Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-18
WORDS OVER OUR WORK.
BY MARY c. WEST.

Up to this time my words have been directed to
the old folks of the household, but to-day 1 pro-
pose leaving them out of the audience | want
to have talk with the little girls and, as a kind
OF introductory, may as well tall them how
TO KNIT sUsPENDERs.
take it for granted that every little girl in the
country knows how TO knit stocking-lf there
are any who do not, and who are over the age of
eight, 1T Is high time they were learning. In this
age OF store chose" it may be thought that knit
ting is an accomplishment not absolutely nccessa-
ry; but, whether necessary nor, 1t IS an ac-
complishment easily attained ami nice to know,
and, therefore, one that should be understood by
every lady.
Believing, then, that all my young readers know
or will know, how to knis stocking, shall pro-
ceed to tell them how to knit suspender, which
is style of knitting not so generally understood
as the other.
The first thing necessary is yarn. Some use
cotton yarn; others woolien. i like woolen best
Us it makes a suspender more soft anu easy to the
shoulder. The yarn should be pretty coarse
The next requisite Is knitting needles-tWo in
number and coarse. Now commence the same as
for stocking and cast On twenty stttches then
commence with the other needle and knit one
stitch, turn the thread around as if to seam then
take off the next stitch without knitting. then
turn back the thread, then knit the next stitch
then take off the next as before, and so on until
the first needle is out.
Start it in and proceed as before until you have
a strip, say three Inches long tor the buckle to
slide upon.
At this juncture you change your mode Of OF
eratIons, and 1t widens the suspender out to about
double the width attained up to this time You
Enlt the first stitch before, bring the thread
ground take OIL the stitch as II turning a seam
then, instead OF turning the thread back as YOU
have been doing all along, bring 1t over the nee
die You now have resting upon the needle both
stitch and loop. Knit the next stitch IN the
usual way, take off the next as before, and so on
until the needle is out. Go in now with your
empty needle and knit across, taking off the sim
gle stitch and knitting the double one. Every
time the single stitch Is taken off the thread must
be passed over the needle, TO make double one
for the next knitting.
When your auspender LAS grown to a sufficient
length go back to the first process and that will
narrow 1t down to the width had at starting
Knit button-hole II you like, when can be done
by dividing the stitches anu knitting half up at a
time, and then knitting the two parts together
Some do not knit button hole, but sew on a
piece OF leather which is, perhaps the better way
as 1t hol Is to the button more securely than does
the yarn.
At the outset had intended to tell you how
TO KNIT GLOVES
with a hook OF .'hone. bat as that is yerv unbka
any ether klpd u kprtng do not SEP how I
gould make you understand without diagrams
II is quite simple aud beautiful far coarse work
and may be able to INT upon plan by which to
MAKE II plain 10 you IN future talk.
PLATING WITH sTRAws,
as to make hat, is a nice thing for Little gus to
understand. Put together seven straws of equal
size, and wrap them securely with thread
around the large end. Then divide them into
two parts-four straws in one part and three in
the other, and spread them cut like a fan, the
ends tied together representing the handle. Hold
them into position with the thumb, and forehngeI
Ok each hand, letting the "hands" point toward
YOUR breast: Now take the outside straw on the
side containing four, and bend it over in he same
range with the straws in the side OF three, bring
1t over the straw next to it, and under the nexi
two, pressing all fiat between the thumb an lin
ger This changes the side OF three straBs to q
side OF tour. Take the outside straw OF the "ioui
aide,@ as II now stands and change it back to IL,
alhree side, over ane apd under Two, as before
Keep this up, always working On the side of toul
straws, and you are plating When your straws
give out you can splice ON others, either by slip.
ping one into the other, or by simply slipping
the new straw through tha plat on top of the old
one. The splicing must all be done on the righ
side, so that the ends will sew under in making
the hat. In plating you must hold the two divi
sons of the straws pointing far apart as yoy
can conveniently, without strainiug them Wher,
they join in the plat,-Mobiie Register