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Materials
110%. of "Alpha" B-ply crochet wool in pink and 202. in white, 1 pair of No. 10 "Stratnaid" knitting needles, 1 No. 13 "Strutnoid" crochet hook, and 5 plass buttons the size of a skill- Ing.
Measurements
Length from neck edge, 21in.; width all round under the arms, then fastened, 30in length of sleeve scam 7in.
Tension
13 stitches to 2in. in width and 21 rows to 2in. depth.
Abbreviations
Kult; p-perl; st. -stitches; dec.-le- crease or decreasing: ue.increase or in- creasing; rep.-repeat; d.e-double crochet.
TWISTED girdle of white
wool
gives
an attractive finish to
this holiday or sports jacket. The original was mude in a coral pink shade, but the wool used for it can be obtained in a very wide range of delightful shades.
Always work into the back of all cast-on stitches to produce firm edges.
EGIN
at the lower edge. Cast on 87 sls.
at row.P.3, 3. Rep.
from Saishing p.3.
2nd row. K
*nishing .3,
3rd row.
finishing p.3.
1
3. Rep.
from
3 .3 Rep from *
These 3 rows form the pattern and are rep, throughout.
Continu in pattern, but at the same time, when 81 rows have been worked (27 blocks) inc. 1 st. at both ends of the next row, then at both ends of every 4th row following un- til there are 115 sts, and 13 blocks
from the beginning.
The Armhole Slopes--Dec. 1 st.
at both ends of the next row, then
at both ends of every alternate row
until 31 sts. remain Cast off.
Right Front
START at the
Cast on 55 xts.
lower edge.
1st Tato.-K.10. p., K.3.
Rep. from nishing p.3.
2nd row-K.3 p.3. Rep. from Onishing k.13.-
3rd row.-K.30. p.3.
4.3. Hep,
Rep, from
Rep.
mole.
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these rows. three times on every 35th and 36th rows follow-
25th row-Like 1st.
1
Pockets
AST on 33 sts, and rep. the 3 rows of the back for 21 rows, then dec. 1 st. at the begin- ning of the next row, then at this same edge on every row, then t this same edge on every row until all sta. have been dec. Work another pocket in the same way.
Making-up
PRESS
DRESS the work on the wrong side with a warIN Iron and dump cloth. Join the sloping sides of the sleeves to the sloping sides of the backs and fronts. Press the seam, then sew up the side and sleeve seams and press them.
Work
The Armhole Slope,--Dec. sk at the beginning of the next row,
a row of de. down the then at the same edge on every 3rd row following to neck, but at the shaped edge of each packet, press, blocks then sew a pocket on each front, saint time, when 13 more have been worked (3 rows), begin straight edge to front edge. Work the rever by working 3 sts. more in a row of d.c. all round the fronts Karter-st, at the front edge on the and neck edges. Press back the re- next row, then on every 4th row vers and sew neatly down at the buttons 011 the left following until all sts. are in garter- points. Sew
st.. but still continue the dee. at the front to correspond with the button- side edge until 30 sts. remain, then holes on the right. cast off.
Left Front
WORK this exactly
-the right front as pattern is reversible, but omit
buttonholes.
The Sleeves
-Now using white wool threaded into a wont needle, work 2 rows of cross-stitch inside the garter-st border on either side of the front, like each cross to be worked on a plain the square, leaving a purl square be- the tween. Work 2 rows down the
middle of each sleeve, leaving blacks between the 2 crosses,
3
Make a 2in, chain, using pink wool, and sew to the side seam. DEGIN nt the lower edge. Make another one in the same way
Cast on 63 sts, and rep, on each other sean.
Belt Cord
TAKE 27 lengths of white
int to neck until there are Ave in the 3 rows of the back, but at the all, but at the same time, when there same time ine. 1 st. at both ends of 26th row-*K.3 p.3 Hep. from until 13 remain, k.5, cast off 4, k.3, are 81 rows (27 blocks) from the the 5th row, then at both ends of beginning, inc. 1 st, at the side edge every 4th row following until there 27th row. -1.4. cast on 4, k. 2.
are 93 sts., then continue without
wool, each 6 yards long. on the next row, then on every sith inc., until there are 21 blocks from twist up tightly, then take the two k.3. Rep. from
to end, finishing p.3,
Fow following until there are 65 sts., the beginning.
the ends together and allow
thick Shape the top by der. 1 st. at both remainder to twist up Into Continute in pattern for 34 more then continue without inc, until the
kreping 10 sts.. at the front side edge is the same depth to arm- ends of the next row, then at both cord. Double it, then sew the end edge in garter st., then make another hole as on the back (43 blocks) ends of every alternate row until 3 about 21⁄2in, down to form a loop to buttonhole on the next 2 rows, then finishing at the site edge.
sts. remain. Cast T.
slip over the rosette when worn.
from thuishing p.3.
4th row.P.3. k.3.
p.3.
finishing p.3, k.10,
1.3. k. 3. Rep.
5th row-K.13. "
from to end.
6th Tow-*22.3, k3. Rep. from * Anishing p.3, k.10.
This hat suits a young face
FULL INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO MAKE IT WILL BE
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FOUND BELOW
LL you need is a yard of out
tio
carefully and stitch the
together along the line A B C.
Adark coloured felt. 4 yard Pieces to pin it into shape on your of grosgrain ribbon, and, if you head, then press the join, first on the wish, yard of tulle.
wrong side and then on the right,
The skull cup and two flowers using a damp cloth. It is easier to ure made of the dark felt, two other shape the felt while it is damp. flowers of light felt.
Black
and brown and white, yellow, deep blue and rose are good colour choices. The veil should be
in the darker calour,
Thilo is an excellent hat to wear with a tailor-made sult. For sum- mer you can make it in white' plque,
the
Next fit round
your head grosgrain ribbon on which your cap will be mounted.
Four tiny pleats regularly spaced will help the edge of the cap to it nugly to your head, and will form trimming. Now mount the cap on
the ribbon.
Using datap cloth, press the pleats and from the cap on a block.
*
From four thicknesses of felt cut two dark flowers (see illustration) two light flowers. Give and
the the dark flowers light stamens and the Draw on a plece of paper plan illustrated above, following the light flowers durk stamens. dimensions given there. You then The stamens are made with have a pattern which you can pin strip of felt, cut as shown in the
piece of felt folded in half. Eut Ilustration.
on
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THESE HINTS ARE
cut
Are Your Rooms Friendly?
WORTH CUTTING OUTS is a very friendly room."
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before you give yourself the final brush down. This it is untily?" will give you a feeling and smell of freshness, besides removing clinging grains of dust and light stains.
Relax in your Bath
"No. is not untidy, but it looks lived-m, and is therefore friendly. - I cannot bear to see a room that has obviously been tidied up for 'my
ASTIMULATING and refreshing bath, particularly sooth-beneft."
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Perbaps the friendliness,
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A good mixture is thyme, rosemary, lavender, and lemon balm, nuly, lay in the eye of the
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It makes it easier if you put the herbs all together in a muslin. It is easy to see what he meant. A bay.
Hot and Cold
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half-read book lay on the table, and some knitting in a corner of a chair. Stamps soaking in a saucer of water betrayed the fact that a stamp- collector Ilved in the house, a spare the part of a model engine was on mantelpiece, and a ruler, protruding from a school-satchel, showed that homework was in the air. Every- thing in the room proved that people worked and played there.
room
We all know the kind of which makes us afraid to sit down. Everything is in its place, there is a ¿cometrical precision in the arrange- ment of the furniture, and we have the feeling of being in a muscum, or in a house whle is open to the public on Sundays and Bank Holidays only. The spilling of crumbs or cigarette ash causes intense suffering to the owner. There is nothing friendly about the room, nor any trace of the ideas and interests of the prople who live in it, if they ever do. They have left nu indication that they have been called away, and will soon re-
Lurn
The Happy Medium
"lived-In," Do make your roons friendly, and welcoming. We know whnt difference flowers and a Ore muke to a room, but that is not enough. There is no excuse for dirt, collections of dust, unemplied ash- traya, and similar horrors, but there is a happy medium which makes for comfort and happiness.
Let your husband leave bls pipes on the mantelpiece, and hils slippers under his chair. Try not to be nl- ways tidying up, and making a fuss about things that are left lying about. It may entail a litle extra dusting and tidying from time to time, but that labour counis for little to a woman who is out to create a rent home.
If your rooms reflect the spirit of those who live in them, the friendly. welcoming atmosphere will be there, and the job of making a home wili be crowned with succesR,
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