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required. End with twelve plain rows to match
those at beginning.
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SToCKINGs.-Mrs. S. writes " / enjoy the direc-
tons for knitting aces and stockings and long for
The TRIBUNE to come, SO can try something new.
Have any of the ladies tried knitting black
silk stockingsi i would like to know how
i made to come the knee; the price; where to
buy it; and If any open work is knit in them. |
have knitted stockings Of thread No. CO. and used
the German insertion. They much admired"
About four ounces Of silk would BIO required for the
stockings. The silk can be got cheaply at Macys,
Storms, or Ehrich's.
AN INvALID's LETTER-Mrs. s. b. P. says {:
II have been interested reader of the
Knitting Column. although reading it must
content me, as it has been my portion to lie on
couch of pain for four years, most of the time
ape ape 10 read anything Yet it does me good to know
acne TO Try some OF the bean iful patterns given.
wish to have some silk stockings knit Will you be
so KIND as to tell me what col ors tins would be
durable7 light tint is preferred. l want some
thing Just as pretty can be made into hosiery.
everything about them as beautiful as circumstances
s fdrgS rn concentrating pretty things can often
Mrs. p can send for four ounces of pale pink or
pale blue silk to Mays or Storms Ehrichs in this
steel needles.
EXTRA WANrED.-A copy of Extra No. rs
tanning directions tor making silk mittens will be
sent to IT, E. A. upon receipt OF 20 cents.
STAR STITCH.-K. c. will find directions for star
stitch in Extra No. 80. Price 10 cents She can have
the small sum of haf-a-dolar These Extras not
only maintain their popularity but constantly
extending their circulation and editions arc
continually called for
SHAwLs.-Mrs. c., of Brooklyn. will find many
erfsd o ab fST shaU bn in THE ExrH
from time to time. We are much indebted to her
for her kind words.
Mrs H, L. SIS NORMANDY LACE-Will Mrs H.
L. kindly send to us repetition of the sixth row
of her beautiful Normandy lace. There arc many
requests for correction Of this row. Mrs ii. f. s.
IN w f1,AIn f.r., n:
rectons is to do Miss NJ. Portland Me-, did, l. G.,
at the end Of every row state he number of stitches
that should be on the needle"
CORRECTIoN.-Mrs NJ. C. p. wishes to make a cor
Tectl0n IN her directions for narrow edglng pub
lished june 20. The 9th row accidentally
knit the rest plain. She suggests that it would bs
an Improvement to pnrl the over" stitch in the
the 4th and 9th rows after putting the thread
in front of the needle and Knitting the stitch.
twice. to avoid the oosenoss of the over stitch.
She likes the thick part to be smooth.
=, SHELL PATTERN.--E. p CPS difficulty in regard to
e shell pattern printed July - IS easil expai ed
KNIT SIX stitches. preceding each stitch with an
oyer"7in other words she puts the thread over the
needle before each of the six stitches. She
must repeat" the stitches mentioned between the
two stars as many times rs there are rows of shells
the beginning and end of the work, which makes 4
extra stitches. All the stitches between make the
ornamental patterns Each row of shells is techni-
caliy called a pattern row."
HEKRING-BoNE EDGING.-Will f. T.. ID. kindly
explain III. w. Els dlffcultyf The latter saws:
have tried the herring bone edging contribute
by +. +. d.. June l. several times. | got the first
and second rows all right, but in the third in
stead OF having one stitch to knit plain | had five
Viii E. +. ID. please explaini wet according to
the directions tried it myself and then got two
dlherent persons to read TO me while knit. | had
the same result each time."
EXTRAs.-Mrs. L. o. r. can obtain all the Extras
from this office tor 30 cents. A large and handsome
hhitting Extra No. 10, has been issued since the
publication of the Stocking Extra