Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-31

cheting stitches in 1, then ! plain, and
widen again; rest of row plain. Fourth
row plain; 9th row, widen opposite the LIST
widening In Sd row, crochet plain and
widen again; rest plain. Sixth row plain.
Seventh row, widen as before, opposite the
starting point, and crochet plain between
the widenings. Thus continue, every other
row plain and every other row widening
twice, increasing the number of plain
stitches between by 2 every time, until the
number of rows is %, when the number of
stitches between the widenings will be %;
Join the mitten where the last two widen
ings occur by drawing the wool once
through on the hook. Crochet the rest
of the mitten plain until it reaches
the end of the little finger in length, mar
row at each side by skipping one stitch and
draw the wool tightly so as not to leave a
hole. Narrow only twice in the first row,
then one row plain, twice in the next row,
and after that shape it to the hand by mar
rowing more frequently in a row until it is
almost completed. Then narrow every
few stitches. When reduced to an open
ing not longer than the end of the finger,
take large needle, turn the mitten, and
finish off neatly by drawing up the remain
ing stitches and fastening firmly. Join on
the wool again at the opening left for the
thumb, and shape it to the size of the
thumb, fastening offas before. This makes
very warm, strong mitten which will
wear for several seasons. For smaller
mitten, start with shorter chain, which
may be measured around the wrist, and
crochet only %, 81 or 10 rows before join
ing for the thumb, according to the age of
the child. The wrist may be finished off
with crocheted rufiie or two, or the nit
ten may be commenced with knitted
wristlet, two plain and two purl, two or
three inches long, casting off and then
crocheting the first row into the wristlet.
AFGHAN STITCH CROCHET TRICoTEE). -
For the benefit of those who may no hap
pen to know the usual Afghan stitch few
simple directions may be presented. 1t is
very easy stitch, and one agreeable to
the fingers. The crochet needle must be
rather long one of bone, wood or steel, and
the same size from end to end. Holding
the wool in the left hand you make with
the needle held in the right running loop
or moose; through this loop draw the wool
with the needle making a third loop, and
go on thus until your chain has the re-
quired number of loops-say seventeen.
At the end turn and work back on the
chain thus: Put your needle through the
! fifteenth loop-the one next but one to the
| last of the chain-and drawing the wool
| through, leave the stitch on the needle :;
with this and the seventeenth stitch of the
chain you will have two stitches on the
needle. Put the needle through the
next stitch of the chain, and draw
ing the wool through, leave that loop
also on the needle. Go to the
end of the chain thus and you will find
| in making chain for crochet tricotee, you
must always make one more stitch than
the number which the work is to have, as
this permits the neat turn at the end. At
the end of the first row (all the stitches
being OF the needlel, take up the wool
with the hook and draw it through the
first stitch only, then catching the wool
up again, draw it through the stitch just
made and the next stitch on the needle :;
then through the stitch just made and the
next stitch, and so on to the end of the
row, when only one stitch is left on the
needle. Then put the hook through the
first perpendicular stitch of the preceding
row mot the edge stitch) and draw the
wool through, leaving the stitch thus made
on the needle. Go to the end of the row
thus, drawing the wool through each per-
pendicular stitch of the preceding row,
and leaving all the stitches thus made on
the needle then work back as in the
second row. This is crochet tricotee, call
ed so because it resembles knitting. i New
York Tribune