THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 17, 1988.
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Colorful Pin-Wheel Cushions,
After a season of knitting there is bound to be an accumulation of odds and ends of wool in the knit- ting bag. Just what to do with this assortment is a question, but if even a few yards of yarn are left in a variety of colours one may start a very attractive pillow top. This pillow top is knitted in sections, re- sembling a pin wheel; rows of black are used to offset the colours, and an ordinary ball (half ounce) is sufficient for more than one top.
Cast on 33 stitches of the black and knit back to get two complete rows; attach the end of the coloured yarn and knit three stitches, and knit back three stitches
turn Knit:
six stitches and back six stitches. Knit nine stitches and back nine, and continue increasing the number of stitches by three until twenty-seven have been knitted- in
FOUR WISE HINTS
"Stand a pie cup in the sance- pan when boiling milk and there will be no fear of it boiling over and making a mess.
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“How many housewives their tea packets both ends? do, and always get at least half a teaspoonful of tea in the second end. Look what a save this is. F 'open four quarter-pound packets:
per week."
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“White silks often go yellow with repeated washing, so try putting milk in your last rinsing water one tablespoonfulto about three pints of water. This will keep your kiddies" frocks and other silks a beautiful white.”
“I modernised a wooden bed- stead by sawing off the high head, and sand-papering, just above the supporting bar, on a, level with the spring mattress. I then turn=" ed it using the foot of the bed as the head. This in a small room makes more space:”
Berets,
Mats
Knitted from scraps of left-over yarns, this pin-wheel design lends itself to a number of uses. Here it is shown as a cushion cover, while the inset indicates how it might be used to make a bath mat. The directions are simple and are given in the accompanying article.
attached by blind stitches through the knitted portion.
A large cushion made in this way would be useful as a hassock.
This pin wheel design has a num- ber of Interesting possibilities. For instance, a child's tam-o-shanter made by these directions would be very attractive, either in two shades of one colour, or in a combination of several colours, to be worn with a particular garment.
Wash cloths made in the wheel pattern have long been a favourite with those who prefer a cloth with no corners to drip. White with any of the delicate colours, to match other bath accessories, may be cho- sen, or two shades used, the darker for the row between the sections of the wheel.
For the wash cloths a fairly heavy mercerized thread is good, and of course the needles must be chosen with this in mind..
An unusually attractive bath mat was made in this way, using large wooden needles and strips of colour- ed cotton cloth with the edges care- fully turned in to insure a smooth finish. A little experimenting will show the number of stitches to cast cast on sixty-six stitches and knit on for the size desired; for instance,
black together every third then regem this way. Then attach the
or fourth The pillow top yarn again and knit the full length stitch. of the edge (33 stitches) and back bles a tam-o'-shanter, and can be as directed to fifty-four (Instead of again to make two rows. This com- slipped over the pillow, and remain 38 cast on and knit up to the 27th). pletes one section of the pin wheel. in place. The back of the pillow may A rug may also be made by com- The next colour is attached and an- be covered with any colour or ma- bining a number of circles, knitted other section of the top begun. When terial desired; the one shown had by the original directions, and joined the last section is complete bind off a black satin back, and the top was to form a larger rug. with black and join this edge with
the first row of black (by sewing together) making a complete circle.
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The pillow top shown in the illus- tration has twenty sections, în five colours--violet, rose, green, buff and blue. A length of 4 to 5 yards is ́sufficient for a section. To make the black finish on the edge, crochet in single stitch as many rows as desired for a border. To make the top cling to the pillow crochet four or five rows, reducing the number of stitches by crocheting two stitches
MEN CAN'T COOK?
COOK TELLS ALL
and
New York. The reason why so But he isn't interested in all the many men are completely inept in fancy business chefs go in for the kitchen-unable to cook a sauces and savories and what-not. square meal-is that they didn't He just likes to bake bread, get to fuss. around with pots and beans, and Parker House rolls, and pans as boys, and track up the make chocolate fudge with thick kitchen floor.
cream.
He can, and often does bake any- So-said-Walker Dodd, who gave thing sold in his bakeshop, but of up Yale for a career at the cook-** stove and now at 23 is the able head of a bakery business. He was explaining to-day why most Ameri- can men can't even boil water.
Mr. Dodd's parents never curbed him when he tried to cook as boyhood hobby. The family cook stood aside and let him make po povers at 8. They turned out be custard cups, but the family ate them.
to
He wanted to—and did take· chef's course in candy-making at 11.
course since he started, with $125 capital, the business has expanded. There's the financial end to look out for, so he has several helpers.
ST. HONORE PIE Once he got fancy, land baked a St. Honore pie which was quite a thing. A St. Honore pie has # pie-crust base, sides of eclairs, a custard filling, and a nice border of cream puffs around the rim.
The worst thing about his busi- ness is the hours. He goes to work at: 3.45 a.m., when there's hardly anyon out except home-coming. ar-night-clubbers. "But shucks!" said Mr. Dodd, “you don't mind as long as you're working for yourself.
PREFERRED BAKERY TO YALE At 17, with his admission ranged at Yale, he wanted to- did start a bakeshop instead, and he said to-day he's never been sorry; that it's better to do what you really want to do than any thing else in the world.
"If you were working for some- body else, you'd probably kick.”
His mother, Mrs. Charles Dodd, formerly of South Orange, N.J., Mr. Dodd. likes to cook; and com- helps him in the shop, and is very pared with the sorry spectacle of proud of her boy who says indul- the average man in the kitchen, gently, "Mother's just a plain co
but all right for meala."
a regular chef.
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