1935-09-14 — Page 10

CHINA MAIL HOME SUPPLEMENT

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1935

Make your own home

ENGLISH CLOCKS

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In a New York apartment dining room, complete with scenery and hardwood floor, was transformed into a room with smoky blue walls with a wood brown carpet and with off-white chenille and cellophane curtains. the same colour as the leather of the chairs. The wood is that

This. Knitting Vogue

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will be impossible to have too many knitted things this autumn and winter-why, they are beginning to appear in the shop windows already. There are dozens and dozens from which to choose, and no are alike. All the best ones are hand-knitted of rather fine. wool, so that the finished gar- ment has a lovely, smooth tex-

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Home-knitted woollies may look equally well, but they very often do not. And then all effect of smart- ness in lost.

Good amateur knitting is largely matter of practice, however, and the choice of simple designs to. begin with Then, when the work is finished, press it carefully on the. wrong side, under a slightly damp cloth, with a warm iron,

The best of the hand-knitted gar- ments are nowadays sewn together by hand with fine matching wool to make ting seams on the inside of the work. The seams are then carefully pressed open.

knitted

New This Season There are a host of blouses and belted jumpers, to say nothing of whole dresses and suits. And sometimes we find materials woven of the same wool-as that which makes the knitted blouse. This is a charming idea, and makes the three or four pieces of the en- semble into a harmonious whole,

Contrasts, however, are equally smart, so, you see, you have plenty of choler.

All the newest knitted blouses. and jumpers have high necklines. Square necks are not unknown, as is proved by a smart jersey and skirt of green knitted wool The jersey fastens down the side of the front from the square reck by means of several bows and tassels of scariot leather.

Problem

Redecoration

The Dining Room

Lusty Brown which distinguishes redwood burl. The trim and fixtures are satin chromium. Over the serving table is an ex- panse of gunmetal mirror flanked by cylindrical lights shining so that the ends of the room are in shadow and its length; is em phasised.

This type of suit often has jersey reaching to just below the hips, fastening up to the throat by

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row of buttons. There is a Peter Pan collar knitted to match, and a leather belt around the waist. plaid taffeta bow may adorn the A

centre of the neckline, or larger JÚDIOTEXTBOÆKTX]]]]]]]ZAMBONUS buttons of bold design may be used without the bow

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but of an arresting colour, and

Some jumpers are perfectly plain." knitted in a bold design such as that of cable stitch. Such gar ments often have "polo" collars reaching almost to the chin.

Then there are jerseys of plain shape and perfect fit, knitted in several colours to give a plaid or c harlequin effect.

A garment which is of waist length, and a cross between a coat and a blouse, is very useful. It. often has

a plain turned-down knitted collar, and buttons down the front, The collar may reach. to the base of the throat or it may be low enough to show the top of a plain silk blouse worn beneath it Knitted frocks are invariably of very simple design, fitting beauti- fully, belted at the waist, and having a small collar or quite plain, neck. All the decoration is found in the stitch used in the work. This may achieve a ribbed diagonal or vandyked effect. Or it may have a "bubbly" surface, or show a series of horizontal or diagonal lines -all of which adds to the smart- ness of this season's knitted dress.

Little Tricks

Patchwork Basket

I have made myself a much- admired work. basket from a fruit basket of the type strawberries are sold in I covered the outside with many scrape of bright material, sewed together into a patchwork mosaic of colour. Then I lined the basket with blue material, making pockets for cottons, etc., and as a finishing touch I bound the handle tightly with matching blue picture cord

Use for Old Sheets

When sheets begin to wear out you can make them into spare bed spreads in the following way. First dye the sheet an attractive colour. such as primrose or peach, then from a patterned cretonne cut out -five pretty flower motifs and appli- que them one in each corner and one in the centre of the sheet, or, if 'necessary, arrange them to cover up any worn patches,

A Grate Idea

In the summer months when you feel you can't bear the sight of your desolate, empty grate, collect two or three rustic logs, some fir-cones, pieces of firewood, and crepe paper, either red or green Paint the ends of the logs and some of the fir- cones with aluminium paint, then arrange the wood and the cones of top of the crinkly paper, and, if more background is needed, touch up a few twigs with the aluminium paint and arrange them round the back of the grate.

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HATS

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DRESSES

For Autumn

Your Old Hat cleaned and

Reblocked to any style.

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