer up on the hook, and - - CUT 6 - - Get ready to take another stitch. - - CUT 7 - - Wrap, and draw another loop through the loop on the - needle. - - CUT 8 - - Keep on drawing loops through the stitches in this way - until you have made quite a long row of chain stitches. - -[Illustration: Draw loop through] - -[Illustration: PLATE 1—MOTION PICTURES SHOWING HOW TO MAKE CHAIN STITCH - -SEE DESCRIPTION, PAGE 48] - -This time Mary Frances thought Crow Shay grinned at her. Then his face -melted away, leaving nothing but the upturned line of his grin. - -[Illustration: His face melted away.] - -“My,” thought the little girl, “if he keeps on, I shall be sure to -laugh;” but she paid strict attention to what her aunt told her. - -“To begin with,” said Aunt Maria, “everybody who learns to crochet must -learn how to make chain stitch. In order to learn how to make chain -stitch you must do just as I have already shown you.” - -Mary Frances tried again and again and was able at length to make chain -stitch very well. She knew that Crow Shay helped her. - -“Even though I seldom played with dolls when I was young,” said her -aunt, “I believe that I can show you how to make some pretty necklaces -for dolls by using this stitch. I used to make them and give them to my -friends for their dolls.” - -“Oh, how, Aunt Maria?” cried Mary Frances, delighted with the thought. -“I’d just love to make one for Mary Marie!” - -[Illustration: “Oh, how, Aunt Maria?”] - -“Perhaps in this way,” said her aunt, giving her directions for making— - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: Six glass beads.] - -[Illustration: A Doll’s Necklace.] - -[Illustration: PLATE 2—MOTION PICTURES SHOWING HOW TO MAKE SINGLE -CROCHET - -SEE DESCRIPTION, PAGE 51] - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED NECKLACE - - Material: Pink or light blue or yellow Germantown - zephyr. Six glass beads with large stringing holes. - - Needle: Bone crochet hook No. 5. - - Directions: Leaving an end of about 3 inches, make a - length of about 60 chain stitches. - - When fastening off the work, leave a 3-inch end of yarn. - - Thread a long-eyed needle with the end of yarn hanging - from one end of necklace, and string three beads upon - it. Fasten end of yarn securely into the end chain - stitch. Do the same to the other end of the necklace. - - Tie the two ends of the necklace together around doll’s - neck. - -“Oh, won’t that be lovely for Mary Marie!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “I -shall make one for her to-morrow. Thank you, Aunt Maria.” - -“Probably you will,” said her aunt. “You certainly do learn -quickly—just like me. You certainly are very much like me. I always -learned such things quickly.” - -[Illustration: “You learn quickly.”] - -“Now,” she continued after a little pause, “now, watch me, and learn -how— - - -TO MAKE SINGLE CROCHET - - Material: Germantown wool. - Bone crochet hook No. 5. - - Make a row of 15 chain stitches. - - CUT 1—Put the hook through the second chain stitch from - the needle. (That is, skip one chain stitch.) - - CUT 2—Draw a loop through the chain stitch, and wrap - the yarn over the hook, and - - CUT 3—Pull a loop through the two loops on the needle. - - CUT 4—Keep on working in this way until you have made a - row of single crochet stitches. - -[Illustration: “Oh, wont that be lovely!”] - -[Illustration] - -_To Turn the Work_ - - In making the second row (on top of the first row) make - 1 chain stitch to use in turning; that is, make 1 chain - stitch, and holding the needle still in the right hand, - turn the work over to the wrong side so that the row - just made points in the same direction as the needle. - It is always necessary to use chain stitches in turning - crochet work—to keep the edges even. - - Put the hook through under both threads at the top of - the next stitch (See “A” in the picture) and make a - single crochet stitch. Continue to make single crochet - stitches across the row. - -[Illustration: Double Crow Shay] - - -TO MAKE DOUBLE CROCHET - - Material: Germantown wool. - Bone crochet hook No. 5. - - Make a row of 15 chain stitches. - - Wrap the yarn over the needle, and put hook through the - third chain stitch from the needle. (That is, skip 2 - chain stitches.) - - Draw a loop through the chain stitch, and wrap yarn - over hook. - - Pull a loop through 2 of the loops on the needle. - -[Illustration: Crochet Cotton.] - -[Illustration: DOUBLE CROCHET] - - Wrap again and pull a loop through the 2 loops on the - needle. Finish the row; turn the work; and make another - row of double crochet stitches. - - -TO MAKE SLIP STITCH - - Make 15 chain stitches. Skip one chain. Put the hook - through the next chain stitch; wrap yarn over needle, - and draw it through both loops on the needle. Continue - to make slip stitches to end of chain. Turn the work, - and make a second row. - -[Illustration: He was a wonderful help.] - -As you may guess, Mary Frances had very little trouble in making these -stitches, for Crow Shay was a wonderful help. - -[Illustration: She only smiled.] - -“You are certainly quick at learning these stitches, my dear niece,” -said her aunt. “I think—I really think that you have learned them even -more quickly than I did.” - -“I wonder what Aunt Maria would say if she knew about Crow Shay,” -thought Mary Frances; but she only smiled, and kept on making single -crochet stitches. - -“That is all for to-night’s lesson,” said her aunt. “It is nearly your -bedtime. I will walk home with you.” - -[Illustration: Chain stitch] - -[Illustration: Took up the ball of yarn.] - - - - -CHAPTER IX - -A TELEGRAM - - -THE minute Mary Frances saw her mother she knew that something was -wrong, for she looked so white and worried. In her hand was a yellow -envelope. - -“A telegram!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Mother dear, is—is it—about -father?” - -“Oh, Mary Frances,” said her mother. “I am so thankful to see you and -Aunt Maria! I was just looking for Billy to send word for you to come.” - -“Do sit down, child,” said Aunt Maria, “and tell us all about it. Mary -Frances, bring your mother a glass of water, and here—here is my bottle -of smelling salts.” - -[Illustration: So white and worried] - -[Illustration: “A telegram!”] - -Mary Frances flew to bring the water. - -Then Aunt Maria read the telegram. - -[Illustration: Aunt Maria read it.] - -“Your father has been hurt in a railroad accident, my dear,” she said. -“Your mother and I must start to him immediately. I will go pack my -bag. You can help your mother get ready. I shall be back in a very -short time. Billy will carry our bags to the train. Your mother is -feeling better, or I would not leave you. Good-bye.” - -And without any more ado the old lady was gone. - -Mary Frances put her arms around her mother’s neck. - -“Dear little girl,” said her mother. “You will be brave and womanly, I -know.” - -[Illustration: “Dear little girl”] - -“Yes, mother, I will!” said Mary Frances. “I will help you in every way -I can. That is the best way of helping father. Come on upstairs, dear, -and let me help you get ready to go to him. Do you feel able to go?” - -“It is the very thing I want to do most of all. I am glad that Aunt -Maria is going with me, though. I know I shall find her a wonderful -help.” - -Mary Frances packed her mother’s suitcase, and fastened her dress, and -buttoned her shoes, and put her hat and veil on. “Just as if I were -your little girl,” said her mother. “What a darling comfort you are, my -dear!” - -Billy and Mary Frances went to the station with their mother and aunt. -Billy carried their luggage and bought their tickets. “No grown man -could have done better,” said his mother; and even Aunt Maria praised -him. - -[Illustration: Billy.] - -“Now, children,” said their mother, giving them their last directions, -“Katie will be home about ten o’clock. You had better wait up for her. -Poor, faithful soul, she will be as grieved as any of us about the sad -news.” - -[Illustration: “Now, children.”] - -“But it isn’t such sad news as it might be, mother,” said Billy. -“Father will soon be well, we hope.” - -“With the kind of nursing which I—I mean we—will give him,” said Aunt -Maria, “I expect he will be about quite soon.” - -That speech cheered everybody, and the children felt so hopeful that -they were nearly happy as the train pulled out of the station. - -The house seemed pretty empty and lonesome when they went in. - -“Let’s play checkers,” said Billy; and they forgot a little of their -troubles in the game. - -It was not long before they heard footsteps on the porch. Then the bell -rang. - -“Oh, Billy, aren’t you afraid to go to the door?” whispered Mary -Frances. - -“Afraid!” exclaimed Billy. “What’s there to be scared of? You know it’s -Katie, most likely.” - -But Mary Frances noticed that he kept the toe of his shoe against the -door, and opened it only a little way. - -“Is it you, Katie?” he asked. - -“It sure is,” answered Katie. “That is, it’s meself if I know meself.” - -[Illustration: “It sure is.”] - -“Oh, come in, come on in, Katie,” cried Mary Frances; and with tears -running down her cheeks, she told Katie the whole story. - -[Illustration: “Come in Katie.”] - -“Poor little girl!” said Katie, holding her in her arms. “Don’t you -worry. We’ll probably hear good news from your mother in the morning. -Come now, let’s all go to bed.” - -[Illustration: Another telegram] - -Katie was right. The morning brought another telegram. It said: - - _Father is not dangerously hurt. Will write about - everything._ - - _Mother._ - -“Oh, Katie! Oh, Billy!” cried Mary Frances. “I am the thankfulest of -all thankful children in the world, I guess. I feel happy enough to -kiss a crow!” - -“Well, I’m thankful enough to play a game of ball,” said Billy, -starting off. - - - -“And I’m thankful enough—to clean house,” said Katie. - -Mary Frances offered to help her, but Katie said, “Oh, you just keep to -your own knitting, little girl. If I need you I’ll call upon you, thank -you.” - -“The very thing!” thought Mary Frances and went upstairs. - -[Illustration: “The very thing.”] - -[Illustration: “You work pretty well.”] - - - - -CHAPTER X - -MAKING PLANS - - -CROW SHAY was peeping out of the knitting bag. - -[Illustration: Peeping out.] “I told them all about it,” said he. “I -told all about how well you learned your stitches.” - -“If you hadn’t helped me,” Mary Frances said; “if I hadn’t had such a -kind, helpful friend, I never would have done as well as I did.” - - “Not for to-day, - But every day, - I’ll be your little friend, - Crow Shay,” - -promised the little fellow, again breaking into rhyme. - -“So will all of us,” said the Yarn Baby. - -“So will all of us.” - -“Isn’t that lovely!” Mary Frances exclaimed. “Now that Aunt Maria is -away——” - -“Oh, did she get off?” asked Wooley Ball. - -[Illustration: “Oh, did she get off?”] - -“Yes; she’s off,” said Crow Shay. “She’s off—and she’s awful!” - -[Illustration: “She’s off—and she’s awful!”] - -“Oh, for shame!” cried Mary Frances. - -“I meant to teach you the stitches myself,” muttered Crow Shay. “That’s -why I said she was awful.” - -“You must not speak in that way of any of my friends,” said Mary -Frances. “Aunt Maria is very good to me. She even told me how to make a -necklace for my doll.” - -“Is that all she told you how to make for your doll?” asked the Yarn -Baby, sitting up suddenly. - -“Why, yes; you see I do not know how to make many different kinds of -stitches yet,” said Mary Frances. - -“She knows how to make chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet and -double crochet,” said Crow Shay. - -“Well, if you know that much,” went on the Yarn Baby, “we can teach you -how to make lots of things for your doll, if you will just follow our -directions.” - -“Won’t that be splendid!” Mary Frances was delighted. “I can begin -right away,” she said. - -“Mary Marie needs so many things,” she went on. “I do wish that the -child had all the nice warm things she needs.” - -“How large is she?” asked the Yarn Baby. - -[Illustration: “How large is she?”] - -“Not quite sixteen inches tall,” replied Mary Frances. “I would bring -her in from the playroom, but I want to surprise her if I make anything -for her.” - -“Of course,” said Wooley Ball. “We understand that.” - -“Yes,” said the Yarn Baby, “and we will make everything just the right -size for her. How would you like to make her a scarf to wear around her -neck when it is cold?” - -“Why—could I make a scarf with just the few kinds of stitches that I -know how to make?” asked Mary Frances in surprise. - -[Illustration: A scarf.] - -“Indeed you could, and indeed you can,” laughed Wooley Ball. “It is -splendid to think of your having so many beautiful yarns,” she added. - -“Yes,” said Mary Frances, “my grandma sent me all she had. She kept the -yarns which were left over from her work for years. Some of them are -lovely. I meant to have them all wound into balls for this lesson, but -I haven’t had time to do it.” - -She opened the little chest, and you can imagine her surprise when she -saw only neatly wound balls, instead of loose odds and ends and hanks -and skeins of yarn. - -[Illustration: Neatly wound balls.] - -“Why, who in the wide world did this?” she exclaimed. - - “It makes me sigh - To say, ‘Not I,’” - -sang Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: Sang Crow Shay] - -“I am afraid it would make you die not to say anything,” said Wooley -Ball. - - “Oh, Wooley Ball - Knows best of all - How to make yarns - Into a ball,” - -sang Crow Shay, laughing. - -“How did you ever do it. Wooley Ball?” asked Mary Frances. “I do thank -you so much.” - -“Wooley Ball is in charge of all the yarns,” the Yarn Baby explained. -“They all obey her.” - -“When I say, - - ‘All, all - Go into a ball,’ - -they wind themselves,” said Wooley Ball. - -[Illustration: “All, all go into a ball”] - -“Did you ever go to a ball?” asked Crow Shay. “I have. I’ve gone to a -ball, and I’ve used it all up. Oh, I am a grand ball player!” - -“You are too silly for words sometimes,” said the Yarn Baby. “Now you -will soon have a chance to show how you play ball!” - -[Illustration: “You are too silly.”] - -[Illustration: Mary Marie.] - - - - -CHAPTER XI - -A ROSE SCARF - - -“WHAT color would you like to use for Mary Marie’s scarf, little Miss?” -asked the Yarn Baby. - -“I think this is pretty,” answered Mary Frances, lifting a ball of -rose-colored Germantown zephyr. - - “Mary Marie arose, arose, - ‘A rose,’ she cried, ‘A rose - Scarf, I propose,’” - -said Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: “Mary Marie arose, arose”] - -[Illustration: “Will you keep still!”] - -“Will you keep still!” screamed the Yarn Baby, her hair standing out -in all directions. At least she tried to scream, but her voice sounded -like a zephyr wind. “You are so full of mischief, I don’t see how you -will do any work to-day,” she added. - - “I love to work, - I never shirk, - Nor do I jerk my work - When I do work,” - -sang Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: Sang Crow Shay.] - -[Illustration] - -“You generally do work pretty well,” admitted the Yarn Baby, “but you -are pretty slow sometimes.” - -[Illustration: “You work pretty well.”] “We haven’t been very fast -about getting those directions,” said Crow Shay. - -The Yarn Baby took the hint and gave the directions for— - - - DOLL’S CROCHETED SCARF - - (See picture opposite page 40—color plate) - - Material: Rose color, or blue four-fold Germantown zephyr. - Gray Germantown zephyr for trimming. - Bone crochet hook No. 5. - - Directions: - - 1. With the rose or blue wool, make 7 chain stitches. - Turn the work. - - 2. Skip 1 chain stitch. Make 6 single crochet stitches - into the 6 chain stitches. (See picture of single - crochet stitch, opposite page 51.) - - 3. Make 1 chain stitch to use in turning for the next - row of stitches; that is, after having the chain stitch - on the needle, turn the work over, and work on the - other side. - - 4. Make 62 rows of single crochet stitches, putting the - crochet hook through the 2 threads or loops at the top - of each stitch of the row below. - - 5. Break off the yarn, and fasten the end by making a - chain stitch and pulling the yarn all the way through - the chain stitch. - -[Illustration: Fringe] - -[Illustration: Dolly’s Scarf.] - -[Illustration: HOW TO MAKE FRINGE] - - - _To Make Fringe_ - - (See picture on page 70) - - 1. Cut 2 strands of gray wool, making each 3 inches - long. Lay them together, side by side. - - 2. Put hook through the first stitch on one end of - the scarf. Catch the 2 strands of gray yarn in the - middle. Pull part way through the stitch. - - 3. Throw the 4 ends of wool over the hook and pull them - all the way through the loop on the needle. - - 4. Take hold of the 4 ends of gray wool with the finger - and thumb of your right hand, holding scarf between - first finger and thumb of left hand with thumb close to - the loop of the fringe. Pull gray yarn until the loop - is tight. - - Always pull the fringe through from the same side of - the work. - - 5. Continue making fringe all across the two ends of - the scarf. - -Mary Frances worked hard, and Crow Shay helped with all his might, but -the little girl’s fingers seemed very awkward. - -“Little Miss, you are doing nicely, but you pull the yarn too tight,” -said the Yarn Baby, who was watching her work most carefully. - -[Illustration: “You pull the yarn too tight.”] - -Mary Frances noticed how smooth her hair looked. She knew the Yarn Baby -was not displeased. - -“I know I hold my work tight,” she said. “My fingers just won’t let go -of the yarn.” - -“If you are inclined to make your stitches too tight, use a larger -crochet hook,” said the Yarn Baby. - -[Illustration: Crow Shay looked frightened] - -Crow Shay looked so frightened that Mary Frances wanted to laugh; but -she was afraid that if she did it would hurt his feelings, so she only -said, “I think that I can manage better soon.” - -“If your work curls up when you have finished,” said the Yarn Baby, -“lay it under a damp cloth or a damp towel over night. When it is dry -it will be quite smooth.” - -“Dampness always takes the curl out of my hair,” laughed Mary Frances, -working away. - -The Crochet People helped whenever she made a mistake, and the Yarn -Baby repeated the directions when she asked about them. She had not -quite finished the scarf when Katie called her to lunch. - -[Illustration: “Under a damp cloth”] - -[Illustration: Katie called her to lunch.] - -[Illustration: LET US PLAY BALL - -FOR DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING KNITTED ARTICLES SHOWN IN THIS ILLUSTRATION -SEE - -CROCHETED SHAWL—75 KNITTED SHAWL—171 - -KNITTED SPORTS SWEATER—201 CROCHETED SPORTS HAT—240] - - - - -CHAPTER XII - -MARY MARIE’S SHAWL - - -AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs -again. - - “How glad we are! - How glad we are! - We heard you coming - From afar!” - -sang Crow Shay as she entered the room. - -“We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn -Baby. - -“Not come!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Why, it would be punishment for me -not to have these lovely lessons.” - -[Illustration: “How glad we are!”] - -[Illustration: “Not come!”] - -Picking up Crow Shay, she finished putting the fringe on the scarf. - -“Isn’t it lovely!” she cried. “I want you all to see how sweet Mary -Marie looks in it.” - - “Oh, let her nap, - Please let her nap, - Until you make— - A little cap!” - -said Crow Shay. - -“A cap?” asked the little girl. “Why, Crow Shay, do you think I can -ever make her a cap?” - -“Yes, indeed,” answered the Yarn Baby. “We have planned that for a -lesson to come soon.” - -“And we do not want to see your Polly—I mean your dolly—until you have -the set made; that is, a cap and scarf. Then you can show us how she -looks in them,” added Crow Shay. - -“Oh, all right,” said Mary Frances, “that will be a much delightfuller -surprise for Mary Marie, anyhow. I will work hard, and try to make the -cap soon.” - -[Illustration: “Oh, let her nap.”] - -[Illustration: “Yes, indeed.”] - -“Before doing that, you need a little more practice in plain work,” -said the Yarn Baby; “so how would you like to make a pretty little -shawl for your doll?” - -“That is exactly what she has needed this very long while,” declared -Mary Frances. - -“That’s good,” said the Yarn Baby. “Wooley Ball, what yarn have you -planned for us to use for the shawl?” she asked. - -“Two shades of light blue knitting floss,” answered Wooley Ball -proudly. “The floss will make such a pretty, soft shawl.” - -“Are you ready to begin?” asked the Yarn Baby as Mary Frances picked up -the lighter blue floss and Crow Shay. - -“Yes,” replied Mary Frances, “all ready.” But she wondered whether Crow -Shay were not too coarse a hook to use for the floss. - -“Now,” said the Yarn Baby, “you will hear about the way to make a— - -[Illustration: “That’s good.”] - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED SHAWL - -(See picture opposite page 72—color plate) - - Be sure to make the Doll’s Scarf, page 69, before - attempting this work. - -[Illustration: “Pink and white.”] - - - Material: Light blue (double) wool floss. Deeper shade - of blue wool floss for trimming. - - Bone crochet hook No. 3. - - Directions: - - 1. Make 23 chain stitches with light blue floss. - - 2. Skip 1 chain stitch. Make 22 single crochet stitches. - - 3. Make 1 chain stitch to use in turning. - - 4. Make 4 rows of light blue floss, putting hook - through the 2 loops at the top of each stitch in the - row below. Break off the lighter floss and join the end - with the deeper blue floss. - -_To Join Ends of Yarn in Crocheting_ - - (_a_) Tie ends of yarn together. See picture below. - - (_b_) When the work is finished, thread the ends of - yarn into a long-eyed “crewel” or darning needle, and - run the ends back into the work. - - 5. Make 2 rows of the deeper blue floss. - -[Illustration: Use Crow Shay] - -[Illustration: Run the ends into the work.] - - - 6. Make 50 rows of light blue floss. - - 7. Make 2 rows of deeper blue floss. - - 8. Make 4 rows of light blue floss. - - 9. Break off floss and fasten end securely. - - 10. Trim shawl with fringe. - - In Making the Fringe: Cut 4 strands of floss each 3 - inches long. Draw strands through stitches in the same - way as in making the fringe on Doll’s Scarf. - -“Oh, how I wish I could work faster,” thought Mary Frances, starting -to work. “I do not believe Crow Shay is the right size for this work -anyhow.” - -“I am not,” said Crow Shay, as though reading her thoughts. “I am too -large!” - -“Oh!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Oh!” - - “Oh, never mind, - I’ve had my turn; - I commenced - To help you learn,” - -sang Crow Shay generously. - -“And aren’t you going to help me any more?” asked Mary Frances. - -[Illustration: “I am too large!”] - -[Illustration: “Aren’t you going to help me?”] - - “Oh, do not sigh, - And do not cry; - Some one will help you - Better than I,” - -the little fellow sang again. - -“Some one better than you!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Why, all of you -just suit me!” - - “Not if you knew, - Not if you knew, - Our fairy teacher, - Fairly Flew,” - -went on Crow Shay. - -“Fairly Flew!” called the Yarn Baby. - -“Tinkle! tinkle! tinkle!” came the silvery sound of clicking knitting -needles from Mary Frances’ little chest. - -“Did some one call me?” asked a still more silvery voice. - -“Yes,” answered the Yarn Baby, “a dear little girl who is trying to -learn how to crochet and knit needs you. She has worked so patiently -that she deserves your help.” - -[Illustration: “Fairly Flew!”] - -[Illustration: “Better than you!”] - - - - -CHAPTER XIII - -FAIRLY FLEW FLIES IN - - -NO sooner had the Yarn Baby finished speaking than out of the chest -there flew a fairy! - -She was so dainty and beautiful that Mary Frances felt that she would -never dare to touch her. - -Her dress was made of some silvery cobwebby stuff and she wore a golden -cap. - -“My name is Fairly Flew,” she said, flying over on the table near to -Mary Frances. “I love to help people who try to learn. I am the teacher -of the Crocheting and Knitting People. If I lend you one of my magic -needles, your work will go so fast that you will say that the needle -fairly flew. That is how I came to be called Fairly Flew.” - -[Illustration: Never dare touch her.] - -[Illustration: Yarn Baby finished.] - -“Oh!” whispered Mary Frances, “another wonderful helper from Fairyland!” - -“Yes,” laughed the silvery voice of Fairly Flew. “Ready to help, always -ready to help those who try, try, try again. How can I help you?” - -“If you please—” began the little girl. “If you please—” but she could -seem to get no further. - -Here the Yarn Baby spoke. All the Crocheting and Knitting People had -risen when Fairly Flew arrived. Now, to Mary Frances’ astonishment, the -Yarn Baby, who had always been the limpest of dolls, picked up Mary -Marie’s little rocking-chair which was on the sewing table and placed -it near the fairy. - -[Illustration: “Take a seat.”] - -“Please take a seat,” she said, “for we need help, dear Fairly Flew, in -making the doll’s shawl.” - -“Oh, is that so?” laughed Fairly Flew. Then she put her hand down into -her cobwebby pocket and pulled out a silver crochet hook with a handle -only about an inch long. - -She handed the crochet hook to Mary Frances. - -“Take hold of its head and its heel, and pull,” she said. - -[Illustration: “Always ready to help.”] - -Mary Frances was almost afraid to pull, but she was very much pleased -to find that when she did, the crochet hook became nearly as long as -Crow Shay. - -“Finish your work with my needle,” directed Fairly Flew. - -Mary Frances was astonished at what happened. No sooner did she start -to make a row of stitches than the magic crochet needle darted ahead of -her fingers and finished the row in a twinkle of an eye. - -In about sixty twinkles the little shawl was finished. - -“Oh,” gasped Mary Frances, “Oh, isn’t it wonderful?” and she held it up -for all to admire. - -“Put it away, my dear,” said Fairly Flew. “I do not have very long to -stay. A few hours a day is all the time I have for any mortal. So let -us get everything done that we can.” - -[Illustration: “Finish with my needle”] - -[Illustration: “Isn’t it wonderful?”] - -[Illustration: Her hair began to stand on end.] - - - - -CHAPTER XIV - -A LITTLE PETTICOAT - - -“WHAT comes next?” Fairly Flew asked the Yarn Baby. - -“Next,” answered the Yarn Baby, “we planned to show the little Miss how -to make another scarf for Mary Marie.” - -[Illustration: “She hasn’t two necks.”] - -“Mary Marie hasn’t two necks,” whispered Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: “Hush!” warned Wooley Ball.] - -“Hush!” warned Wooley Ball as she noticed the Yarn Baby’s hair begin to -rise. “You will get into trouble if you don’t!” - -“There will be caps or hats made to match the little scarfs,” went on -the Yarn Baby, turning to Mary Frances. “You will know how to make this -scarf as soon as you hear the directions: - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED WOOL FLOSS SCARF - -(See picture opposite page 104—color plate) - - Be sure to make Doll’s Shawl, page 75, before - attempting to make this scarf. - - Material: Old rose wool floss. Gray floss for trimming. - - Bone crochet hook No. 3 - - Directions: - - 1. With rose floss make 13 chain stitches. - - 2. Skip 1 chain stitch, and make 12 single crochet - stitches. - - 3. Make 1 chain stitch to use in turning. - - 4. Putting hook through the 2 loops at the top of - stitches just made, make 4 rows of the old rose floss. - - 5. Make 2 rows of the gray floss. - - 6. Make 2 rows of the old rose floss. - - 7. Make 2 rows of gray floss. - - 8. Make 90 rows of the old rose floss. - - 9. Make 2 rows of the gray floss. - - 10. Make 2 rows of the rose floss. - - 11. Make 2 rows of the gray floss. - -[Illustration: Mary Marie.] - -[Illustration: Old rose; gray floss] - - 12. Make 4 rows of the rose floss. Break off yarn and - fasten. Trim ends of scarf with fringe. - - Make the fringe exactly like fringe on ends of Doll’s - Scarf, page 70. - -Mary Frances found the old rose and gray flosses, and set about making -the scarf. It was very little trouble, for the magic needle darted -ahead just as in making the shawl, and very soon the little scarf was -finished. - -“Isn’t it pretty?” cried Mary Frances. “How happy I shall be to make -the caps or hats. Do they come next?” - -[Illustration: “No, not yet.”] - -“No,” answered the Yarn Baby, “not yet.” - -“I will tell you why,” said Fairly Flew. “It is because they would be -too difficult for you to make now. You must learn to make the simplest -things first. Then you will climb right up in the work.” - -“She hasn’t made anything in double crochet stitch,” Crow Shay -whispered to Wooley Ball. - -“I know,” whispered Wooley Ball. “Wouldn’t it be nice if she could make -her dolly a warm petticoat with double crochet stitch?” - -[Illustration: Crow Shay whispered.] - -[Illustration: “I wish I had one.”] - -“Indeed it would,” Crow Shay whispered again. “I often wish I had one.” - -“Had what?” asked Wooley Ball. - -“A petticoat, of course,” Crow Shay answered. - -“That is just what comes next,” said the Yarn Baby, overhearing, “and I -will give the directions at once.” - -[Illustration: DOLL’S PETTICOAT] - -[Illustration: “Just what comes next.”] - -[Illustration: READY FOR BREAKFAST.] - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED PETTICOAT - -(See pictures on pages 86 and 87) - - Made by working round and round from top downward. - - Material: White wool floss. - - Bone crochet hook No. 2. - - Directions: - - 1. Make 48 chain stitches. - - 2. Join the last chain stitch to the first chain stitch - with a slip stitch. (See picture below—A.) - -[Illustration: Crocheted petticoat.] - -[Illustration: A] - -[Illustration: B] - - 3. Make 3 chain stitches. - - 4. Put 1 double crochet stitch (see page 53) into each - chain stitch. Join the last double crochet stitch with - the top of the 3 chain stitches (see direction number - 3, above) with a slip stitch. This makes the first row - of stitches. (See picture above—B.) - - 5. Second row: Make 3 chain stitches, and make 1 double - crochet in each stitch of first row putting hook under - both threads. Join, as in first row. - -[Illustration: White wool floss.] - - -_How to “Increase” in Crocheting_ - - 6. Third row: Make in same way as second row, but - increase, or widen, the petticoat by putting 2 double - crochet stitches in every sixth stitch. - - 7. Fourth row: Like third row. - - 8. Fifth row: Like third row. - - 9. Sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh - rows: Like second row—that is, with no widening or - increasing. - - 10. Twelfth and last row: “Increase,” by putting 2 - double crochet stitches in every sixth stitch. - - Trim bottom of petticoat with scallops. - - -_To Make the Scallops_ - - 1. Put 1 single crochet stitch in the first double - crochet stitch made on the tenth row. - - 2. Make 2 chain stitches. - - 3. Put 3 double crochet stitches in the same stitch - where the 1 single crochet stitch was put. - - 4. Skip 2 double crochet stitches in the last row of - double crochet stitches of the petticoat. Put 1 single - crochet into the third stitch. - -[Illustration: Crow Shay looks on.] - -[Illustration: Scallops.] - - 5. Make 2 chain stitches. - - 6. Put 3 double crochet stitches into the same stitch - as the single crochet. - - Continue in same way until scallops are made all around - the petticoat. - - Fasten the petticoat at waist with a runner. - - -_To Make the Runner_ - -[Illustration] - - 1. Cut a piece of floss about 1½ yards long. - - 2. Fold it in the middle, and with the doubled floss, - make a long chain of chain stitches. - - 3. Putting the crochet hook through the stitches at the - top of the petticoat, pull the runner through. (See - picture above.) - -[Illustration: “How lovely and warm!”] - -“How lovely and warm Mary Marie will be!” exclaimed Mary Frances as -she finished the little petticoat with the help of Fairly Flew’s magic -needle. - -“Do not let her wear that in summer,” said the Yarn Baby. - -[Illustration: “Do not wear it in summer.”] - - “If you do she’ll surely roast - And be eaten up for toast,” - -added Crow Shay. Then he looked around to see if anyone would chide him -for speaking. - -[Illustration: He looked around.] - -Just as he expected, the Yarn Baby’s hair began to stand up on end; -but Fairly Flew only laughed and said, “Oh, now, Yarn Baby, don’t get -ruffled. Let him make a little fun for us all.” - -The Yarn Baby’s hair settled down smoothly in place, and Crow Shay did -look as though he would like to crow for sure, but he was very polite -and kept quiet. - -[Illustration: Her hair began to stand on end.] - -[Illustration: “You surely will surprise them.”] - - - - -CHAPTER XV - -MARY MARIE’S CAP - - -“WHAT now?” asked Fairly Flew. - -“Next,” said the Yarn Baby, “comes what the little Miss has been -wanting so much— - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED TOQUE OR CAP - -(See pictures opposite page 104—color plate) - - Material: Old rose (double) wool floss. Gray floss to - be used in making pom-poms. - - Bone crochet hook No. 2. - - Directions: - - 1. Make 50 chain stitches. Join the last chain stitch - to the first chain stitch with a slip stitch. - - 2. Make 50 single crochet stitches and work around for - 20 rows. (See figure A on page 94.) - -[Illustration: “What now?”] - -[Illustration: Make a doll’s toque or cap.] - -[Illustration: “Look at this.”] - -[Illustration: DOLL’S CROCHETED TOQUE OR CAP - -See color plate opposite page 104] - -[Illustration: “Oh my! Oh my!”] - - 3. Make 2 slip stitches. Then turn, and work on the - wrong side. - - 4. Make 50 single crochets for 25 rows. Fasten the end - of the floss. - - 5. Thread a zephyr needle or a darning needle with the - floss. Lay the chain-stitched edge together like the - top of a stocking laid flat, and sew or overhand it - together from a to b to form top of cap. (See figure A - on page 94). - - 6. Fold up on outside of cap, about 12 rows of the - single crochet stitches last made. Fold up about 13 - more rows. This roll forms the part around the head of - the doll. - - 7. Bring points _a_ and _b_ down to meet the roll, - and pin in place. Fasten points in place by sewing on - pom-poms for trimming. - - -_To Make Pompons_ - - 1. Cut 2 cardboard circles, making them measure 3 - inches across. - - 2. Cut out a circular hole in the center of each, - making it ½ inch across. - - 3. Cut off 1 piece of old rose and 1 piece of gray - floss, making each about 3 yards long. Put the ends - together, side by side. - - 4. Holding the 2 cardboard circles together, thread - the gray and rose floss into the center hole, over the - edges, into the center, over the edges, doing this over - and over again until the entire length of floss is used. - - 5. Put one leg of a pair of scissors between the 2 - cardboard edges of the circles, and cut the floss apart. - -[Illustration: Wind with floss.] - -[Illustration: Make of cardboard.] - - 6. Put a short double thread of floss between the 2 - cardboard circles and tie the ends of the double thread - firmly together. - - 7. Tear off the cardboard, and carefully clip the - surface of the pompon even. - -“Now, may I show you how Mary Marie looks in her cap and scarf?” asked -Mary Frances, finishing off the pretty little toque in a short time. - -[Illustration: “Indeed you may.”] - -“Indeed you may!” Fairly Flew replied, and Mary Frances ran to get her. - -Soon she had the proud dolly dressed, and held her up for all to see. - - “Wintry weather, - Blowsy gale, - Will never turn - Your dolly pale. - - She will go out - Without a care, - Because her scarf - And cap she’ll wear,” - -sang Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: Tie between two cardboards.] - -“She is to have another cap or a hat to match the first scarf that you -made,” said the Yarn Baby. “She can wear that set to school—does Mary -Marie go to school?” she asked. - -[Illustration: “Does she go to school?”] - -“Oh, yes,” said Mary Frances; “to kindergarten.” - -[Illustration: “Oh yes, to kindergarten.”] - -“Then we must hasten to get the little hat made!” Fairly Flew -exclaimed. - -[Illustration: “I’ll give directions.”] - - - - -CHAPTER XVI - -MARY MARIE’S TURBAN - - -“PLEASE let us hear the new directions, Yarn Baby,” Fairly Flew said. - -And then the Yarn Baby began: - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED TURBAN (HAT) - -(See the picture opposite page 40—color plate) - - Material: Old rose or blue four-fold Germantown zephyr. - - Gray Germantown zephyr for trimming. - - Bone crochet hook No. 5. - - Directions: - - -_To Make the Top of the Crown of the Hat_ - - 1. With rose or blue yarn make 5 chain stitches. - - 2. Join the chain in a ring with slip stitch. - - 3. Make 1 chain stitch. - -[Illustration: “Please.”] - -[Illustration: Yarn Baby began.] - -[Illustration: DOLL’S CROCHETED TURBAN (HAT)] - -[Illustration: “Use me.”] - -[Illustration: Germantown zephyr.] - - 4. Put 2 single crochet stitches in each chain stitch - in the ring (10 single crochet stitches in all). Tie a - piece of sewing cotton in the last stitch to mark end - of row. (See picture A, page 101.) - - NOTE.—In making the turban, put the crochet hook - through back loop only of the stitches already made. - (See picture A, page 101.) - - 5. Second row: Put 2 single crochets in each stitch. - - 6. Third row: Put 1 single crochet in each of the first - 2 stitches. Put 2 single crochets in third stitch. - - NOTE.—When 2 or more stitches are put into 1 stitch in - this way, it makes the work fuller or larger. This is - called “increasing.” - - Put 1 single crochet in each of the next 2 stitches. - Put 2 single crochets in next stitch. Continue in this - way until end of this row. - - 7. Fourth row: Same as third row. - - 8. Fifth row: Increase, by putting 2 single crochets - in every fifth stitch, and continue in this way until - there are 8 full rows. - -[Illustration: A] - - -_To Make the Side of Crown, or the Band_ - - 1. Make 58 chain stitches. Join in a ring with slip - stitch. - - 2. Make 1 single crochet in each stitch of the chain. - - 3. Second row: Put 1 single crochet in each single - crochet, taking up back loop only. Continue doing this - until there are 6 full rows. - - The turned-up band of gray is made in the same way as - the band just finished. - -[Illustration: B] - -[Illustration: To increase] - - -_To Put Turban Together_ - -[Illustration: Join in a ring.] - - 1. Hold the right side of the crown toward you. Hold - the top edge of the rose or blue band (not the - chain-stitched edge) to the edge of the crown. Baste - edges together. Catch edges of crown and band together - with single crochet stitches. - - 2. Place gray band inside of the rose or blue band, - with the right side against the inside (or wrong side) - of the rose or blue band. Thread a zephyr needle or a - darning needle with gray yarn, and sew the edges neatly - together. (Picture B on page 101 shows the two bands - spread open after they have been sewed together.) - - 3. Turn the gray band up on the outside of turban and - sew a rosette on the left side of the crown and on the - turned-up band. - - -_To Make Rosette_ - - Lay the ends of the two colors of zephyr together side - by side. - - With a large crochet hook (about No. 8) make 45 chain - stitches. Break off yarns and fasten ends. - - Form the chain into 6 flat loops and sew on left side - of turban, using gray yarn in a zephyr or darning - needle. - -[Illustration: To make rosette.] - -As soon as it was finished, Mary Frances put the turban on Mary Marie. -Then she put the scarf which matched it around the dolly’s neck. - -“Doesn’t she look sweet!” she exclaimed. “I’ll let you all kiss her.” - -“Oh, excuse—!” began Crow Shay, but he never finished the sentence, for -there came a voice at the door. It was Katie’s voice. - -[Illustration: “Doesn’t she look sweet!”] - -“Miss Mary Frances! You haven’t been out at all to-day!” she said. -“Your mother wouldn’t like that.” - -Mary Frances ran to the door. “Why, Katie, that’s so! I must go out. -I’ll get ready right away. I’ve been doing some crocheting.” - -“That’s fine,” Katie said. “I wish I knew how to crochet.” - -“Maybe I can teach you some time after I learn more myself,” said Mary -Frances. - -“I should love to learn.” Katie looked pleased. “Well, I must be about -my work now,” she added, and went downstairs again. - -[Illustration: “I should love to.”] - -When Mary Frances turned back to the sewing table nothing was to be -seen but the empty rocking-chair and the knitting bag. - -“Oh, dear,” she thought, “where can everybody be?” - -She lifted the bag. Underneath was Mary Marie just as she had dressed -her. - -She put her hand into the bag and found Wooley Ball and the Yarn Baby, -but could not find Crow Shay. - -“What is the little rascal hiding for?” she wondered. - -[Illustration: Out popped Crow Shay.] - -“Look in the chest of yarns,” said Wooley Ball. - -Mary Frances opened the lid. Out popped Crow Shay’s little round head. - - “So scared was I, - I thought I’d die; - So ran and hid— - That’s why! That’s why!” - -he sang. - -[Illustration: “So scared was I.”] - -“And Fairly Flew,” asked Mary Frances; “where is she?” - -[Illustration: “Where is she?”] - - “She’s gone! She’s gone! - Been gone before; - But she’ll come back - Some more, some more,” - -promised Crow Shay, and the little girl went happily out to play. - -[Illustration: GOING SHOPPING - -FOR DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING KNITTED ARTICLES SHOWN IN THIS ILLUSTRATION -SEE SHOPPING BAG—242 CROCHETED HAND BAG—248 CROCHETED PURSE—255 -CROCHETED WOOL FLOSS SCARF—84 CROCHETED TOQUE OR CAP—93] - - - - -CHAPTER XVII - -MARY MARIE COMES TO LIFE - - -THE next morning, after breakfast, Mary Frances hurried to her room, -hoping to have another delightful lesson. - -“Aunt Maria will be so surprised to see what I’ve done,” she whispered. -“And mother will be so pleased.” - -“You surely will surprise them,” said the Yarn Baby, “and if I am not -mistaken we will have to work with all our might to get everything -ready by the time they come home.” - -[Illustration: “You surely will surprise them.] - -“Indeed we will!” said Mary Frances, getting things ready for work. “I -wonder what comes next?” - -[Illustration: “Indeed we will!”] - -“Oh, excuse me,” she exclaimed after a moment, “I must go get my -dolly. I put her to bed in the playroom last night.” - -When she lifted Mary Marie out of her little bed and stood her on the -floor, the little thing looked at her and said, “Mamma, my tootsies are -told.” - -“Oh, can you talk again?” cried Mary Frances. “Is it true, or am I -dreaming?” - -[Illustration: “Can you talk?”] - -“’Torse it’s true,” answered Mary Marie. “’Torse it’s true. Fairly Flew -tame in the night and tissed me.” - -“What did she tell you, dear?” asked Mary Frances, lifting the doll in -her arms. - -“She said that I tould talk until the lessons were over.” - -“Oh, I hope that they last as long as I live!” said Mary Frances, -hugging the doll close. - -“Toe do I!” Mary Marie said. “But my foots are told.” - -[Illustration: “My tootsies are told.”] - -“Oh, you darling!” cried Mary Frances. “You want me to make you a pair -of slippers!” - -“Please, Mamma,” said the little doll. - -So Mary Frances dressed her in her bathrobe, and carried her into the -sewing room and sat her on the table. - -“How I wish I had a little ball for her to play with,” she said. - -Then the Yarn Baby asked, “Why not make her one? I’ll give you the -directions: - - -BABY’S BALL - - (See picture opposite page 136—color plate) - - Make the same way as the pompons on the Doll’s Toque - (page 95), using circles 3 inches across with a 1-inch - opening in the center. Wind until center is almost - filled. - -[Illustration: Baby’s ball.] - -“Never throw away ends of yarn,” Wooley Ball added. “You can make them -into a beautiful baby’s ball—no matter how many different colors there -are; or you can make a ball for your mother to use as a— - - -HAIR PIN BALL[D] - -(See picture opposite page 40—color plate) - - Make in same way as pompons on Doll’s Toque, using - circles of cardboard 3½ inches across, and a 1-inch - opening in the center. Wind until opening is almost - filled. - -“Oh, I will give mother one on her birthday!” said Mary Frances. - -Soon she set to work and made a baby’s ball for Mary Marie. - -[Illustration: “I’ll give directions.”] - -“Pretty ball!” said the dolly, trying to catch it in her hands again -and again. Suddenly she began to cry. - -“Why, what is the matter, dear?” asked Mary Frances. - -“Foots told,” the baby sobbed. - -Mary Frances laid the dolly’s shawl over her feet. “Is that better?” -she asked. “Oh, how I wish I knew how to make you a pair of slippers!” - -[Illustration: “You will soon learn”] - -“You will soon learn how to do that,” said the Yarn Baby, and gave the -directions for making— - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED BEDROOM SLIPPERS - -(See picture opposite page 200) - -[Illustration] - - Material: Pink or light blue Germantown zephyr. Bone - crochet hook No. 3. - - Directions: - - The work is begun at the toe of the slipper. See “A” in - the picture on page 109. - -[Illustration: “Foots told,” the baby sobbed.] - - 1. Make 8 chain stitches. - - 2. Skip 1 chain, and put 1 single crochet in each of 3 - chain stitches. - - 3. Put 3 single crochets in the fourth chain stitch. - - 4. Put 1 single crochet in the next 3 chain stitches. - Make 1 chain to use in turning. (In single crochet - work, always make 1 chain in turning.) - - 5. Second row: Put 1 single crochet in each stitch, - taking the back thread only of the stitch. (The first - and second rows form a “rib.” The slippers are made of - “ribs.”) - -[Illustration] - - 6. Third row: Put 1 single crochet in each of 4 - stitches. Put 3 single crochets in the fifth stitch. - Put 1 single crochet in each of the next 4 stitches. - - NOTE.—The adding of stitches, as in the fifth stitch, - is called “increasing.” - - 7. Fourth row: Put 1 single crochet in each stitch. - -[Illustration: Single crochet.] - - 8. Fifth row: Increase as in direction No. 6 in sixth - stitch. - - 9. Sixth row: 1 single crochet in each stitch. - - This row completes the toe part, or front of the - slipper. - - 10. Seventh row: This row starts the sides. Make 1 - single crochet in each of 6 stitches. Make 1 chain to - turn. - -[Illustration: To join slipper.] - - 11. Eighth row: Make 1 single crochet in each stitch. - Make 9 ribs for the sides of the slipper. - - -_To Join Side to Toe_ - - Hold the edge of the ninth rib (D) to edge of opposite - side of front (C), right sides facing each other. (See - picture page 109.) - - Join edges with single crochet stitches, taking up 1 - loop only of the stitches forming the ribs. - - -_To Form the Toe_ - - Fold tip of toe together, bringing A to B. (See page - 109.) - - Thread a darning or zephyr needle with yarn and sew tip - of slipper toe together. - -[Illustration: Join at A and B] - -[Illustration: Fold tip of toe.] - - -_To Make Top of Slipper_ - -[Illustration] - - Spaces for runners are made in this way: Starting[E] at - corner at right side of top (A), make 2 chain stitches. - Join them with a slip stitch to the point at the top of - the nearest rib. - - Continue in this way all around top of slipper. - - -_To Make Trimming at Top_ - - Make 3 chain stitches. Put crochet hook through the - first runner space and make a slip stitch. Make 3 - chains and put a slip stitch in the next runner space. - Continue all around top of slipper. - -[Illustration: Thread this into runner.] - - -_To Make Runner_ - - Make a chain of 45 chain stitches. - - Thread this into the runner spaces just as in making - doll’s petticoat (see page 90), and put tassels on the - ends. - - -_To Make Tassels_ - -(See pictures on opposite page) - -[Illustration: To make tassels.] - - 1. Cut a piece of cardboard 1 inch long and ½ inch wide. - - 2. Over this, wind a strand of yarn 10 times. - - 3. Thread a long-eyed zephyr needle with yarn. Slip it - under the yarn on the cardboard and tie it together at - the top. - - 4. Clip the yarn apart at the other edge of the card. - - Hold the clipped ends between the thumb and fingers of - the left hand, and tie the tassel with a piece of yarn, - to look like picture No. 3. - - Thread the ends of the tie-string into a long-eyed - needle. Pull the ends down through the middle of the - tassel and cut them off even with the bottom. - - Thread a zephyr needle with both ends of yarn at top of - tassel and pull needle through one end of the runner. - - Fasten the ends by pulling needle through tassel from - the top. Cut off ends even with tassel fringe. (See - picture No. 4.) - - -_To Make Slipper Soles_ - - Lay doll’s shoe on a piece of light-weight cardboard - and mark it with a pencil; cut it out. Or trace the - outline below, and use it as a pattern. - - Thread zephyr needle with yarn, and sew slipper to sole. - -When the Yarn Baby had finished giving the long directions for the -slippers, Crow Shay, who had been very quiet, could not keep still -another second. - -[Illustration: “Whew! Yarn Baby!”] - -“Whew! Yarn Baby!” he broke in. “Whew! How do you know so much? You -certainly are a woolly-headed know-it-all!” - -At first the Yarn Baby did not know what to say to this impudent -speech. Then her hair stood up stiff and straight. - -“If I’m—if I’m a woolly-head,” she cried, “you’re an old bone-head! So -you are! So there!” - -Crow Shay grew pale, stood up on end and started for the Yarn Baby, -when Wooley Ball just rolled in his way and Crow Shay pitched over her, -head first. - -“Mind your manners, Crow Shay! Mind your manners!” said Wooley Ball -calmly. - -All the Knitting People laughed merrily at Crow Shay’s silly caper, -except poor Crow Shay, who looked a little ashamed of himself. - -[Illustration: Trace this pattern.] - - - - -CHAPTER XVIII - -THE MAGIC RHYME - - -MARY FRANCES, who wanted to laugh, too, pretended not to notice, and -picked up a ball of pink yarn. - -[Illustration: A ball of pink yarn.] - -“If only I had Fairly Flew’s magic needle!” she said, “I could get the -slippers finished very soon for my poor baby’s cold feet.” - -She started to pick up Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: “Wait a moment!”] - -“Wait a moment! Wait a moment!” exclaimed the little fellow who was -himself again. “Don’t you want to call the fairy teacher?” - -“If I only knew how to, I certainly should call her, Crow Shay,” -replied Mary Frances. “You help me a good deal, but——” - -“Oh, I know!” said Crow Shay. “I can’t do what Fairly Flew can do for -you, but I can do this much; I can tell you how to summon her.” - -“Will you please tell me?” begged Mary Frances. - -[Illustration: “Indeed he will.”] - -“Indeed he will,” spoke up the Yarn Baby, who forgave very quickly. “We -all love you because you are so anxious to learn our lessons. Begin, -Crow Shay.” - -“All right,” said Crow Shay. “When you want the fairy Fairly Flew -during our lessons, just whisper this little rhyme: - - “‘Fairy Fairly Flew, - Please come, for I need you.’” - -“That’s easy!” cried Mary Frances, repeating the rhyme: - - “Fairy Fairly Flew, - Please come, for I need you.” - -[Illustration: “Here I am, little girl.”] - -She had scarcely finished speaking when there came the light rustle of -wings; and a tiny voice of silvery sweetness said, “Here I am, little -girl. I always come to help those who try to learn their lessons. They -may not always see me, but I put magic into their needles after they -practice what they learn. They may not be able to work quite as quickly -as you do when I am with you, but they can work pretty fast—so fast -that people may say that the needles fairly flew.” - -“How glad I am that you help other little girls, too,” said Mary -Frances, taking the magic needle which the fairy held out. “Thank you -for coming to me, dear Fairly Flew!” - -Then she started to make the slippers—and you know how quickly they -were finished. - -[Illustration: “Aren’t they beautiful?”] - -“Aren’t they beautiful?” cried Mary Frances. “Now my dolly’s feet will -keep warm.” And she put them on Mary Marie’s little feet. - -[Illustration: “Footies nice and warm.”] - -“Footies nice and warm,” gurgled Mary Marie; “footies hidin’ away from -Jack Frost,” and went on playing with her ball. - -[Illustration: “Won’t that be splendid?”] - - - - -CHAPTER XIX - -MARY MARIE’S SCHOOL BAG - - -AFTER everybody had admired the little slippers, the Yarn Baby -said, “If Mary Marie goes to kindergarten, she should have a little -school-bag to carry her pictures and books in, I think.” - -[Illustration: “Has she a school-bag?”] - -“Wouldn’t that be splendid!” cried Mary Frances. “What kind of yarn -shall I use?” - -[Illustration: “Let me look into the box.”] - -“Let me look into the box,” replied Wooley Ball, rolling over to the -end of the sewing table and peeping over the edge of the chest, “Oh, -there is the very thing to use—ecru crochet cotton. Cotton will wear -much better than wool for a bag.” As Mary Frances picked up the ball, -the Yarn Baby began to give the directions for making— - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED BOOK BAG - -(See color plate page 40) - -[Illustration] - - -[Illustration: Dolly’s books.] - -[Illustration: Dolly at school.] - - Material: Ecru crochet cotton (mercerized). - - Steel hook No. 7. - - Directions:[F] - - 1. Make 26 chain stitches. - - 2. Put 1 double crochet stitch into the fourth chain - stitch from the needle. - - 3. Put 1 double crochet into the fifth chain stitch. - - 4. Put 1 double crochet stitch into the sixth chain. - - 5. Make 2 chain stitches. - - 6. Skip 2 chain stitches in the first row, and put 1 - double crochet into the next chain stitch; that is, - into the third chain stitch from the last double - crochet stitch which you made. - - 7. Put a double crochet in each of the next 2 chain - stitches. - - 8. Repeat directions No. 5, 6, and 7 to end of chain. - - 9. Make 5 chain stitches to use in turning. - -[Illustration: Make 5 chain stitches.] - - 10. Put 3 double crochet stitches into the first space - of the row just made. - - 11. Make 2 chain stitches. - - 12. Continue making clusters of 3 double crochets in - each space with 2 chains between—to end of row. The - last stitch in the row will be 1 double crochet taken - into the top of the 3 chain stitches which were used in - turning the row below. - - 13. Continue making rows like these two until there are - 6 rows. This makes one side of the bag. - - 14. Taking up the threads on the other side of the - first row of chain stitches which you made, make other - side of bag like first side. (See picture below.) - -[Illustration] - - 15. Fold the two sides of bag together, along the row - of chain stitches first made, and fasten them together - with single crochet stitches along the edge, catching - each side. - - 16. Make 1 row of single crochet all around the top of - the bag. - -[Illustration: Book bag.] - - -_To Make the Handle_ - -[Illustration: Make handle.] - - 1. At the top of the first cluster of double crochet - stitches from the side, make 2 single crochet stitches. - (See picture, page 118.) - - 2. Make 1 chain stitch to use in turning. - - 3. Make 2 single crochet stitches. - - 4. Continue directions Nos. 1 and 2 until handle is 2½ - inches long. Fasten the end of handle into the top of - the first cluster of double crochet stitches from the - other side of the bag, using slip stitch. - - 5. Make another handle on opposite side of bag in same - way. - - NOTE.—In fastening ends of threads, be sure to pull the - last stitch very tight before cutting off the ends. - -When Mary Frances had finished making the little bag, she hung it on -the dolly’s arm. - -[Illustration: Hung it on the dolly’s arm.] - -“Doe to tool! Doe to tool, now!” cried Mary Marie. - -“Not in your bathrobe and slippers, darling!” - -“Den what s’all I do?” asked Mary Marie. “I’se tired of ball! Wish I -had a dolly!” - - - - -CHAPTER XX - -A LETTER FROM MOTHER - - -“THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, -and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so -much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!” - -[Illustration: “Poor little dear!”] - -Then she told the little girl— - - -HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL - - Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse - red embroidery cotton. Two blue beads for eyes. (See - picture, page 122.) - - Directions: - - 1. Cut about 20 strands of yarn, each 8 inches long. - Lay them together side by side. - - 2. Tie them together in the middle with a short piece - of yarn. Fold them over in the middle where tied. - -[Illustration: Tie in middle.] - - 3. About ½ inch below the fold, tie in the same way as - you did the tassel on doll’s slippers. (See picture No. - 3 on Plate 3.) This forms the infant’s head. - -[Illustration: To make shoulder.] - - 4. To make the arms, take hold of 4 strands of the - yarn and tie a knot close to the neck. This forms the - shoulder. About ½ inch below the shoulder knot, trim - off the 4 strands. Tie the 4 strands together with a - short piece of yarn to form the hand. - - 5. Make the other arm opposite in the same way. - - 6. About ¾ of an inch below the neck, tie the long - strands together to form infant’s waist. - - 7. Sew two small blue beads in head for eyes, and take - a stitch with red embroidery cotton to form the mouth. - -[Illustration: DINAH DOLL AND INFANT] - -“Baby! Baby!” cried Mary Marie as soon as Mary Frances had it finished. - -[Illustration: “Baby! Baby!”] - -“How she loves that doll!” cried Crow Shay. “She ought to have a -nurse-maid to help her care for it.” - -“Indeed she ought to,” declared the Yarn Baby. “I would like to tell -the little Miss how to make a Dinah Doll.” - -[Illustration: “Indeed she ought to.”] - -“Do tell her now,” said Fairly Flew. - -[Illustration: “Do tell her now.”] - -So the Yarn Baby began: - - -HOW TO MAKE A COLORED YARN DOLL - - Material: Black knitting worsted.[H] White knitting - worsted. A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton. Two - white beads for eyes. (See page 122.) - - Directions: - - 1. Cut about 50 strands of black worsted 12 inches - long. Tie them together in the middle and fold. - - 2. Tie them again about 1½ inches below the fold to - form Dinah’s head. - - 3. At each side of the body, close to the neck, take 8 - strands and tie together in a knot to form shoulders - and arms. - - 4. Trim off the strands about 2 inches below the knots, - and tie with white yarn near ends—to form hands. - - 5. Cut 30 strands of white yarn about 8 inches long. - Lay them together, side by side. Tie them together very - loosely in the middle, fold them in the middle, where - tied. Tie the bundle of strands around doll’s neck to - form front of dress. - - 6. Follow direction No. 5 and tie in back of doll to - form back of dress. - - 7. Cut a piece of black yarn about 8 inches long and - tie it in a bow knot around the doll about 1½ inches - from the neck, to form the doll’s waist. - - 8. At the bottom, with a short piece of white yarn, tie - together about 6 strands of black yarn, to form a foot. - - 9. Make another foot in the same way. - - 10. Trim off the other strands of yarn at the bottom - about ½ inch above the feet. - - 11. Sew two white beads in place for eyes, and take two - stitches with red embroidery cotton to form the mouth. - - Sew infant doll in place in Dinah’s arm. - - To make the hair, cut 25 short strands of black worsted - and sew with black thread to top of Dinah’s head. - - Trim hair with bow made of narrow red ribbon. - -When Mary Frances finished the funny colored doll, she sewed the white -infant baby in the arm, to the delight of Mary Marie and the Knitting -People. - -[Illustration: Eyelids began to droop.] - -Soon Mary Marie’s eyelids began to droop; then Mary Frances carried her -off to bed, and she went to sleep with the dolls in her arms. - -[Illustration: To the delight of the Crochet People] - -“Oh, how I wish that I could tell mother about my lovely times,” -thought Mary Frances. “Maybe when all my lessons are finished I shall -be able to tell her. She would not worry about my being lonely if she -knew how busy I am, and how happy now since I know that dear father is -getting well.” - -Just then Billy called her and she hurried downstairs. - -[Illustration: Billy called her.] - -“Here is a letter from mother for you,” said Billy, meeting her at the -foot of the stairs. “Hurry and read it. I want to hear about father.” - -So Mary Frances opened it and read: - -[Illustration: “Dear Mary Frances.”] - - - _Dear Mary Frances_: - - _You will be glad to hear that father is safe in the - hospital and improving very rapidly. His leg was broken - just above the ankle, and he is suffering from the - shock of the accident. The doctors say that it will be - a week or ten days, perhaps longer, before we can bring - him home._ - - _I am sending a newspaper which tells about the train - wreck and explains how it happened._ - - _You and Billy are in my thoughts every hour of the - day and many times at night, too; but I am not worried - because I know that Katie will take good care of you - both._ - - _Father says that he is racing with time to get well - enough to return home to you dear children, and that he - will tell you the whole story when he arrives._ - - _Aunt Maria sends love and says that she will teach you - to crochet when she comes—and that you may practice the - stitches which she has already taught you._ - - _I shut my eyes and see you in my mind’s eye, but I - want to be able soon to see you really and truly._ - - _Hugs and kisses from_ - - _Mother._ - -“Good news!” exclaimed Billy as Mary Frances finished reading; “but -it’s no fun to have a broken leg.” - -[Illustration: “Good news!”] - -“Oh, Billy, think how much worse it might have been,” cried Mary -Frances. “Won’t we be glad to see father and mother back—and Aunt -Maria?” and she caught him by the arm and waltzed him around the big -hall. - -[Illustration: “Oh, Billy.”] - - - - -CHAPTER XXI - -A TEDDY BEAR SUIT - - -“I DO wonder what the Crochet People have planned for the next lesson,” -thought Mary Frances as she went upstairs after breakfast the next -morning. - -[Illustration: “I do wonder.”] - -When she went into the playroom she was surprised to find Mary Marie -sitting on the side of her bed, trying to put on her little slippers. - -[Illustration: Put on her little slippers.] - -“What!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Awake so early—and trying to dress -yourself?” - -“’Es, Mamma,” answered Mary Marie. “I’se detting weady to doe to tool.” - -“Bless your little heart!” cried Mary Frances. “Here, let me help -you!” and she soon put on Mary Marie’s little shoes and stockings, and -dressed her. - -“What shall I wear wound me, Mamma?” asked the dolly. “It’s too warm -for a toat, and too told to doe wifout somet’ing wound me.” - -“Let me see,” said Mary Frances, thinking hard. - -“If Mary M’rie only had a twetter!” sighed the wise young lady. - -[Illustration: “If I only had a twetter!”] - -Mary Frances caught her up in her arms. “The very thing!” she cried. -“Let us go see the Crochet People.” - -Just as she sat Mary Marie on the table, Crow Shay began: - - “For young or old, - When it is cold, - Nothing is better - Than a sweater.” - -[Illustration: Crow Shay began.] - -“Oh!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Oh, Crow Shay, how did you ever guess -what we want so much?” - -“Every doll in the world ought to have a sweater,” he declared. “And -the sooner Fairly Flew comes, the sooner Mary Marie will get one.” - -So Mary Frances said the magic rhyme: - - “Fairy Fairly Flew, - Please come, for I need you;” - -and the fairy helper came. - -“What do you wish for?” she asked, seating herself in the doll’s -rocking-chair. - -[Illustration: “What do you wish for?”] - -“A sweater for Mary Marie, dear Fairly Flew,” Mary Frances answered. - -“A twetter! A twetter!” laughed the little doll, looking up. “Doe to -tool.” - -[Illustration: “A twetter! A twetter!”] - -“Bless her heart—and yours, too, little girl,” said Fairly Flew; “she -shall have not only a sweater, but a whole outfit to keep her warm when -she goes to school, for I myself will give you directions for making a— - - -TEDDY BEAR SUIT - -Consisting of Sweater, Tam, and Long Leggings - -(See picture opposite page 168—color plate.) - - Material: “Old blue” or peacock blue knitting worsted. - - Bone crochet hook No. 5. - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED SWEATER - - (Be sure to make the articles already described in this - story before attempting to make the Teddy Bear Outfit.) - - - Directions: - - This work is begun with the front. - - 1. Make 26 chain stitches. - - 2. Make 25 single crochet stitches. - - 3. Make 1 chain to turn. Always make 1 chain stitch to - use in turning, unless told to do otherwise. - - 4. Make 12 rows (in all) of 25 single crochet stitches, - taking up both loops of stitches below. - - 5. On the thirteenth row, make only 15 single crochets. - Make only 15 single crochets for 6 rows (in all). These - rows come under the arm of the doll. You will then have - made 18 rows. - - 6. On the nineteenth row, make 15 single crochets and - 11 chain stitches. - - 7. On the twentieth row, make 25 single crochets. - - 8. Make 21 rows of 25 single crochets for the back of - the sweater. This makes 39 rows from the beginning. - - 9. On the fortieth row make 15 single crochets for 6 - rows, under arm. - -[Illustration: “A really sweater!”] - -[Illustration: “Oh me! Oh my!”] - - 10. On the forty-seventh row, add 11 chains, and - crochet 12 rows of 25 single crochet stitches. - - -_To Make Armholes_ - - Thread a zephyr needle with the worsted, and sew 6 rows - of the front to 6 rows of the back (A to A, B to B. See - picture, page 130). Do the same to the other side. - -[Illustration: “Does it fit?”] - - -_To Make Border on Edge around Sweater_ - - 1. Hold the outside of the sweater toward you. Starting - at the left side of the neck, take up both loops of - each stitch with single crochet all around sweater to - right side of neck. - -[Illustration: Try on Dolly.] - - NOTE.—In turning corners at bottom use 3 single - crochets in 1 stitch. - - 2. Make 1 chain stitch to use in turning, and make - another row of single crochet in the same way all - around sweater. This will bring you back to the - starting stitch of border. - - 3. Make 1 chain to use in turning, and make third row, - putting only 2 single crochet stitches in corners at - the bottom. - - -_To Make Collar Band_ - - 1. Hold right side of front of sweater toward you, and - take up each stitch across the neck with single crochet. - - 2. Make 5 rows of single crochet, using 1 chain stitch - to turn. - - Make slip stitches all around sweater taking up back - thread only of the stitches. - - -_To Fasten Sweater_ - - The sweater is fastened with loops and buttons. - -[Illustration: Chain stitch form loops.] - - -_To Make Loops_ - - 1. On the right-hand side of the sweater, commencing at - the bottom, make 4 slip stitches. - - 2. Make 2 chain stitches. - - 3. Skip 2 stitches in the row below, and make 4 more - slip stitches. The chain stitches form the loops. - - 4. Continue doing this until the neck is reached. - - 5. Make 1 loop on the end of the collar. Sew buttons on - the left side opposite the loops. - -[Illustration: Fastened with loops and buttons.] - -[Illustration: Busily crocheting.] - -[Illustration: Chain stitch to use in turning.] - - -_To Make the Sleeves_ - - 1. Make 9 chain stitches. - - 2. Make 8 single crochet stitches. - - 3. Always make 1 chain stitch to use in turning single - crochet. - - 4. Second row: Taking up both threads of the row of - single crochets just made, make 2 single crochets in - the first stitch, and 1 in each stitch to the end of - the row. This will make 9 stitches. - - 5. Make 3 chains, and turn the work. - - 6. Third row: Make 1 single crochet in each of the two - chain stitches, and single crochets to the end of the - row, making 11 stitches in all. Make 1 chain to turn. - - 7. Fourth row: Make 2 single crochets in the first - stitch and single crochets to the end of row, making 12 - stitches in all. - - 8. Fifth row: Make 5 chain stitches. Make 4 single - crochets in the chain stitches, and single crochets to - the end of row, making 16 stitches. - - 9. Sixth row: Make 2 single crochet stitches in the - first stitch and single crochets to the end, making 17 - stitches. - - 10. Seventh row: Make 17 single crochets. - - 11. Eighth row: Make 2 single crochets in first stitch - and single crochets to the end of row, making 18 - stitches. - - 12. Make 6 rows of 18 single crochet stitches. - - 13. On the fifteenth row, make single crochets, but - skip next to the last stitch, making 17 single crochet - stitches. - - 14. Sixteenth row: Make 17 single crochet stitches. - - 15. Seventeenth row: Make single crochets across row, - but skip next to the last stitch, making 16 stitches. - - 16. Eighteenth row: Make 16 single crochet stitches. - - 17. Nineteenth row: Make slip stitches in the first - four stitches. Single crochet to the end, skipping next - to the last stitch, making 11 stitches. - - 18. Twentieth row: Make 11 single crochet stitches. - - 19. Twenty-first row: Make 2 slip stitches, and single - crochet to the end of row, skipping next to the last - stitch, making 8 stitches. - - 20. Twenty-second row: Make 8 single crochets. Break - off and fasten the yarn. - - Make another sleeve like this one. - - 21. Sew up the sleeves. - - 22. Pin seam to the front corner of the armhole (A) and - sew in place. (See picture, page 131.) - -[Illustration: “Row! row! another row”] - -[Illustration: “Look out, Crow Shay!”] - - 23. Put 2 rows of single crochet around the end of - sleeve at wrist. - - Add one row of slip stitches below these. Do not make - this row of slip stitches very tight. - - -_To Make the Pockets_ - - 1. Make 7 chain stitches. - - 2. Make 7 rows of 6 single crochets. - - 3. Put 1 row of single crochet across the top of pocket. - - 4. Put 1 row of slip stitches across top of pocket. - -[Illustration] - - Make another pocket in same way. - - Sew pockets on the sweater, about 1 inch from bottom - and 1 inch from sides. - -[Illustration: Sew pocket on sweater.] - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED TAM - -(See picture on page 136) - - Material: Old blue or peacock blue knitting worsted. - Bone crochet hook No. 5. - - Directions: - - 1. Make 4 chain stitches. - - 2. Join the chain in a ring with slip stitch. - -[Illustration: Join in a ring.] - - 3. Make 10 single crochets into the center of the ring. - - 4. Tie a piece of white sewing thread to the tenth - single crochet stitch, to mark the beginning of the - next row around. - - 5. Second round. Make 2 single crochets in each - stitch, taking up back loop of thread in each stitch - of row just finished. - -[Illustration: DOLL’S CROCHETED TAM] - - 6. Third row: Make 2 single crochets in the first - stitch, 1 single crochet in the next stitch, and - continue making 2 single crochets in the next stitch - and 1 single crochet in the next stitch to the end of - the round. - - 7. Fourth round. “Increase,” or put 2 single crochet - stitches in every third stitch. Make 1 single crochet - in the other stitches. - - 8. Fifth round. Increase in every fifth stitch. - -[Illustration: “Increase! Increase!”] - - 9. Sixth round. Make 1 single crochet in each stitch. - - 10. Repeat fifth and sixth rounds until there are 11 - full rows. - - The work should measure about 5 inches across. - -[Illustration: “Don’t I look tweet?”] - - 11. Twelfth round. Begin to “decrease,” or narrow, the - tam to fit the head of doll. - -[Illustration: BABY BLUE AND BABY PINK - -FOR DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING KNITTED ARTICLES SHOWN IN THIS ILLUSTRATION -SEE - -BEDROOM SLIPPERS—108 CROCHETED SOCKS—228 CROCHETED CAP—229 - -CROCHETED SACQUE, NO. 2—232 CAPE AND HOOD—236 BABY’S BALL—107] - - -_How to “Decrease” in Crocheting_ - - Pull a loop through of each of 2 stitches, and take - them off the crochet needle as if they were one loop, - thus forming a single crochet; that is, pull a loop - through the 3 loops then on the needle. (See picture - below.) - -[Illustration] - - On the twelfth round of the tam, decrease on the first - 2 stitches, then make 5 single crochet stitches. Then - decrease on next 2 stitches and make 5 single crochets. - Continue decreasing in this way until tam fits doll’s - head. - -[Illustration: “Can you read?”] - - About 4 rows of decreasing will be needed, which makes - 15 full rows from starting place. Do not break off - yarn, but learn how— - - -_To Make the Head Band_ - -[Illustration: “Won’t this be lovely?”] - - Make 4 rows of single crochet, taking up both threads - of stitches in rounds just finished. Break off the yarn - and fasten the end by making a slip stitch and pulling - end all the way through the last loop. - - -_To Make the Tassel_ - - 1. Cut a strip of cardboard, making it 1½ inches wide - and about 2 inches long. - - 2. Cut off 2 pieces of yarn, each measuring 1 yard, lay - them together, side by side. - - 3. Wind the 2 pieces of yarn over the narrower part of - the cardboard. - - 4. Tie as in making tassels for doll’s slippers. (See - Plate 3.) - - 5. Make 18 chain stitches, and fasten tassel to the - chain as on runner for doll’s slippers. Put the other - end of the chain through the hole in the center of the - top of the tam, and sew it down in place on the wrong - side. - -[Illustration: Make tassel.] - - -CROCHETED TEDDY BEAR LEGGINGS - -(See pictures on pages 139 and 140.) - - Material: Old blue or peacock blue knitting worsted. - - Bone or celluloid crochet hook No. 5. - -[Illustration: Blue worsted.] - - Directions: - - This work is begun at the waist line. - - 1. Make 50 chain stitches. - - 2. Join chain with slip stitch and make 1 chain stitch - to use in turning. - - 3. Make 1 single crochet in each stitch of the chain, - making 50 single crochets. Join last single crochet - stitch to first single crochet with slip stitch. Make 1 - chain stitch to use in turning. - -[Illustration: FRONT OF LEGGINGS] - - 4. Make 5 rows of single crochet stitches, taking up - both loops of each stitch in row below. Join end stitch - with first as explained in direction No. 3. - -[Illustration: “Yes, Stupid!”] - - 5. On the sixth row, in order to form the fullness in - the seat, make 38 single crochet stitches. Turn without - making a chain stitch. Make 26 single crochets. Turn - again without a chain stitch, and continue making - single crochet to end of row, or joining point. - - 6. Make the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth rows of - single crochet stitches. - -[Illustration: “Eleventh row?”] - - 7. Make the eleventh row in the same way as you made - the sixth row. (See direction No. 5.) - -[Illustration: BACK OF LEGGINGS] - - 8. Make the twelfth row of single crochet. - - 9. On the thirteenth row begin to decrease the - stitches, or to narrow the work. When you reach the - twelfth stitch, take off 2 stitches as one. Do the rest - of the row in single crochet except when you reach the - thirty-eighth stitch, when you take off 2 stitches as - one. There should be 48 single crochet stitches in the - thirteenth row. - - 10. Continue to make 48 stitches in each row until - there are 18 rows in front. Do not break off the yarn. - You will have a loop on the crochet needle. - -[Illustration: “A perfect fit!”] - - You will use this loop in making the separation for the - leg part of the Teddy Bear Leggings. - -[Illustration: Trying on.] - - 11. With the loop on the crochet needle, put the hook - through the twenty-fourth single crochet stitch, on the - opposite side, throw the yarn over the hook, and pull - it through both stitches. Now you will work in a circle - around the leg. - - 12. Make 24 single crochet stitches, and join the - twenty-fourth to the first stitch in the leg part, - with a slip stitch. Make 1 chain to turn. This is the - nineteenth row of the garment. - - 13. Make the twentieth row of single crochet and join - last and first stitches. - - On the twenty-first row, begin to narrow the leg. Make - single crochet stitches until you reach the eleventh - stitch. Then take off 2 stitches as one. Continue with - single crochet to end of row and join stitches. - -[Illustration: “Will you be quiet?”] - - 14. The twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth - rows are of single crochet. - - 15. The twenty-fifth row is like the twenty-first row. - - 16. The twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth - rows are of single crochet. - - 17. The twenty-ninth row is like the twenty-first row. - There should be 21 single crochet stitches in the - twenty-ninth row. - - 18. Continue to make 21 single crochet stitches in each - row until you have 47 rows from the waist line in front. - - 19. Next you will make the strap underneath the doll’s - foot. - - Make 5 chain stitches, and join the last one to the - ninth single crochet stitch with a slip stitch. - -[Illustration: “Chain, chain stitch, stitch.”] - - 20. Put 1 slip stitch in each stitch of chain for the - strap. Do not break off the yarn. Next you will make - the toe part of legging. - - 21. Make 3 slip stitches, putting them into the single - crochet stitches nearest the strap toward the front of - the legging. - - 22. Make 4 single crochet stitches and 1 chain stitch - to use in turning. - - 23. Make 4 rows of single crochets. - - 24. Now make slip stitches all around the bottom of the - legging to make a neat finish. - - 25. Make another leg like this one. Begin the work at - the inside seam or joining point of the leg just made. - Start this row at the back of the legging. - - Next you will make spaces for a runner at the waist. - - At the top of leggings at the joining point, or seam, - fasten yarn ready to begin new work. - - -_To Join New Thread_ - - Put the hook through the stitch at the place where you - need the new thread. Throw thread over hook, and pull - the end of the thread through the stitch and tie in a - single knot. Thread end into a zephyr needle, and run - it into the work. - - See also page 231. - -[Illustration: Put hook through.] - - -_To Make Runner Spaces_ - - 1. Make 3 chain stitches. - - 2. Put a double crochet in each of the next 14 stitches. - - 3. Make 20 treble crochet stitches. (See picture of - treble crochet, page 228.) - -[Illustration: “Won’t I be warm?”] - - 4. Make 14 double crochets. - - 5. Join with a slip stitch the last double crochet - stitch to the third chain stitch. See direction No. 1, - above. - - -_To Make the Runner_ - - Make a chain of 75 stitches, and thread through the - runner spaces as in making the doll’s petticoat. (See - page 90.) - -Fairly Flew gave the directions so rapidly that Mary Frances scarcely -realized when she finished one piece of the little Teddy Bear suit and -commenced on another. - -[Illustration: Fairly Flew.] - -When the three pieces were finished, “Good!” exclaimed the fairy. “The -reason that I talked so fast was that I was so anxious to see how your -baby would look when dressed like a Teddy Bear.” - -“Come here, dear,” said Mary Frances, holding out her arms, and Mary -Marie ran to her. - -“Twick, Mamma! Twick!” she cried, trying to get into the sweater by -herself. - -[Illustration: “Twick, Mamma! Twick!”] - -Mary Frances helped her and soon she was dressed. - -“Doesn’t she look dear!” exclaimed Mary Frances, kissing her. - -“She looks too cunning for anything!” said the Yarn Baby. - -“I could roll yarn for her all my life,” declared Wooley Ball. - -[Illustration: “I could roll yarn all my life.”] - -“Isn’t it wonderful to make such a beautiful thing out of a string?” -asked Crow Shay. “I should think that everybody would learn to know us -nice Crochet People.” - -“I should, too,” said Mary Frances. “I wish all my friends——” - -[Illustration: “I should too.”] - -“Hush!” exclaimed Fairly Flew. “I think I hear a step!” And she melted -out of sight. - -“Tate Mary M’rie for a walk, Mamma?” the little doll asked as Mary -Frances took her up in her arms; but when they reached the foot of -the stairs, Mary Marie began to look like a doll again, and stared at -things just as dolls do. - -“She is afraid some one will see her, and the fairy has told her not to -talk,” thought Mary Frances. “I guess I’ll take her upstairs again so -as to be safe.” And she went to the playroom. - -“Nice walk,” said Mary Marie, leaning her head on Mary Frances’ neck -sleepily. So Mary Frances undressed her and put her to bed and then -went out to play. - - - - -CHAPTER XXII - -THE FIRST KNITTING LESSON - - -MARY FRANCES stopped at the door of the sewing room when she went -upstairs the next morning after breakfast, for she was sure that she -heard a voice. - -Crow Shay was speaking— - - “Now then unpack, - Both Knit and Knack, - For Fairly Flew - Has need of you.” - -[Illustration: “Now then unpack.”] - -“Did she say so?” asked a little voice eagerly. - -[Illustration: “Did she say so?”] - -“Did she say so?” asked another little voice just as eagerly. - -“Not exactly, not exactly,” answered Crow Shay; “but I saw her working -on some knitting.” - -“That’s a sign, I guess,” said Knit. - -“That’s a sign, I guess,” said Knack. - -And they both jumped out of the knitting bag. - -“Come, Wooley Ball,” cried Knit, “please help us.” - -“Come, Wooley Ball,” cried Knack, “please help us.” - -“Help you what?” asked Wooley Ball, rolling over toward them. - -[Illustration: “Help you what?”] - -“Help us teach the little Miss to knit,” replied Knit. - -“Help us teach the little Miss to knit,” echoed Knack. - -“I’ll help you!” Crow Shay offered. - -[Illustration: “I’ll help you!”] - -“You?” cried Knit. “You only crochet!” - -“You?” cried Knack. “You only crochet!” - -“Only?” exclaimed Crow Shay. “Only? Well, if I ever betted, I’d bet you -both that I can help teach knitting.” - -“I’d like to see you!” said Knit. - -“I’d like to see you!” said Knack. - -“Maybe you will,” laughed Crow Shay. “I’m willing to help you,” he -added. - -“Come,” thought Mary Frances. “If that little mischief keeps on, there -will be a quarrel. I must go in,” and she entered the room. - -“Why, how do you do, my new friends?” she said, speaking to Knit and -Knack. - -“Oh, they are pretty well, thank you,” answered Crow Shay. -“Good-morning, Miss Mary Frances.” - -The Yarn Baby’s hair rose high on her head. “Wait till you’re spoken -to, Crow Shay!” said she. - -[Illustration: “Wait till you’re spoken to!”] - -Crow Shay stepped back on the table. - -“You are Knit and Knack, my knitting needles. I know you well,” went on -Mary Frances. “I do hope that you will help me learn to knit.” - -“They’re crazy to,” began Crow Shay, “and I am——” - -The Yarn Baby gave him such a hard push with her soft little elbow that -he toppled off the table. - -[Illustration: Toppled off the table.] - -Then the Knitting twins had to laugh. They couldn’t help it. - -“Oh, dear!” sighed Mary Frances, picking him up. “Oh, dear! He is so -anxious to help that he forgets his manners; but he will learn some -day.” - -“I’ll call the fairy,” thought the little girl, and she said her magic -rhyme. - -[Illustration: “I’ll call the fairy.”] - -“Why, everybody is all ready for the next lessons,” said Fairly Flew, -looking around after she had greeted Mary Frances. “We will start at -once— - -[Illustration: “We will start at once.”] - - -_To Make a Slip Knot_ - - Material: About 2 yards four-fold Germantown wool. - - One pair bone knitting needles No. 6. - - - CUT 1 - - Hold yarn in hands as shown in this picture. - - CUT 2 - - Let upper thread fall behind the second finger of left - hand. - - CUT 3 - - Catch it between the first and second fingers. - - CUT 4 - - Pull hard on the thread in the right hand bringing the - loop off the left-hand fingers. - - CUT 5 - - Draw knot up tight. - - CUT 6 - - Slip the loop on a knitting needle and draw it up close. - -[Illustration: PLATE 4—MOTION PICTURES SHOWING THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE A -SLIP KNOT—FIRST STEP IN KNITTING. SEE PAGE 148] - - - - -CHAPTER XXIII - -CASTING-ON STITCHES - - -MARY FRANCES found that her fingers were pretty clumsy in doing this -exercise. She wished that Fairly Flew would give her a magic lesson. - -[Illustration: “No, I cannot do that.”] - -“No,” said the fairy, as though reading her thoughts, “I cannot do -that. Everybody has to learn in the same old way—by—trying— - - ‘If at first you don’t succeed, - Try, try again.’” - -Mary Frances tried harder than ever, and when she had made a slip knot, -every one looked delighted. - -[Illustration: Every one looked delighted.] - -“Now,” said Fairly Flew, “now, you are ready to try a new exercise.” - -“Now, it is Knit or Knack’s turn,” thought Mary Frances, as she took up -a knitting needle. It happened to be Knack. - -[Illustration: It happened to be Knack] - -The fairy smiled and nodded her approval; then she said, “Now, pay very -careful attention, and try - - -TO CAST ON STITCHES WITH THE FINGERS - - Material: About 2 yards four-fold Germantown wool. - - One pair bone knitting needles No. 6. - -[Illustration: “Now, pay attention.”] - - -CUT 1 - - Make slip knot about one-half yard from end of yarn. - Draw it up on one knitting needle, holding yarn in - position shown in this picture. - - -CUT 2 - - Catch hold of the shorter end of yarn with the left - hand, and hold hands in the positions shown in this - picture. - - -CUT 3 - - Turn the left hand around to the position shown in this - picture. With the right hand push the needle farther - through the loop on left thumb, and with the first - finger of the right hand throw the yarn over the point - of the needle. - -[Illustration: PLATE 5—MOTION PICTURES SHOWING HOW TO CAST ON KNITTING -STITCHES WITH THE FINGERS. SEE DESCRIPTION, PAGE 150] - - -CUT 4 - - Draw the yarn tight and - - -CUT 5 - - bring the needle toward you through the loop on the - thumb. - - -CUT 6 - - Push the loop backward from the point of the needle. - - -CUT 7 - - Pull the loop downward. - -[Illustration: “Look out!”] - - -CUT 8 - - Let go of the loop and catching hold of the end of yarn - in the left hand with the fingers and thumb, draw the - loop up tight against the needle. - -[Illustration: “Try, try again!”] - -[Illustration: “Will you two keep still?”] - - - - -CHAPTER XXIV - -CROW SHAY HELPS KNIT - - -EVERYONE watched Mary Frances as she tried to follow Fairly Flew’s -instructions; but the little girl had to try several times before she -could do the exercise well. - -“You didn’t get the knack of it at first,” said the Yarn Baby, “but you -do splendidly now.” - -“She has had Knack in the hand all the time,” whispered Crow Shay to -Knit, who began to laugh. - -Hearing Knit laugh, Knack began to laugh, too. - -[Illustration: Knit and Knack laugh] - -“Why, I can scarcely hold this needle still!” exclaimed Mary Frances, -and Knack and Knit stopped giggling. - -“You made them laugh!” whispered the Yarn Baby to Crow Shay, but he -pretended not to hear. - -[Illustration: “It is all your fault!”] - -“The first work in knitting,” said Fairly Flew, “is the casting of -stitches or loops on one knitting needle. There are several different -ways of doing this.” - -[Illustration: “The first work.”] - -“Yes,” said the little girl, “I have seen Aunt Maria cast on stitches -with two knitting needles.” - -[Illustration: “Yes, I see.”] - -“You will learn that method later on,” Fairly Flew promised; “but next—” - -She did not finish the sentence because Crow Shay was attracting -everybody’s attention by his funny antics. He couldn’t seem to keep -still, but kept hopping up and down on the table so hard that it made a -constant tap-tap-tap! - -“Watch me, Knit,” he was whispering, “you’ll soon be surprised to see -me help you.” Then he began to giggle. - -“The little tease!” exclaimed Fairly Flew. Then turning to Mary Frances -she continued: “I see that you have your needle well filled with -cast-on stitches. They look nice and even, and you could knit them off -quite easily when shown how to use the other needle; but before you -learn to take stitches off, I wish to tell you about another easy way -to cast on stitches.” - -[Illustration: PLATE 6—MOTION PICTURES SHOWING HOW TO CAST ON KNITTING -STITCHES WITH A CROCHET HOOK. SEE DESCRIPTION, PAGE 155] - - -TO CAST ON STITCHES WITH A CROCHET HOOK[I] - -(See picture on opposite page) - - Material: Germantown zephyr. - - One pair bone knitting needles No. 6, crochet hook No. - 3. - -[Illustration: To cast on.] - - -CUT 1 - - 1. Make a slip knot in the end of the yarn and slip - it on the knitting needle. Do not pull the slip knot - very close to the needle. Hold slip knot with thumb and - second finger of left hand and with right hand slip the - crochet hook into the slip knot back of the knitting - needle. Put hook under yarn and pull a loop through the - slip knot. Still hold slip knot with thumb and first - finger of left hand. - - -CUT 2 - - 2. Bring the crochet hook in front of the knitting - needle; wrap, and draw a loop through the loop on the - crochet hook. - -[Illustration: With crochet hook.] - - -CUT 3 - - 3. With first finger of left hand throw the yarn back - over point of knitting needle, - - -CUT 4 - - and make another stitch with the crochet hook. - - Continue doing this until the number of stitches wanted - are cast on the needle. Slip the last loop on the - crochet hook over the point of the knitting needle. - -“She got the knack of that very quickly,” said the Yarn Baby to Wooley -Ball. - -“No wonder,” whispered Crow Shay. “I was there to help her.” - -“Many people would find the crochet method easier than other methods, -but it is not to be preferred where the edges of garments must be -stretched,” Fairly Flew went on to explain. “It is not a good method to -use in setting up the bottom of a sweater, because the edge should be -very elastic; but if you are making a doll’s shawl, for instance, the -crocheted cast-on stitches would be all right.” - - “See that, Knit and Knack! - You thought Crow Shay - Wouldn’t be needed - For many a day!” - -Crow Shay whispered to the knitting needle twins, who only laughed at -him and clicked their heads together. - -“Isn’t he funny?” said Knit. - -“Isn’t he funny?” said Knack. - -[Illustration: “I was there to help.”] - -[Illustration: “Isn’t he funny?”] - - “Funny Sonny - Cried on Monday, - Played on Tuesday, - Knit on Wednesday, - Crowed on Thursday, - Shayed on Friday, - Smiled on Saturday, - Laughed on Sunday,” - -recited Crow Shay to them in a low voice. - -“Say it out loud,” said Fairly Flew. - -Crow Shay looked embarrassed, but he knew that he must do as the fairy -told him, so he repeated the lines, which set everyone laughing. - -“He’s so full of mischief,” said Fairly Flew, “that sometimes he -doesn’t know what he is saying.” - -Crow Shay began to look very solemn and wise, which made them all laugh -again; but they stopped very suddenly as Billy’s voice called: - -“Mary Frances!” - -[Illustration: Looked embarrassed] - -[Illustration: “Say it out loud.”] - -[Illustration: “I know what you wish to do”] - - - - -CHAPTER XXV - -TO KNIT A STITCH - - -“GOODNESS, Billy, you made me jump!” exclaimed Mary Frances, running -downstairs to meet him. - -[Illustration: “You made me jump!”] - -“Sorry,” said Billy. “I couldn’t find you down here and guessed that -you’d be in the sewing room. What keeps you there so long?” - -“Oh, I told you, Billy—I am practicing knitting!” Mary Frances replied. - -“Well, it must be lots of fun,” Billy said. “It certainly keeps you -quiet enough. Come on, and have a game of tennis.” - -Mary Frances went to find her hat and jacket. - -[Illustration: To find her hat.] - -“When I know how, I shall make myself a sweater,” she thought. “I -should like to make one for mother first though—a pink one trimmed -with gray.” - -“Come on, Mary Frances,” called Billy, “aren’t you ready?” - -“Coming,” cried Mary Frances, running out the door. - - * * * * * - -In about an hour and a half she came back to the room. “Oh, I have been -so worried!” she exclaimed. “Dear Knitting and Crocheting People, I -forgot entirely to give Mary Marie her bottle.” - -[Illustration: “Did you?”] - -“I gave her her pacifier,” said Crow Shay. - -“Oh, what a story!” cried Knit. - -[Illustration: “Oh, what a story!”] - -“Oh, what a story!” cried Knack. - -“I am glad that he didn’t,” said Mary Frances. “I do not often let her -have if for fear it will spoil the shape of her pretty mouth. I must -run and give her her bottle now.” - -“I thought the little Miss was joking,” Crow Shay said as soon as she -had gone. “I never heard of a baby taking a bottle if she was old -enough to go to school, did you?” - -“Oh, keep still, Crow Shay,” whispered the Yarn Baby. “You know all -about it. You know that Mary Marie is only——” - -[Illustration: “Keep still, Crow Shay.”] - -Just then Mary Frances came back. - -“Mary Marie was sound asleep,” she said, “so I didn’t disturb her. Now -I’ll work hard to learn the next lesson,” and she repeated the little -verse, - - “Fairy Fairly Flew, - Please come, for I need you;” - -and the fairy appeared. - -“I’ve been waiting to be called,” she said settling quickly in the -doll’s rocker, “for you have such an important lesson to learn. Quickly -set up fifteen stitches on one knitting needle.” - -[Illustration: “I’ve been waiting.”] - -“Which method shall I use?” thought Mary Frances, picking up Knack. “I -believe I will use the first one I learned,” she decided, and soon had -the fifteen stitches ready. She broke off the short end of yarn which -was hanging from the needle. - -“Now,” said Fairly Flew, “now, you are ready to learn how— - - -TO KNIT PLAIN - - Material: Knitting worsted or four-fold Germantown - zephyr in any color. - - One pair bone knitting needles, No. 6, 7, or 8. - - With the fingers, cast about 15 stitches on one needle. - Tie the short end of yarn to the long end in a single - knot close to the needle. Cut off short end. - -[Illustration: “No, you’ll knot!”] - - -CUT 1 - - Take up the other knitting needle with the thumb and - fingers of the right hand, and slip the point of the - right-hand knitting needle into the first loop on the - left-hand needle, holding work in the position shown - in the picture. Let the point of the right-hand needle - stick out beyond the loop about an inch. - - -CUT 2 - - Now spread open the thumb and finger of the right hand, - and slide the hand forward until you can lift the - thread which is over your first finger over the point - of the right needle. - -[Illustration: “We’ll knit!”] - - -CUT 3 - - Now slide the right hand back into the position shown - in this picture, and put the first finger of your - _left_ hand on the point of the right-hand needle, and - push the right-hand needle back until the point is even - with the left needle. - -[Illustration: PLATE 7—MOTION PICTURES SHOWING HOW TO KNIT PLAIN - -SEE DESCRIPTION, PAGE 162] - - -CUT 4 - - Bring the point of the right-hand needle over the front - of the left-hand needle. This carries a new loop on to - the right-hand needle. - - -CUT 5 - - Slide the right-hand needle to the point of the left - needle. - - -CUT 6 - - Slip the end loop on the left needle off the point of - the left needle, holding back the other loops on the - left needle with the finger and thumb. - - Continue to knit in this way until all the stitches are - knitted off the left needle. - - * * * * * - - Now place the needle with the new stitches on, in - the left hand. Do not knit the first stitch off the - needle, but slip it off the needle without knitting. - Always slip the first stitch on a row unless told to do - otherwise. - -[Illustration: “See me knit!”] - - -TO SLIP A STITCH - - Put the point of the right-hand needle through the - first stitch, and slip it over the top of the left - needle. - - Continue to knit plain across the row. - -[Illustration: “Don’t brag!”] - -[Illustration: She drew up the strings] - - - - -CHAPTER XXVI - -MARY FRANCES REALLY KNITS - - -MARY FRANCES had so much trouble getting the knack of this lesson that -her fingers seemed like “all thumbs,” try as she would. - -[Illustration: “You are nervous.”] - -“You are a little nervous, my dear,” said Fairly Flew. “Do not get -discouraged. Some day you will laugh at yourself for having trouble in -doing this, because knitting will be as easy—what is very easy?” she -asked. - -[Illustration: “Knitting will be easy.”] - -“Billy says, ‘as easy as rolling out of bed,’” laughed Mary Frances. - -“Well, ‘as easy as rolling out of bed,’” finished the fairy. - -How Mary Frances wished that that time had come, or that the fairy -would offer her her magic needles. - -[Illustration: Magic needles.] - -“I cannot offer you my magic needles you know,” went on Fairly Flew; -“but I can help you learn the lesson. Just watch me closely.” - -She pulled two tiny gold knitting needles from her pocket. The heads of -the needles sparkled so that Mary Frances thought they must be diamonds. - -Then the fairy drew some fine yarn from her pocket and began to do the -lesson just as she had given the directions to Mary Frances. - -“Now, watch me closely,” she said, “and take your needles and do -exactly as I do.” - -Before Mary Frances realized it, she had fifteen nice rows of knitting -done. - -[Illustration: “Isn’t that splendid!”] - -“Isn’t that splendid!” exclaimed Fairly Flew. “Now you are ready to -learn— - - -HOW TO BIND OFF - -(How to Finish Knitted Work) - - NOTE.—When first learning how to bind off work it is - easier to use a crochet hook in the right hand in place - of the knitting needle, as shown in the picture on page - 167. - - In doing this work make very loose stitches. - - 1. Knit the first 2 stitches of the last row of work on - to a No. 4 crochet hook. - - 2. Slip the left needle into the first loop on the - crochet hook and pull this stitch over the top of the - hook, and over the stitch nearest the hook. - -[Illustration: HOW TO BIND OFF] - - 3. Knit another stitch, still using the crochet hook in - place of the right-hand knitting needle. - - 4. With the left-hand needle lift the first loop on the - crochet needle over the stitch just made and over the - hook of the crochet needle. - -[Illustration: “I helped!”] - - 5. Continue doing this until there is but one stitch - on the crochet needle. Break off the yarn about 1 inch - from the work, and pull it all the way through this - last stitch. - -[Illustration: “Look at proud Crow Shay.”] - -Of course, Mary Frances did not find it difficult to follow these -directions, because she watched Fairly Flew do the work and made each -stitch just as the fairy made it. - -“That is splendidly done,” said the fairy as Mary Frances broke off the -yarn and fastened the last stitch. “For the next lesson you will make -something for Mary Marie.” - -“Oh, I do not see how I can wait until to-morrow to start!” exclaimed -Mary Frances. - -“But you’d better not work any more now—besides, my time is up for -to-day,” said Fairly Flew. “It will not seem long until to-morrow, -because you’ll be asleep for all night, you know.” - -So Mary Frances put away her work. - -“Good-bye, dear friends,” she said as she went away. - -[Illustration: “Good bye.”] - -“Good-bye. We’ll all be ready and waiting to-morrow,” everybody -promised at once. - -[Illustration: “Good bye.”] - -[Illustration: OUR FRIENDS, TEDDY BEAR AND AIRMAN - -FOR DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING KNITTED ARTICLES SHOWN IN THIS ILLUSTRATION -SEE - -TEDDY BEAR SUIT—129 DOLL’S BEAN BAG—180 AVIATOR DOLL’S OUTFIT—196-197] - - - - -CHAPTER XXVII - -DOING IT OVER AGAIN - - -AS soon as Mary Frances opened her eyes the next morning she thought of -the promised lesson. - -“I’ll hurry and dress,” she whispered. “Perhaps I can start my lesson -before breakfast. I wonder if the Knitting People are awake yet?” - -Soon she was dressed, and ran to the sewing room. - -“Good morning,” everybody greeted her as she entered. - -[Illustration: “Good morning.”] - -This surprised her quite a little. - -“Why, good morning, my dear friends,” she replied. “I thought maybe you -wouldn’t be awake yet. It is so early.” - -[Illustration: “Good morning.”] - - “Give me a shake - If I’m not awake - Before anyone else - Jumps into the cake,” - -sang Crow Shay. - -“Jumps into the cake!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Why, what has that to -do with your waking up?” - -“Oh, nothing,” answered Crow Shay, “only I couldn’t think of any other -word to rhyme.” - -Then Mary Frances laughed and said the little magic verse, - - “Fairy Fairly Flew, - Please come, for I need you.” - -“Good morning,” Fairly Flew said; and before Mary Frances could reply, -she added, “How pleased we are to see you so bright and early because -you are so anxious to learn your lesson.” - -[Illustration: “Give me a shake.”] - -“And because I am so anxious to make something for my dolly,” said Mary -Frances. - -[Illustration: “Jumps into the cake!”] - -“Well, you may start right away,” and Fairly Flew began to give the -instructions for making— - - -DOLL’S KNITTED SHAWL - -(See picture opposite page 72—color plate) - - Material: Four-fold pink Germantown zephyr. - - Needles: one pair No. 5 knitting needles, one crochet - hook No. 3. - - 1. Cast on 23 stitches. Knit plain until shawl is 14 - inches long; and bind off. - - 2. Trim ends with fringe, cutting the strands of yarn - each 4 inches long. Put 2 strands in every other stitch - at ends of shawl and pull through with crochet hook. - (See directions for making fringe, page 69.) - -[Illustration] - -Mary Frances set to work with great pleasure, and before Katie called -her to breakfast she had eight rows of knitting done. - -After helping Katie to dry the breakfast dishes, she sat in the hammock -and did six more rows. - -“Won’t Fairly Flew be surprised when she sees this!” she thought as she -started upstairs. - -The fairy was waiting in the little rocker when she entered the room. - -[Illustration: Waiting for her.] - -[Illustration: Katie called her.] - -“Oh!” she exclaimed, “isn’t that lovely! You have done some work all by -yourself.” - -“Yes,” said Mary Frances, “I wanted to surprise you, but somehow it -seems to me that the rows I have just knitted do not look quite so even -as those I did when I was with you.” - -“Let me look at them more closely,” said the fairy, and when Mary -Frances laid her work on the table she bent close over it. - -“Oh, my dear!” she said in her tiny voice. “Oh, my dear, you have -dropped some stitches! See?” and she pointed to the loose threads. - -Mary Frances picked up her work and stretched these places open. The -stitches ripped apart. - -“My, I am so disappointed!” she exclaimed. “What shall I do?” - -“You must pull out your needle and rip out all your stitches back to -the beginning of the row where you see your first mistake,” said the -fairy. - -Try as she would, Mary Frances couldn’t keep the tears from coming to -her eyes as she ripped out the stitches which she had made with so much -pleasure. - -[Illustration: “You dropped some stitches”] - -[Illustration: Couldn’t keep back the tears.] - -“Oh, see how wrinkled the yarn is!” she cried. “I guess it will look -awful when it is used again!” - -“No,” said the fairy, “it will not. Why, many a grown person has -unraveled a whole sweater and used the yarn again.” - -“I shouldn’t think used yarn would make anything very nice,” said Mary -Frances. - -“Yes, it does, if it is steamed.” - -“Why, how can it be steamed?” asked the little girl, wondering. - -“To steam the crinkles out of used yarn, lay it in a towel. Place the -towel in a wire strainer or colander. Place the strainer for five -minutes over a kettle of boiling water, but not touching the water. Let -the yarn dry in the strainer with the towel open.” - -“Isn’t that fine to know!” said Mary Frances. “Shall I go steam this?” -She held up the pink yarn. - -[Illustration: “Can it be steamed?”] - -“No,” replied the fairy. “That has been ripped so soon after making -that you will not have any trouble with it. Try, and see.” - -[Illustration: “Place in a colander.”] - -So Mary Frances started bravely to work again. When she had done the -seven rows which she had ripped out Fairly Flew said, “How well you -have done, little girl! Now, you may finish the shawl with my magic -needles.” - -You can imagine, can’t you, just how pleased Mary Frances was when the -fairy’s golden diamond-headed needles finished the shawl in a minute? - -[Illustration: Diamond-headed.] - -All this time Crow Shay had watched with sparkling eyes everything that -happened. - -Fairly Flew now turned to him and said, “You have been so very good, -Crow Shay, that you may make the fringe on this shawl.” - -[Illustration: Kick the fringe.] - -Mary Frances couldn’t help laughing to see the little fellow tumble -head foremost into the little shawl and kick the fringe on the ends in -less time than it would take to tell you how to do it. - - - - -CHAPTER XXVIII - -DOLL’S KNITTED HOOD - - -“LOVELY s’awl,” laughed the pleased dolly, when Mary Frances tried the -little shawl on Mary Marie. “Nice warm st’etchy shawl,” as she wrapped -it close over her shoulders. She meant stretchy, you know. - -[Illustration: “Nice warm st’ctchy shawl.”] - -Mary Frances carried her into the sewing room, “to thank her kind -friends who taught her mamma to make it,” which pleased them all very -much. - -[Illustration: To thank them.] - -When Mary Frances started to take the shawl off, Mary Marie cried, “’Oo -tan’t hab my s’awl; I’ll be told,” so Mary Frances sat her on the table -with the shawl around her, and gave her her doll to play with. - -“Mary M’rie needs a nice ’ittle bonnet, to wear wif ’iss s’awl,” said -Mary Marie, looking up after a minute. “Mary M’rie’s ears are told.” - -“I will go get your little cap,” said Mary Frances, starting to go find -it. - -“No, no, Mamma,” cried the doll-baby. “Don’t want tap. I want bonnet. -Teep ears warm,” and she began to rub her little ears. - -Mary Frances laughed. “You can pull your cap down on your ears, -dearie,” she said. - -“No,” said Fairly Flew, “what Mary Marie wants is a real little bonnet, -just as she says—one that will tie under her chin and cover her ears. -Yarn Baby has just been waiting to give you the rules for making— - - -DOLL’S KNITTED HOOD - -(See picture opposite page 230—color plate) - - Materials: Two-fold pink and two-fold white Saxony wool. - One pair knitting needles, No. 2. - - Directions: - - 1. Cast on 55 stitches with pink wool. - - 2. Knit plain for 4½ inches. - - 3. Break off pink wool and tie on the white wool, and - knit 4½ inches. Bind off the work. - -[Illustration: Fold on A-B] - -[Illustration: Sew A-C and B-D] - - -_To Form the Hood_ - - 1. Fold the strip together across the two colors along - the line _a_ and _b_. - - 2. Sew (overhand) with Saxony wool along edges _a_ _c_ - and _b_ _d_. - - 3. Turn inside out to put seams on the inside. - - 4. Now fold on the line where the two colors are - joined, and overhand the colors together on the open - edge. - - 5. Thread a long-eyed needle with three-quarter yard - narrow pink ribbon and sew with small basting stitches - along the edge just overhanded—to use to tie cap. - -[Illustration: To tie cap.] - - 6. Fasten ribbon rosettes on each corner for trimming. - -Fairly Flew’s magic needles lay on the table, but Mary Frances did not -like to use them without the fairy’s special permission. So she took -Knit and Knack up in her hand, and they did their very best to help -her, sliding into the stitches almost by themselves. - -In fact, they did so well that it did not take Mary Frances long to -finish the little cap. - -[Illustration: Cap finished.] - -“Isn’t that boo’ful!” exclaimed Mary Marie, clapping her hands as Mary -Frances held it up to view. “Pit it on, Mamma. Please pit it on Mary -M’rie!” - -“Wait until I put on the strings, dear,” said Mary Frances. “I have -just the right kind of ribbon in my little doll’s trunk.” And she went -to find it. - -[Illustration: Right kind of ribbon.] - -Very soon Mary Marie had on the beautiful soft warm hood. - -“Oh, doesn’t she look sweet in that?” exclaimed Mary Frances, kissing -her. - -“Ears nice and warm, Mamma. Mary M’rie s’eepy now.” And Mary Frances -carried her off to bed. - -“T’ank ’oo all, berry much,” said Mary Marie, throwing kisses, as Mary -Frances stopped in the doorway for a minute. - -[Illustration: “Tank ’oo all.”] - - - - -CHAPTER XXIX - -WHAT’S A PURL? - - -WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question. - -“Little Miss,” he said, “what’s a purl?” - -[Illustration: “What’s a purl?”] - -“A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a -question. “A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.” - -“Oh, no; I beg your pardon,” said Crow Shay. “A purl is a precious -stitch found in knitting.” - -“Is he crazy?” Mary Frances wondered. - -“No,” laughed the fairy, “he isn’t crazy. He is right about this; it is -now time that you learn how to make ribbed work in knitting. This is -called purling. How would you like to learn to purl and, at the same -time, make a bean bag for Mary Marie?” - -[Illustration: “No, he isn’t crazy.”] - -“Oh, that would be splendid!” cried Mary Frances, very much pleased. - -“All right, then,” said the Yarn Baby; “listen carefully, and you will -find out how to make a - - -DOLL’S KNITTED BEAN BAG - -(See picture opposite page 168—color plate) - - Material: Four-fold red, white, and blue Germantown zephyr. - Two steel knitting needles, No. 12. - Bone crochet hook, No. 3. - - Directions: - - 1. With red yarn, cast on 12 stitches. - - 2. Knit 1 row across. - - 3. The next row will be purled. Slip off the first - stitch without knitting. - -[Illustration: Doll’s Bean Bag.] - - -_How to Purl_ - -CUT 1 - - Throw the yarn in front of the _right-hand_ needle - by throwing it over the point of the needle just as - if taking a knitting stitch, _but do not put the - point of the needle into any stitch on the left-hand - needle before throwing the yarn over the point of the - right-hand needle_. - -[Illustration: “Listen carefully.”] - -[Illustration: PLATE 8—HOW TO PURL. SEE DESCRIPTION, PAGE 180] - - -CUT 2 - - Now put the point of the right needle into the next - stitch on the left needle pointing the right needle - toward the base of the left thumb. - - -CUT 3 - - Throw the yarn over the point of the right needle in - just the same way as in plain knitting. - - Next, pull the right needle _back_ and slip it _under_ - the left needle. Slip the top stitch on the left needle - off the point of the left needle. The yarn will then be - in the right position for purling the next stitch. - -[Illustration: Beneath stitch.] - - Continue to purl all the way across the row. - - 4. Slip off the first stitch and plain knit off the - other stitches in the next row. - - By this time you will notice that when you are purling - you are doing the work on the wrong side. - -[Illustration] - - 5. Slip off the first stitch on the next row. After - slipping off this stitch, throw the yarn in front of - the right needle and purl across the row. - -[Illustration: “Isn’t it pretty?”] - - 6. Continue knitting and purling every other row until - the piece of work is 2 inches long. Bind off. This - forms one side of the bean bag. - - 7. Make another piece like this for the other side, - using the blue yarn. - - -_To Make the Bean Bag_ - - 1. Make a little bag of soft cotton cloth and partly - fill it with rice. - -[Illustration: Rice.] - - 2. Lay the red and blue pieces together, backs facing - each other and “ribs” running in the same direction. - - 3. With the white yarn, crochet the edges together with - single crochet, leaving one end open. Slip the cloth - bag inside the knitted bag and finish crocheting it - together. - -[Illustration: Crochet edges together.] - -Mary Frances found that purling seemed quite awkward to do at first, -but after she had done half a dozen rows, the stitches formed much more -easily. When she finished the red square she stopped to admire the -pretty even rows of ribs. Just as she finished putting the bean bag -together, the bell rang for luncheon. - -“I’ll bring the rice back with me after lunch,” she said, “if Katie -will give it to me.” - - - - -CHAPTER XXX - -DOLL’S SLEEVELESS SWEATER - - -WHEN she came back, Mary Frances had the rice; and she soon finished -the little bean bag. - -“Won’t Mary Marie be delighted with this surprise?” she said. “I feel -almost like waking her up.” - -“Oh, don’t do that,” said Fairly Flew, “because we will soon have -another surprise for her if you will work hard.” - -[Illustration: “Another surprise.”] - -“Indeed I will,” promised Mary Frances. “I wonder what it is?” - -“Guess!” said Crow Shay. - -[Illustration: “Guess!”] - -“A—a wash rag?” guessed Mary Frances. - -“No,” said Fairly Flew. “Guess again.” - -“A—a stocking?” guessed Mary Frances again. - -“Oh, no,” laughed Crow Shay, - - “It’s something better— - It’s a sweater.” - -[Illustration: “It’s a sweater.”] - -“Is it?” cried Mary Frances. “Is it? Why, that’s just exactly what I’d -wish for most of all things!” - -“It is,” answered Fairly Flew, “and this time Wooley Ball is going to -give the directions.” - -“Oh, I am so glad!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “I have wondered and -wondered why she is so quiet.” - -Everybody looked at Crow Shay. Crow Shay looked ashamed. - -“I’ll tell you about it,” he said at length. “You see, I talked so much -that Wooley Ball made a bargain with me. She said that if I would talk -only half that I wanted to, she wouldn’t talk at all, and we’ve both -kept our bargain.” - -Then everybody began to laugh. Wooley Ball laughed most heartily of all. - -[Illustration: Wooley Ball laughed.] - -“You see, it isn’t hard for me to keep the bargain,” she said, -“because, while I like to tell about yarns, I’m not much of a yarn -spinner. Still, if our Fairly Flew wishes, I shall feel honored to tell -how to make— - - -DOLL’S KNITTED SLEEVELESS SWEATER - -(See frontispiece—color plate) - -[Illustration: Blue floss and gray yarn.] - - Material: Turquoise blue double wool floss, and gray teazle yarn - for trimming. - 2 Bone knitting needles No. 3, crochet hook No. 3. - - Directions: - - _To Knit the Back of the Sweater_ - - 1. Cast on 32 stitches and knit plain for 15 ribs. A - rib is made by knitting a row across and a row back - again. Two rows form a rib in knitting. - - 2. To form the waist line, knit 2 stitches and purl 2 - stitches for 6 rows. - -[Illustration: Fairly Flew.] - - 3. Knit 15 more ribs plain. This will reach the - shoulder of the sweater. - - 4. _To Knit the Shoulder._—Knit 10 stitches, and slip - them off on a safety pin. (See page 186.) - -[Illustration] - - -_To Slip off Stitches Needed Later_ - -(See picture on page 185) - - In doing this work, point the safety-pin toward the - last stitch on the right-hand needle, and slip it off - the needle on to the pin. Slip the rest of the stitches - in the same way. Clasp the safety-pin. Very large - safety-pins are made for the purpose. - - 5. Bind off the next 12 stitches to form back of neck. - - 6. Knit 4 ribs on the remaining 10 stitches to form the - shoulders. (See picture on page 187.) - - 7. Now increase the number of stitches. Make 1 new - stitch on every other rib (that is, on one row of every - other rib). Add the extra stitch to the neck end of - front of sweater. - -[Illustration: Slip stitch.] - - -_To Increase or Add a Stitch in Knitting_ - - Knit 1 stitch on the front thread of 1 stitch, and - without slipping a stitch off the end of the left - needle bring the right needle over the point of the - left needle. Knit another stitch on the back thread - of the same stitch. In doing this, point the needle - through the back thread away from you. Slip top loop - off left needle. - - 8. Increase the number of stitches as explained in No. - 7 until you have 16 stitches on the knitting needle, - and continue to knit in ribs without increasing until - there are 20 ribs from the starting of the shoulder. - - 9. Then knit 2 and purl 2 stitches for 6 rows. - - 10. Then knit 15 ribs plain and bind off the work. - - 11. To start making the other shoulder, unclasp safety - pin and hold knitting needle pointing toward point of - safety pin. - -[Illustration: “Won’t she be surprised?”] - - Take 1 stitch at a time off the safety pin on to the - knitting needle. _Fasten the wool at corner of neck._ - - Then make other front like the one just finished. - -[Illustration: To form armhole.] - - Sew fronts and back together along line a b, pinning a - to a, and b to b. The space between a and a will form - the armhole. (See frontispiece.) - -[Illustration] - - -_To Make the Collar_ - -(See page 188.) - - 1. With gray teazle yarn cast on 26 stitches, and knit - 2 ribs. - - 2. Break off the gray yarn and tie on the blue yarn. - - 3. Knit 8 ribs of blue. - - 4. Knit 8 stitches. Slip them on to a safety pin. - -[Illustration: Slip on safety pin.] - - 5. Bind off 10 stitches for the neck, and on the other - 8 stitches knit 11 ribs of blue. Break off yarn. - - 6. Join the gray yarn and knit 2 ribs. Bind off the - work. - - 7. Take the 8 stitches off the safety pin on to the - knitting needle and make the other side of the collar - in the same way. Sew the collar to the sweater with - blue yarn. - - -_To Make the Tie_ - - Crochet 15 chain stitches and hang a tassel to the end - for trimming; or instead of making a tassel, crochet - single crochet stitches over a little brass ring if you - have one; or - - Wind the yarn around a lead pencil 8 times. Without - breaking the yarn slip the ring thus formed off the - pencil. (See picture p. 189.) - -[Illustration: Wind on lead pencil] - - (_a_) Tie it together with sewing thread. - - (_b_) Make single crochet stitches over the ring until - it is filled, and without breaking the yarn, make a - chain of 15 stitches. - - Sew the chain to the sweater at the end of the collar. - - Make another tie in this same way. - -[Illustration: THE COLLAR] - -When the beautiful little sweater was finished, with the help of the -magic knitting needles, Mary Frances was too happy for words, and Mary -Marie danced up and down with joy. - -“’Et Mary M’rie see herse’f in the glass!” she begged. “Please, Mamma, -’et her loot at et!” - -[Illustration: Danced with joy.] - -[Illustration: TO MAKE THE TIE] - -So Mary Frances stood her before the doll’s bureau. - -[Illustration: “Isn’t I tweet?”] - -“Isn’t I tweet?” said the proud doll-baby, “I mean, isn’t it tweet?—I -mean, isn’t we tweet?” and set everyone laughing. - -[Illustration: Everyone laughed.] - -“Oh,” exclaimed Mary Frances, looking out of the window, “here comes -the postman. I hope he has a letter from mother.” And she ran to the -door. - -[Illustration: “The very thing.”] - - - - -CHAPTER XXXI - -GOOD NEWS - - -“LISTEN!” she said, coming back after a few moments. “Listen while I -read my letter: - -[Illustration: “Dear Mary Frances.”] - - _Dear Mary Frances:_ - - _How glad you will all be to hear that father is so - much better that Aunt Maria and I are planning to bring - him home some day next week._ - - _What dear good children you and Billy have been, and - how we have enjoyed your splendid cheerful letters._ - -[Illustration: Aunt Maria.] - - _I am pleased that you have been practicing on your - crocheting lesson. It pleases Aunt Maria, too. Every - girl should be able to crochet and knit. I wish I had - been taught when I was little—but I had no Aunt Maria._ - - _Now, my dear, be brave a little while longer and not - too lonely, for the sake of your loving_ - - _Mother and Father_. - -“Now, isn’t that a lovely letter!” said Mary Frances, as she finished -reading. - -[Illustration: “Lovely letter!”] - -“Lovely letter!” said Crow Shay. “Lovely letter, but it means a -hurry-hurry to get through our lessons!” - -Mary Frances looked at Fairly Flew. - -“Yes,” the fairy acknowledged, “the Queen of all Fairies told us that -we must finish the lessons before your parents——” - -“And aunt,” interrupted Crow Shay. - -“Yes,” laughed Fairly Flew, “and aunt, come home.” - -“Oh, dear,” cried Mary Frances, “I love my lessons so much, and yet I -do want my father and mother home.” - -“Never mind,” said the fairy, “never mind; let us finish the lessons -as soon as we can; and afterward if you need me very much, and call me -with the magic rhyme when no real people can overhear us, I will come -sometimes to help you.” - -[Illustration: “Never mind.”] - -“Oh, will you?” exclaimed Mary Frances, drying her tears. “That is a -real comfort to think of.” - -“Now, go take a walk,” continued Fairly Flew; “you have been indoors -long enough for to-day.” - -“Take me walk, Mamma?” asked Mary Marie. - -[Illustration: “Take me walk, Mamma?”] - -Mary Frances looked at the fairy. - -“Shall I take her?” she asked; “and may I leave her sweater on?” - -“Take her, by all means,” answered the fairy; “and, if you wish, you -may leave her sweater on.” - -“But suppose someone asks me who made it?” Mary Frances said. - -“Just say that some dear friends of yours helped make it,” the fairy -told her. - -“Will Mary Marie stay alive?” Mary Frances asked. - -“The Queen of Fairies told me that she would be real while you are -learning to crochet and knit, except when any other person than -yourself looked at her. Then she will turn into a doll again.” - -[Illustration: “She will turn into a doll.”] - -“Oh, isn’t this wonderful!” exclaimed the little girl, putting on Mary -Marie’s cap. “I’ll try to take a walk where no one will notice us—and -I’ll come early for a lesson to-morrow. I love my lessons so much that -I never want to stop learning.” - -[Illustration: “All work and no play.”] - - “All work, and no play - Will make you dumb as me, Crow Shay,” - -sang Crow Shay as Mary Frances went out. - -[Illustration: Mary Frances went out.] - - - - -CHAPTER XXXII - -THE BOY AVIATOR - - -THE next morning when Mary Frances went into the sewing room, Fairly -Flew was sitting in the rocker waiting for her. - -[Illustration: Waiting for her.] - -“Is there anything which you particularly would like to learn to make?” -she asked. - -“Yes,” replied Mary Frances. “I would love to learn how to make an -outfit for the aviator doll in Billy’s airship.” - -“Hurrah!” cried Crow Shay. - -“Hurrah!” cried Knit. - -“Hurrah!” cried Knack. - -[Illustration: “Hurrah!”] - -“Why are they so pleased?” asked Mary Frances. - -“Because that is just what we had planned,” said Fairly Flew. “So -listen while I tell you how to make— - - -AVIATOR DOLL’S KNITTED HELMET - -(See picture opposite page 168—color plate) - -[Illustration] - - One pair knitting bone needles No. 3. - - Material: Olive drab or khaki color knitting worsted. - - Directions: - - 1. Cast on 22 stitches. - - 2. Knit plain 76 ribs (a rib is a row across and back). - - 3. Bind off. - -[Illustration: “Ready for war.”] - - -_To Make the Helmet_ - - Fold it across the middle and sew (overhand) 2 edges - together the length of the doll’s head in back with the - yarn. Then sew front edges together for a short space - under the chin. - -[Illustration: “Or cold.”] - - -AVIATOR DOLL’S KNITTED WRISTLETS - -[Illustration] - - Material: Olive drab wool. - - One pair No. 12 steel knitting needles. - - Directions: - - 1. Cast on 18 stitches. - - 2. Knit 1 stitch; purl 1 stitch. - - 3. Continue knitting 1 stitch and purling 1 stitch - until wristlets are 1¾ inches long. - - 4. Fold edges together and sew up sides, leaving small - opening close to one end for the thumb. - -[Illustration: “See me knit.”] - - -AVIATOR DOLL’S KNITTED SLEEVELESS SWEATER - -[Illustration] - - Material: Olive drab or khaki color knitting worsted. - - Knitting needles: One pair No. 3 bone, and one pair No. - 12 steel. One crochet hook No. 3. - -[Illustration: “Look who’se here!”] - - Directions: - - 1. With the steel needles cast on 36 stitches. - - 2. Knit 2 and purl 2 for 12 rows. - - 3. Next take one of the bone needles in your right hand - and knit plain—all the stitches off the steel needle. - Then knit 22 ribs with the bone needles. - - 4. Knit 11 stitches and slip on to safety pin, in order - to begin to form the neck. - - 5. Bind off 14 stitches for neck. - - 6. On the remaining 11 stitches knit 4 ribs for the - shoulder. - - 7. On this same needle cast on 14 stitches to form - opposite side of neck. (See method of Casting On, pages - 260 and 261.) - - 8. Slip the 11 stitches (see No. 6) and the 14 new - stitches on another safety pin. - -[Illustration: Slip on safety pin.] - - 9. Take up the 11 stitches from the first safety pin - (see No. 4) with a bone needle. Fasten wool at neck - end; knit 4 ribs. - - 10. Knit back to outer edge of sweater. Then slip the - stitches off the other safety pin on to the same bone - needle with the stitches made in direction No. 9. - - 11. Make 22 ribs plain knit. - - 12. Now take a steel needle in your right hand, and - plain knit the stitches on the bone needle off on to - the steel needle. - - 13. Knit 2 and purl 2 for 12 rows and bind off the work. - - 14. Sew sweater up under the arms, leaving about a - 3-inch opening for each arm. - - Sew the sweater together in same way as in making the - Doll’s Knitted Sleeveless Sweater. - -[Illustration: Sew together.] - - 15. Put 1 row of single crochet stitches around the - neck and armholes for a finish. Do not make the - stitches too tight. - -The fairy let Mary Frances use her magic needles, and the little outfit -was finished before three o’clock in the afternoon. - -Mary Frances put the sweater and wristlets and helmet on the doll and -hid it away. - -“I do not believe that Billy will miss it,” she told the Knitting and -Crocheting People; “and I do want to surprise him some day. He will be -so pleased.” - -“That chap won’t take cold on any of his air trips, no matter how high -he goes,” remarked Crow Shay, - - “In coldest weather, - Without a feather, - He’ll feel like a bird - Upon my word.” - -“Oh, you’re a little parrot-bird yourself. Keep still, will you?” -whispered Wooley Ball, laughing. - -[Illustration: “Keep still, will you?”] - -“Perhaps Crow Shay is as pleased with this outfit as I am!” exclaimed -Mary Frances. - -[Illustration: “We all are.”] - -“We all are, I think,” said Fairly Flew. “It was a good idea to ask you -about what you wanted to learn to make. Think up something for our -next lesson.” - -[Illustration: “Steater wif wooly tollar.”] - -“Mamma,” whispered Mary Marie, “Mary M’rie wants a boo’ful steater wif -a wooly tollar.” - -[Illustration: “Sports sweater.”] - -“A sports sweater!” cried Mary Frances, softly. “The very thing!” - -“A sports sweater! The sweet little thing doesn’t want much, does she?” -said Crow Shay, who overheard. “I could write all she doesn’t want on a -butterfly’s wing.” But no one paid any attention to him. - -Mary Frances began to thank Fairly Flew for asking her about what she -wanted to make, but before she could do so the fairy was gone. - -[Illustration: READY FOR CHURCH - -FOR DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING KNITTED ARTICLES SHOWN IN THIS ILLUSTRATION -SEE - -BEDROOM SLIPPERS—108 CROCHETED MITTENS—211 CROCHETED SOCKS—228 - -KNITTED MUFF—257 KNITTED BOA—257 CROCHETED NECKLACE—253] - - - - -CHAPTER XXXIII - -MARY MARIE’S SPORTS SWEATER - - -SO the next day Mary Frances told Fairly Flew about what Mary Marie had -asked, and the fairy gave her directions for making— - - -DOLL’S KNITTED SPORTS SWEATER - -(See picture opposite page 72—color plate) - - Material: Rose pink or turquoise blue wool floss, with - gray Angora or teazle yarn for trimming. - - Two bone knitting needles No. 3. Two steel knitting - needles No. 10. Bone crochet hook No. 2. Two small - button molds. - -[Illustration: Bone knitting needles.] - - Directions: - - This work is begun at the back of the sweater. - - 1. With pink or blue yarn cast on 40 stitches. - - 2. Knit plain for 15 ribs (a rib is a row across and - back). - -[Illustration: Mary Marie.] - - 3. Knit the stitches off on to the steel needle. - - 4. Knit 2, purl 2 for 8 rows, then knit off the - stitches on a bone needle. - - 5. Knit 5 ribs of 40 stitches. - - 6. Then decrease 1 stitch on each end on every rib - (every other row) until there are only 32 stitches on - the needle. - -[Illustration] - - -_To Decrease Stitches in Knitting_ - - Put right needle through 2 stitches on left needle and - knit off as 1 stitch. - -[Illustration: “We made that!”] - - 7. Knit ribs of 32 stitches until there are 16 ribs - from the waist line. - - 8. Knit 10 stitches on the next row, and slip them off - on a safety pin. - - 9. Bind off 12 stitches for back of neck. There will - now be 10 stitches on the needle. - - 10. Knit 4 ribs on these 10 stitches for shoulder. - -[Illustration: “Aren’t we proud!”] - - -_To Make One Front_ - - 11. Cast on 8 stitches[J] on neck end for front—to form - revers. - - 12. Knit 6 ribs plain on the 18 stitches now on the - needle. - - 13. At under-arm edge increase by casting on 1 stitch - on each rib until there are 24 stitches. - - 14. Knit plain until there are 17 ribs from the front - of the neck down. - - 15. Take the stitches off on the steel needle and knit - 2, purl 2, for 8 rows. - - 16. Knit the stitches off on to the bone needle and - knit 15 ribs, and bind off. - - -_To Make Other Front_ - - 17. Slip the stitches from the safety pin on to a bone - needle. Fasten wool at neck end, and make other front - like the one just finished. - -[Illustration: On safety pin.] - - -_To Make Sleeve_ - - 1. With bone needle, holding right side of sweater - toward you, pick up 1 stitch on each rib around the - armhole. (See page 202.) - - There should be 22 stitches on the needle, 11 on each - side of center of shoulder. If you prefer, pick these - stitches up with a crochet hook, and slip them on a - knitting needle. - - 2. On these 22 stitches, knit 10 ribs. - -[Illustration: “Ten ribs!”] - - 3. On each end of the eleventh rib from the shoulder, - narrow by taking off 2 stitches as 1. - - 4. Knit twelfth rib plain. - - 5. Narrow on each end of the thirteenth row by taking - off 2 stitches as 1. - - 6. Continue to knit plain ribs until there are 19 ribs - from the shoulder. Take off on to steel needle. - - 7. Make 6 rows of knit 2, purl 2. - - 8. Knit 1 rib plain. - - 9. With wrong side of work toward you, fasten on the - trimming wool. Knit 2 ribs, and bind off. (See cuffs, - opposite page 72, color plate.) - - 10. Make another sleeve like the one just finished. - - -_To Make the Collar_ - -[Illustration: To make collar.] - - 1. With steel needles cast on 38 stitches of wool like - body of sweater. - - 2. Knit 6 ribs plain. - -[Illustration: Knit 6 ribs.] - - 3. Attach trimming yarn. Knit 4 ribs, increasing 1 - stitch at each end of needle every other row. - - 4. Bind off. - - 5. Hold right side of collar toward you. Pick up 1 - stitch on each rib on one front end of collar, and knit - 4 rows, increasing 1 stitch toward the corner on every - other row. See picture below. - - 6. Bind off. - - 7. Do the same to the other end. Be sure to keep neck - end even. - - 8. Sew up mitered corners. - - 9. Sew collar to neck of sweater. - - 10. Sew sweater up under arms. - - 11. Sew sleeves down to hand. - - -_To Make the Cover of the Buttons_ - - 1. With the trimming yarn, make 3 chain stitches. - - 2. Put 8 single crochets in second chain stitch. - - 3. Second row. Put 1 single crochet in first single - crochet stitch (through both loops), 2 single crochets - in second stitch, and so on to end of the row. - - 4. Make 1 row without increasing and break off yarn. - - 5. Thread a long-eyed needle with the yarn and sew - cover over a button mold. Sew mold into place at waist - of sweater. - - 6. Make another button in the same way and sew it in - place. - - -_To Make Loops for Buttons_ - - 7. Fasten floss to one edge of ribbed waist line of - sweater, and crochet a chain of 7 stitches. Fasten last - stitch at other edge of waist line with a slip stitch. - Break off floss and fasten. - - Make another loop on other side at waist line to fasten - the other button. - -Even with the magic needles it took Mary Frances the whole morning to -make the little sweater; but it was beautiful when finished, and Mary -Marie surprised everybody by turning a somersault when Mary Frances had -put it on her. - -[Illustration: Turning a somersault] - -“Now, I p’ay tennis and doff!” she exclaimed. “Wish I had hat to doe -wif it!” - -[Illustration: “What she does need!”] - -“Just what she does need!” said Crow Shay, who greatly admired the -sweater. “Why not make her one?” and started to give the directions for -making a— - - -LITTLE CROCHETED HAT - -(See frontispiece and picture opposite page 230—color plate) - -[Illustration: Sport hat.] - - Material: To match any sweater. - - Bone crochet hook No. 3. - -[Illustration: “A beauty!”] - - Directions: - - 1. Make 3 chain stitches and join into a ring with slip - stitch. Make 3 chains. - - 2. Put 16 double crochets in the ring (counting the 3 - chains as if they were one double crochet) and join - last double crochet stitch with the top of the 3 chain - stitches. - -[Illustration] - - 3. Second row: Make 3 chains. Throw yarn over hook. Put - hook under first 3 chains, in row below. Draw yarn - through, and work off as a double crochet stitch. The - next stitch is made in the same way: throw yarn over - hook; put hook through under the whole double crochet - stitch below and work off as a double crochet. (See - picture above.) - -[Illustration] - - The work will look like the picture A, on the side - toward you; and like the picture B on the other side. - (See page 208.) - - The ridged side is the outside of the hat. - - 4. Put 2 double crochets around the next double crochet - in the row below. Put 1 double crochet around the next - stitch; 2 around the next—and continue in this way - around the whole row. You should have 8 sections of 2 - double crochets together with 1 double crochet between - them when row is finished. Join last double crochet - with top of the 3 chains. - -[Illustration: Make 3 chains.] - -[Illustration: “Aren’t we smart?”] - - 5. Third row: Make 3 chains. Make 1 double crochet - around the 3 chains of the row below. Put 1 double - crochet around the first double crochet in row below. - Put 1 double crochet around the second double crochet. - Put 2 double crochets around the third double crochet. - Repeat this direction around the entire row, and join. - -[Illustration: A B] - - 6. Continue making rows in this way, increasing as - shown in the diagram below: - -[Illustration: “Row! Row! Row!”] - - 1st row—16 double crochet (dc stands for double crochet). - 2d row—2 dc 1 dc - 3d row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc - 4th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc - 5th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc - 6th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc - 7th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc - 8th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc - 9th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc - 10th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc - -[Illustration: “Don’t be saucy!”] - - In the tenth row you will have 9 double crochets - between 2 double crochets. Take care to have all the - increases in a row from center out. - - 7. Work the next 4 rows without increasing. - - 8. On the next row, make 1 double crochet around the - first stitch of the row below; - - 1 double crochet around the next stitch; - 2 double crochets around the next stitch; - - and continue in this way to end of row. Join. - - 9. Make 2 rows without increasing. Break off yarn and - tie on the trimming yarn. - - 10. Work 1 row of double crochet all around without - increasing. - - 11. Make 1 row of slip stitches around the edge of hat. - -[Illustration: Slip a stitch.] - - -_To Make the Trimming_ - - 1. Cut 2 strands of trimming yarn and 2 strands of yarn - the color of the hat, each 2 yards long. - - 2. Lay them together, side by side. Take hold of one - end of them with the right hand, and the other end with - the left hand, and twist them in opposite directions. - Or get some one else to twist one end while you twist - the other in the opposite direction. - - 3. Pull the twisted yarn “taut” or straight. Catch hold - of twisted yarn in the middle and fold together taking - all the ends firmly in one hand. Let go with the other - hand. It will twist itself into a pretty cord. - -[Illustration: Twist a pretty cord.] - - 4. Fasten balls made of the two colors of yarn on the - ends of the twisted yarn. Make them as you made the - pom-poms on doll’s toque (page 95). - - 5. Tie twisted cord around hat in a bow knot and sew in - place on the right side. Turn up the left side of hat - in a soft roll. - -Crow Shay was wild with excitement when Mary Frances finished the -little hat and put it on Mary Marie’s head. - -[Illustration: Crow Shay was wild.] - -“Look at yourself in the glass now, Mary Marie,” he exclaimed. “You’re -the most beautiful——” - -“Oh, don’t make her too vain!” said Mary Frances. “She has had so much -given to her that I’m afraid she will be spoiled as it is.” - -“She needs one thing more, though,” said Crow Shay. - -“What is that?” asked Mary Frances. - -“Why, don’t you see how cold her hands look?” asked Crow Shay. - -“Hands told!” said Mary Marie. “Hands told!” - -“Oh, you little mischief!” laughed Mary Frances. “You little scamp! I -don’t think your hands are cold.” - -[Illustration: “Hands told!”] - -She felt of them. “They do not seem a bit cold,” she said. - -[Illustration: “All the same.”] - -“All the same,” said the Yarn Baby, “you would like to know how to make -her a pair of— - - -DOLL’S CROCHETED MITTENS[K] - -(See pictures opposite pages 136 and 200—color plates) - - Material: Two-fold Saxony wool. Mercerized knitting cotton for - trimming. - Bone crochet needle No. 1. - - Directions: - - This work is begun at the top of the fingers. - - 1. Make 3 chain stitches, and join in a ring with a - slip stitch. - - 2. Put 8 single crochets in the ring. - -[Illustration] - - 3. Put hook through both loops at top of stitches in - row below, and work on around and around, adding an - extra stitch in about every fifth stitch, until there - are 18 stitches in the row. - -[Illustration: “See my mittens?”] - - This will bring the work to the joint or crotch of the - thumb. - - -_To Make Opening for the Thumb_ - - 4. Make 3 chain stitches, and continue to make single - crochet stitches. Do not skip any stitches for the - opening of the thumb, but make single crochet stitches - all around on the 18 single crochet stitches, and in - the 3 chain stitches—that will make 21 stitches. - -[Illustration] - - 5. Make another row of single crochet stitches on the - 21 stitches. - - 6. Continue to work single crochet stitches, but on - the next 2 rows, skip 1 stitch directly over the thumb - opening. - - This finishes the hand of the mitten. The thumb will be - made later. - -[Illustration: “Aren’t they tiny?”] - - -_To Make Runner Spaces at Wrist_ - - Make 3 chain stitches. Make a row of double crochet - stitches. - -[Illustration: “Look at these mittens.”] - - -_To Make Trimming Scallops_ - - 1. Put 1 single crochet stitch between the first and - second double crochet stitches. - - 2. Put 3 double crochets between the next 2 double - crochets. - - 3. Put 1 single crochet between next 2 double crochets, - and 3 double crochets between the next 2. Continue to - do this all around the top. - - 4. Tie on the trimming cotton, and make 1 slip stitch - in each double crochet of the scallops, with 2 chain - stitches between each slip stitch. - - -_To Make the Thumb_ - - 1. Fasten yarn to the inner edge of the little opening. - (See picture on page 212.) - - 2. Make single crochet stitches in the stitches around - the opening, except on the top part of the thumb, where - you should put 1 double crochet. (That is, in the - middle chain stitch. See No. 4 on page 212.) - - 3. Continue with single crochets. - - 4. Second row: Same as the first. - - 5. Third row: Make single crochets in every other - stitch, drawing the thumb down to a point. Break off - the yarn and draw end with a zephyr needle into the - inside of the thumb. - -[Illustration: “So you won’t lose.”] - - -_To Make the Runner_ - - With the trimming cotton, make a chain of 50 chain - stitches, and run through the runner spaces as in - making doll’s petticoat (page 90.) - -[Illustration: Fasten together.] - - NOTE.—To help dolly from losing her mittens fasten them - together. - -Mary Marie no sooner had the mittens on than she ran to the door of the -room. - -“Tum on, Mamma,” she said, “let’s doe for a walk.” Mary Frances caught -her up in her arms, and after a hurried good-bye to the Knitting and -Crocheting People, went out with her. - -[Illustration: “Tum on, Mamma.”] - -[Illustration: “Good bye!”] - - - - -CHAPTER XXXIV - -HOME AGAIN - - -THE next morning Mary Frances was awakened early by a ring of the door -bell. - -“I’ll run down to the door,” called Billy. “I am up and dressed. I -wonder who it can be?” - -“All right!” called Mary Frances, slipping into her kimono. - -“It’s a telegram from mother,” said Billy, coming upstairs. - -“Oh, good! Do read it!” Mary Frances could scarcely wait to have it -opened. - -[Illustration: Ring of the door bell.] - -[Illustration: A telegram from Mother.] - - _Will be home Tuesday. Meet the 10 o’clock train. All - well._ - - _Mother._ - -read Billy. “Hurrah! That means that father is better than they even -hoped and that they can all come sooner than they expected.” - -“Why!” he exclaimed suddenly, “to-day is Tuesday! Isn’t it fine that -the telegram came in good time!” - -“Yes, indeed!” said Mary Frances. “And how happy I am.” - -They hurried with their breakfast, and then went out to gather some -flowers to decorate the house. - -They were at the station half an hour too early for the train, and -when at length it did pull in, you can imagine what a delightful time -everyone had. - -“It seems a thousand years since I last saw you, Father dear,” said -Mary Frances, kissing him, “and a hundred since Mother and Aunt Maria -left; doesn’t it, Billy?” - -“Well,” laughed Billy, “it seems an awfully long time, if not a -thousand years.” - -“Do not talk too much to your father, children; he cannot bear too much -excitement,” warned Aunt Maria, as Billy led the way to the taxicab -which was to take them home. - -[Illustration: “How happy I am!”] - -[Illustration: Father dear.] - -“You can tell the driver to stop at my house, Billy,” said the old -lady, who was quite nervous when riding in an automobile. - -“Horseless carriages are so unnatural. It always seems to me like -riding behind a headless horse to ride in an automobile,” she added. - -Of course the children had hard work to keep from laughing. - -[Illustration: Billy carried her bags.] - -When they came to her house, Billy carried her bags to the door and -rang the bell for her. - -[Illustration: “Don’t sit in a draft.”] - -“Tell your father to remember not to sit in a draft,” she called to -Billy as he ran down the path, “and tell Mary Frances to be ready for a -lesson in knitting next Thursday evening.” - -“We heard, Billy,” said his father, as Billy jumped into the taxicab, -“didn’t we, daughter?” - -“What have you done all the time, dear?” asked her mother. - -“I’ll tell you some time, Mother,” said Mary Frances. - -“Another secret?” asked her mother. - -“I guess it is,” remarked Billy. “She has been as good and quiet as a -mouse most of the time up in the sewing room. She says she has been -practicing knitting. If she has been practicing all this while, she -must know a lot by now.” - -[Illustration: Mother smiled.] - -Her mother smiled and patted her hand, and by that time they were at -their own home. - -[Illustration: Katie was at the door.] - -Katie was at the door and was almost as glad as the children to see -their father and mother. - -“It seems so good to have you all home,” she said, “that now life will -be worth the living of it.” - -All tried to help make the invalid comfortable, and the children left -him to take a little nap before lunch. - - - - -CHAPTER XXXV - -A GIFT FROM THE QUEEN OF FAIRIES - - -MARY FRANCES went to the sewing room. - -[Illustration: “My dear friends.”] - -“My dear friends,” she whispered. “My father and mother have come home, -and I’m so glad! But I shall be very sad if I am not to have any more -lessons with you.” - -[Illustration: “You have learned enough.”] - -“You have learned enough already,” said the Yarn Baby, “to make almost -anything if you have the directions.” - -“Do you really think that?” asked Mary Frances in surprise. - - “It is most certainly quite true - That you know more - Than you think you do,” - -said Crow Shay solemnly. “That’s more than can be said of most people,” -he added, after a pause. - -“But I haven’t any directions,” sighed Mary Frances. - -[Illustration: Sang Crow Shay.] - - “If I were you, - If I were you, - I’d call the fairy, - Fairly Flew.” - -sang Crow Shay, and Mary Frances took the hint. - -[Illustration: Fairly Flew came.] - -When the fairy Fairly Flew came at the call of the rhyme, she brought a -little satchel in her hands. It was not much larger than Mary Frances’ -thimble. - -“How do you do this morning, little Miss Mary Frances?” she asked. -“I’ve been waiting to be called, for I have a present for you from the -Queen of All Fairies.” - -“Oh!” gasped Mary Frances, “for me?” - -“Yes, in my satchel,” said the fairy. - -“It cannot be anything for my dolls,” thought Mary Frances, “because -the satchel is too little to hold them.” - -Then the fairy took a tiny key from her pocket and unlocked the -satchel. She opened it and began to pull a paper out. It was such a -thin strong paper that before long the fairy had unrolled yards of it -out of the little satchel into a pile on the table. - -“Read it,” she said; and when Mary Frances lifted the end, she saw that -on it were written directions for making all kinds of things for dolls, -and for people, too. - -[Illustration: “How wonderful!”] - -“Oh,” she cried, “the Queen of Fairies couldn’t have pleased me better! -What a lot of wonderful things I can make now. Please thank her for me, -Fairly Flew.” - -“That I shall,” said the fairy. “But wait—I have not yet given you all -that is in the bag. Here are some magic needles just like mine—for a -little girl who tried and tried again, and kept on trying.” - -[Illustration: Needle-of-Don’t-have-to-Try.] - -“Oh, like the Needle-of-Don’t-Have-to-Try!” exclaimed Mary Frances. -“How wonderful! Please, please, tell the Queen of All Fairies that I -thank her more than I can tell her.” - -“Do you know what would please her more than anything else?” asked -Fairly Flew. - -“No,” Mary Frances said. “Will you please tell me what it is?” - -“To tell other little girls how to do the things you have just learned -to do,” said the fairy. - -“How perfectly delightful!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “I can get the -girls to form a knitting club, can’t I?” - -“Yes,” said the fairy, “get all your little friends to join, and make -many of the pretty things that this paper explains about.” - -“How I wish I could tell my mother about our lessons,” said Mary -Frances. - -“You may tell her. The Queen of Fairies sent word that you might do so -if you asked when the paper was——” - -[Illustration: Knitting Twins fell down.] - -Suddenly the fairy disappeared. The Knitting Twins fell down. Wooley -Ball and the Yarn Baby fell over on their sides. - -[Illustration: Wooley Ball fell over.] - -“Oh!” cried Mary Frances; then she looked around and saw her mother -standing in the door. - -“Oh, Mother dear, come in,” she cried. “The most wonderful thing has -happened since you’ve been away!” And she told about the crocheting and -knitting lessons, and the gifts from the Queen of All Fairies. - -“Wasn’t it lovely!” exclaimed her mother. “I am so glad! Just wait a -minute,” and she went out of the sewing room. - -Very soon she was back, carrying a long package which she handed to the -little girl. - -[Illustration: “A present from us.”] - -“A present from father and me,” she said. - -[Illustration: A wonderful infant.] - -Mary Frances opened the package and lifted out a wonderful infant doll -which could open and shut its eyes and could cry when lifted on its -side. - -“Oh, how dear!” cried Mary Frances. “Nothing could please me so much. I -wonder if the Queen of All Fairies knew you were bringing it? There are -directions on this paper for making an infant’s outfit.” - -“Perhaps she did,” said her mother. “Perhaps she planned the directions -with this in mind.” - -“Aren’t fairies and mothers wonderful people?” laughed Mary Frances, -hugging her mother and the new doll at once. - -“Not any more so than good little daughters,” said her mother, kissing -her. - -“Now, I must go to father,” she added. “Lunch will be ready in a short -time.” - -[Illustration: Mary Frances] - - - - -CHAPTER XXXVI - -THE MAGIC PAPER - - -MARY FRANCES carried her new dolly over into the playroom and laid her -down on the little bed by Mary Marie. Then she returned to the sewing -room. - -[Illustration: The new dolly.] - -[Illustration: “Without my dear friends.”] - -“It seems lonesome without my dear friends,” she thought, “but I -believe they will all come to life again if I really need them. I -couldn’t expect to keep Fairly Flew all the time, for many other little -girls will need her.” - - * * * * * - -I wish I could tell you about the good times she had making the -garments and gifts which were told about on the fairy’s paper; how Mary -Marie and the new baby came to life when Mary Frances was following -baby, and petted it, and held it in her lap even though it was nearly -as big as herself; how pleased Billy was with his airship doll; how -surprised and delighted and proud Aunt Maria was when she found out how -much Mary Frances knew; how Mary Frances did form a Knitting Club and -how the girls and a few boys made many, many useful garments for people -who needed them—but that would take another book as long as this one. - -[Illustration: Proud Aunt Maria] - -But I can give you the directions which were on the paper that the -Queen of All Fairies sent her by Fairly Flew, and you will find them in -the next chapter. - -[Illustration: Mary Frances told me.] - -Mary Frances told me this whole story herself, and asked me to write -this book so that you who read it may have some such pleasure as she -had in learning how to crochet and knit. - - - - -CHAPTER XXXVII - -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. - - - - -CHAPTER XXXVIII - -TWO MORE SWEATERS - - -CHILD’S KNITTED SWEATER[R] - -Size 6 to 8 years - - 7 balls colored Shetland floss, 1 ball white. 1 pair - knitting needles No. 7. - - _Body._ With colored floss cast on 72 stitches (16 - inches), knit 6 ribs (12 rows), drop floss temporarily; - with white knit 1 rib and fasten off; pick up colored - floss and knit 5 ribs; join white and knit 1 rib, - fasten off; with colored floss knit 50 ribs. Work - should now measure about 16 inches from beginning. - Cast on 50 stitches at each side for sleeves and knit - 22 ribs. On next row knit 77 stitches and slip on to - a spare needle, bind off 18 stitches for neck, knit - remaining 77 stitches and knit back. Increase one - stitch at neck every other rib 12 times, bind off the - 50 sleeve stitches and on the remaining 39 stitches - knit 15 ribs even, ending the last row at front - opening; slip these stitches on to the spare needle and - knit the other front to correspond, ending the last row - at underarm. Knit stitches from both fronts (78) on to - one needle and knit even for 35 rows, then work border - as on back; bind off loosely on wrong side. - - _Cuff._ Working with colored floss from wrong side pick - up 35 stitches around wrist and knit 4 ribs, with white - knit 1 rib, with colored floss knit 5 ribs, with white - 1 rib, with colored floss 2 ribs; bind off loosely on - wrong side. Sew up sleeves and underarm seams, turn - back cuff. - - _Collar._ With colored floss cast on 56 stitches and - knit 2 ribs, with white knit 1 rib, with colored floss - knit 5 ribs, with white knit 1 rib, with colored floss - knit 22 ribs. Next row knit 18 stitches and slip on - to a spare needle, bind off 20 stitches for neck; - on remaining 18 stitches knit left side of collar, - increase one stitch at neck every other rib 11 times, - working border as in back after 13th rib from neck; - bind off on wrong side and knit other side of collar to - correspond. - - _Sash._ With colored floss cast on 15 stitches and knit - 6 ribs, with white knit 1 rib, with colored floss knit - 5 ribs, with white knit 1 rib, with colored floss knit - 34 inches and then work border as at other end. Cut - white floss in strands 4 inches long; knot 2 strands in - each stitch and tie all together one inch from end of - sash, to form a tassel. Attach sash to underarm seams - with pearl buttons. Lace front with a ribbon tie. - - -LADY’S KNITTED SWEATER[S] - - 27 balls colored Germantown, 1 ball white. 1 pair - knitting needles No. 5. - - This sweater is knitted crosswise in plain stitch. - (Garter stitch.) The stars mean to repeat the - directions between them. - - _Back._ Cast on 120 stitches (24 inches), *knit 5 ribs - even; in 6th rib decrease 1 stitch at each side; repeat - from *4 times, then decrease every 10th rib each side - 6 times; knit 10 ribs even, or until piece measures 20 - inches at side. Bind off 6 stitches at each side for - armholes, then decrease one stitch every other rib 6 - times—12 stitches, in all, decreased for each armhole. - The 74 stitches now left on needle should not measure - more than 15 inches; knit 18 ribs even. *In next row - leave 5 stitches at end of needle, turn and knit to - within 5 stitches at other end, turn, thus working - back and forth, each time leaving 5 stitches more than - before at end of needle on both sides until only 34 - stitches are worked over, then knit 2 ribs over the - entire 74 stitches on needle and bind off. - -[Illustration: _Courtesy of “Bear Brand Yarn Manufacturers”_] - - _Front._ Cast on 80 stitches and knit 10 ribs even; - keep front edge straight and decrease at other side one - stitch every 6th rib 6 times, then decrease at same - side every 10th rib 6 times. Work even until front - is as long as back at underarm seam (68 stitches on - row, which should measure 13½ inches). Bind off 10 - stitches at sloped side for armhole, then decrease - at same side one stitch every rib in each of the - following 10 ribs. From now on keep edge straight at - armhole and decrease one stitch at neck in each of the - following 20 ribs. *In next rib bind off 6 stitches at - armhole for shoulder and decrease one stitch at neck - as before; repeat from 3 times and fasten off. Mark - out on the finished front the places for buttons (on - 2d, 20th and 38th rib from neck) and on second front - make buttonholes in corresponding places, as follows: - beginning from front edge knit 5 stitches, bind off 4 - stitches, knit to end of row; on next row cast on 4 - stitches opposite those bound off. Sew up shoulder seam - over 24 stitches. - - _Sleeves._ Cast on firmly 18 stitches and knit 1 row, - then cast on 3 stitches at beginning of each needle - until there are 78 stitches in row (30 stitches added - at each side). Knit 8 ribs even, then decrease one - stitch at each side every 5th rib 14 times. There - will then be 50 stitches on row, which should measure - 10 inches across. Knit even until sleeve measures 16 - inches at underarm seam. Now increase one stitch in - center of row every 3d rib 3 times; knit 2 ribs even - and bind off on wrong side. Sew up underarm seams and - place buttons as shown in illustration. - - _Pockets._ Cast on 30 stitches and knit even for 20 - ribs; in following row knit 10 stitches, bind off 10 - stitches, knit to end of row; next row cast on 10 - stitches opposite those bound off; knit 4 ribs even - and then bind off the 10 center stitches for second - opening; next row cast on 10 stitches at center as - before; knit 12 ribs even. Decrease by knitting 2d and - 3d stitches together in beginning of every row (thus - narrowing at both sides) until there are 10 stitches - left; knit 8 ribs even, then decrease again at each - side until only 1 stitch is left; fasten off. Using - white yarn and a crochet hook, make a slip stitch in - each stitch on edge of strap, as shown in illustration. - Slip the tab through the strap opening and fasten point - down with a button. - - [Illustration: Courtesy of “Bear Brand Yarn - Manufacturers”] - - _Collar._ With colored Germantown cast on 66 stitches - and knit 2 ribs; in next row knit 6 stitches, turn and - knit back to edge (outer edge of collar), turn, knit - 12 stitches, turn and work back to edge; continue in - this way, each time knitting 6 more stitches off needle - at one side and at other side always knitting back - to edge, until all the 66 stitches are again worked - in a row. Knit straight for 65 ribs, or until collar - measures 13 inches at inner edge; knit to within 6 - stitches of end of row at inner edge, turn and knit - back to outer edge, turn, knit to within 12 stitches - of inner edge, turn and work back to outer edge; - continue in this way until only 6 stitches are knitted - from outer edge, work back and then knit 2 ribs on the - entire 66 stitches. Join white, knit 10 ribs even and - bind off on wrong side. Pick up the 66 stitches cast - on at beginning of collar and make second border like - first, having both borders bound off on same side. - - _Belt._ With colored Germantown cast on 22 stitches - and knit straight for 31 inches; on next rib make 2 - buttonholes of 4 stitches each, 3 stitches from each - end; knit 4 ribs even and bind off on wrong side. - - - - -CHAPTER XXXIX - -RED CROSS KNITTING[T] - - -EQUIPMENT - - This circular is prepared primarily for the use of hand - knitters. Knitting machines may be used if desired, - provided the articles can be as well made and made of - the same yarn. - - The color of the yarn has been carefully considered - with the authorities of the War Department and with - the American Red Cross Commissioner for Europe, in - Paris. It has been learned from both of these sources - that articles made in either gray or khaki yarn will - be acceptable. Owing to the difficulty of securing - khaki-colored yarn in large quantities the American Red - Cross Supply Bureau will carry the gray yarn (Oxford - mixture, 4-ply 10’s construction). - - Yarn and knitting needles may be procured either from - Red Cross Chapters or from stores, provided the yarn is - of the same grade and needles of the same size as those - described in this circular. - - The needles referred to in these directions are - standardized Red Cross needles which can be purchased - from Red Cross Chapters. Their diameter is given - opposite their respective number. - - Red Cross Needles No. 1. [circle] 125/1000 inches. - Red Cross Needles No. 2. [circle] 175/1000 inches. - Red Cross Needles No. 3. [circle] 200/1000 inches. - - -GENERAL DIRECTIONS - - Stitches should not be cast on too tightly. - - Knitting should be done evenly and firmly and all holes - should be avoided. - - Joining should be done by splicing or by leaving two or - three inches at each end of the yarn to be darned in - carefully. - - All knots, ridges or lumps should be most carefully - avoided, especially in socks, as they are apt to - blister the feet. - - -MUFFLER - - Material: 2 hanks of yarn (½ lb.); 1 pair Red Cross - needles No. 3. - - Cast on 50 stitches or 11 inches. Plain knitting for 68 - inches. - -[Illustration: Courtesy Bear Brand Yarn Manufacturers. - -RED CROSS KNITTING] - - -WASH-CLOTH - - Material: White knitting cotton (medium weight); 1 pair - Red Cross needles No. 1. - - Directions: - - Cast on 70 stitches, knit back and forth plain until - cloth is about 10 inches square and bind off. Sew a - loop of tape to one corner. - - -SLEEVELESS SWEATER - - Material: 2½ hanks of yarn (⅝ lb.); 1 pair Red Cross - needles No. 3. - - Directions: - - Cast on 80 stitches. Knit 2, purl 2 stitches for 4 - inches. Knit plain until sweater measures 25 inches. - Knit 28 stitches, bind off 24 stitches for neck, loose. - Knit 28 stitches. Knit 5 ridges on each shoulder, cast - on 24 stitches. Knit plain for 21 inches. Purl 2, knit - 2 stitches for 4 inches. Sew up sides, leaving 9 inches - for armholes. Two rows single crochet around neck and 1 - row single crochet around the armholes. - - -KNITTED HELMET No. 1 - - Material: 1 hank of yarn (¼ lb.); 1 pair Red Cross - needles No. 2. - - Directions: - - The Helmet is made in 2 parts, which afterwards are - sewed together along the top and sides. - - Front of Helmet.—Cast on 48 stitches (11 inches), knit - plain for 25 ribs (6 inches) and knit 2, purl 2 for - 35 rows. On the next row the opening for the face is - made as follows: Knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit - 2, knit and bind off loosely the next 28 stitches - and purl 1, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2. Run the - stitches before the opening on a spare needle and on - the stitches at other side of opening knit 2, purl 2 - for 12 rows. The last row will end at the opening and - at that point cast on 28 stitches to offset those bound - off. Begin at the face opening of stitches on spare - needle and knit 2, purl 2 for 12 rows. At the end of - the twelfth row continue all across to the end of other - needle, when there should be 48 stitches on needle as - at first. Knit 2, purl 2 for 24 rows. - - Top of Helmet.—Knit 2, narrow (knitting 2 stitches - together), knit 14, narrow, knit 14, narrow, knit 12. - Purl the entire next row. On the third row knit 2, - narrow, knit 13, narrow, knit 13, narrow, knit 11. - Purl fourth row. On the fifth row knit 2, narrow, knit - 12, narrow, knit 12, narrow, knit 10. Purl sixth row. - Continue to narrow in the 3 places every plain knitted - row with 1 stitch less between narrowings until 9 - stitches are left. - - Back of Helmet.—Work in same manner as for front but - omit the face opening. Sew the stitches of upper edges - together with joining stitch. Sew up the side seams - leaving the plain knitting at shoulders open. - - -KNITTED HELMET No. 2 - -(Same as No. 1, but knitted in one piece) - - Material: 1 hank of yarn (¼ lb.); 4 Red Cross needles - No. 2. - - - Directions: - - Cast on 56 stitches loosely. Knit plain for 8 inches - for front piece, and leave on extra needle. Knit - another piece to correspond for back. These pieces must - be at least 9 inches wide. Slip the stitches of both - pieces on to 3 needles, arranging for last 2 stitches - of back piece to be on beginning of first needle, with - 38 stitches of front piece added (making 40 on first - needle). - - Divide rest of stitches on other 2 needles; 36-36. - - Beginning with first needle, knit 2, purl 2 for 6 - inches. Then on first needle knit 2, purl 2 for 18 - stitches. Bind off 22 stitches for face opening. (Try - to keep same arrangement of stitches on needles for - further directions.) Knit 2, purl 2 forward and back on - remaining 90 stitches for 1½ inches, always slipping - first stitch. Cast on 22 stitches loosely to complete - face opening, and knit 2, purl 2 for 2½ inches (adjust - stitches by slipping 2 from end of third needle to - first needle, making 42 on first needle). - - Knit 1 round plain. Knit 2 stitches together, knit - 11, knit 2 stitches together, knit 1. Repeat to end - of round. Knit 4 rows plain. Then knit 2 stitches - together, knit 9, knit 2 together, knit 1. Repeat to - end of round. Knit 4 rows plain. Continue in this way, - narrowing on every fifth round and reducing number - of stitches between narrowed stitches by 2 (as 7, 5, - 3, etc.) until you have 28 stitches left on needles. - Divide on 2 needles, having 14 on first needle and 14 - on the other, and finish the same as for the toe of a - sock. - - -WRISTLETS No. 1 - - Material: ½ hank of yarn (⅛ lb.); 1 pair Red Cross - needles No. 2. - - - Directions: - - Cast on 48 stitches, knit 2 and purl 2 for 12 inches, - and sew up leaving 2 inches open space for thumb 2 - inches from the edge. - - -WRISTLETS No. 2 - - Material: ½ hank of yarn (⅛ lb.); 4 Red Cross needles - No. 1. - - Directions: - - Cast on 52 stitches on 3 needles: 16-16-20. Knit 2, - purl 2 for 8 inches. To make opening for thumb, knit 2, - purl 2 to end of third needle, turn; knit and purl back - to end of first needle, always slipping first stitch; - turn. Continue knitting back and forth for 2 inches. - From this point continue as at first for 4 inches for - the hand. Bind off loosely and buttonhole thumb opening. - - -MEDIUM SIZED SOCK - - Quantity of wool required: about one-quarter pound. - - 56 stitches on three No. 1 Red Cross needles (20 on - first needle, 20 on second needle, 16 on third needle). - - - Heel: - - Knit 2, purl 2, for 3 inches. - - Knit plain 8 inches. - - Divide stitches: 28 on first needle (for heel), 14 on - second needle, 14 on third needle. - - First needle (*): Knit 1 row, turn. Purl 1 row, turn. - Repeat from (*) until you have 27 rows. Always slip - first stitch. - - - To Turn Heel: - - Begin to turn heel on wrong side. - - Slip 1, purl 15, purl 2 together, purl 1, turn. - - Slip 1, knit 5, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch - over knit stitch, knit 1, turn. - - Slip 1, purl 6, purl 2 together, purl 1, turn. - - Slip 1, knit 7, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch - over knit stitch, knit 1, turn. - - Slip 1, purl 8, purl 2 together, purl 1, turn. - - Slip 1, knit 9, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch - over knit stitch, knit 1, turn. - - Continue until there are 16 stitches on needle. - -[Illustration] - - - Gusset: - - Pick up 13 stitches on side of heel. (1st needle.) Knit - stitches of 2d and 3d needles onto one needle. (2d - needle.) Pick up 13 stitches on other side of heel, - and take 8 stitches from first needle. (3d needle.) - _1st needle_—(A) Knit to within 3 stitches of end, knit - 2 together, knit 1. _2d needle_—(B) Knit plain. _3d - needle_—(C) Knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch - over knit stitch, knit to end. (D) Knit around plain. - - Repeat A, B, C, D, until you have 14 stitches on 1st - needle, 28 stitches on 2d needle, 14 stitches on 3d - needle. Knit plain 5½ inches. - - Kitchener Toe: _1st needle_—(E) Knit to within - 3 stitches of end, knit 2 together, knit 1. _2d - needle_—(F) Knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch - over knit stitch, knit to within 3 stitches of end, - knit 2 together, knit 1. _3d needle_—(G) Knit 1, slip - 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over knit stitch, knit - to end. (H) Knit 2 rows plain. - - Repeat E, F, G, H, 3 times (making 4 times in all). - Then narrow every other row 5 times. - - Knit the 5 stitches of your 1st needle onto your 3d - needle. You have now 10 stitches on each of the two - needles. Break wool (leaving 12-inch length) and thread - it into worsted needle. Hold sock so that the worsted - needle is at your right and, always keeping wool under - knitting needles, weave front and back together as - follows: (*) Pass worsted needle through 1st stitch of - front knitting needle as if knitting and slip stitch - off the knitting needle. - - Pass through 2d stitch as if purling and leave stitch - on the knitting needle. Pass through 1st stitch of back - needle as if purling and slip stitch off the knitting - needle. Pass through 2d stitch of back needle as if - knitting and leave stitch on knitting needle. - - Repeat from (*) until all stitches are off needles. In - order to avoid ridges across end of toe, fasten wool - down the side. - - Laid on a level surface the finished sock should - measure: Foot—Length, 11½ inches, but 10½ to 12½ is - acceptable. Leg—Length, 14 inches; circumference, 8 - inches. Cuff—Circumference, unstretched, 6 inches; - stretched to fullest extent, 13½ inches. - - -BED-SOCK - - Material: 4 Red Cross needles No. 2, 1 hank yarn (¼ - lb.). - - - Directions: - - Cast on 48 stitches on 3 needles, 16 on each. - - Knit plain and loosely for 20 inches. Decrease every - other stitch by knitting 2 together with 12 stitches - and weave together as per directions on sock. - - -HOT WATER BOTTLE-COVER - - Material: White knitting cotton (medium weight); 1 pair - Red Cross needles No. 1. - - - Directions: - - Cast on 56 stitches, knit 2, purl 2 and repeat until - the work is 4 inches deep. Then knit back and forth - plain for 9½ inches more or until entire work measures - 13½ inches. Next decrease 2 stitches at beginning and 2 - stitches at end of each needle until there are sixteen - stitches left and bind off. Make another piece in same - manner and sew together. Attach a 20-inch piece of tape - to seam at one side of ribbing to tie around neck of - bottle. - - * * * * * - -FOOTNOTES: - -[A] There is unfortunately no standard of measure for crochet hooks and -knitting needles. Various manufacturers number them differently. This -scale is used here for convenience only. - -[B] To find size of crochet needles, lay the hooks flat against the -circles. To find the size of knitting needles, lay the needles (not the -points) against the circles. - -[C] _Cut_ means picture. - -[D] For small hair pins. - -[E] See how to attach new yarn, page 142. - -[F] This work is begun in the middle of the bag—see the knot on the -right-hand edge in the picture. - -[G] Cotton string may be used in place of woolen yarn. - -[H] Cotton string may be used instead of woolen yarn. - -[I] Other methods of casting on stitches are shown on pages 150 and 261. - -[J] See How to Cast On Stitches with Knitting Needle, pages 260 and 261. - -[K] The doll’s mittens are so small that they are difficult to make. It -would be a good experiment to make one mitten with wrapping yarn before -attempting to use the saxony wool—just for practice. - -[L] This sacque is easy for children to make, and should be made before -Sacque No. 2. - -[M] This piece is difficult for children to make. - -[N] This piece is difficult for children to make. - -[O] This piece makes a pretty bonbon holder for the table. - -[P] The curly stitches need not come below each other. - -[Q] Other methods are explained on pages 150 and 155. - -[R] Courtesy Bear Brand Yarn Manufacturers. - -[S] Courtesy Bear Brand Yarn Manufacturers. - -[T] For the convenience of knitters the directions from the circular of -Red Cross instructions are here given. - - * * * * * - -Transcriber’s Notes: - -Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Text sometimes uses “Material” and -sometimes “Materials” for the lists of items needed for a project. This -was retained as originally printed. - -Page 77, “attemptin” changed to “attempting” (69, before attempting) - -Page 111, “Runne.” changed to “Runner” (To Make Runner) - -Page 146, “Kanck” changed to “Knack” (“I’d like to see you!” said Knack) - -Page 155, footnote anchor added to title of instructions for casting on -stitches. - -Page 157, caption, “embarassed” changed to “embarrassed” (Looked -embarrassed) - -Page 181, “3” added to third cut instruction (CUT 3) - -Page 253, “Directions” was moved from the end of the instructions for -the previous pattern to a location after the Materials for LADY’S -CROCHETED NECKLACE which had no “Directions” subtitle. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mary Frances Knitting and -Crocheting Book, by Jane Eayre Fryer - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MARY FRANCES KNITTING, CROCHETING *** - -***** This file should be named 52396-0.txt or 52396-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/2/3/9/52396/ - -Produced by Emmy, MWS and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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