New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-20


three rows of DC. In the blue and then one row in
alternate stitches of blue and red, not breaking of
the silks but carrying them alongOn the wrong side
of the work. The red silk will now form
the ground on which the star pat
tern of blue is to be worked.
Crochet row with stitches of blue aud of red
alternately in the next row of red and Of blue.
This is to be continued row after another in
creasng stitch In the blue pattern every time that
color is repeated in each row until it counts
stitches In each division Take care to keep the two
red stitches of the ground exactly over each other
The pattern Is now to be decreased by working
stitches of red and 8 of blue; in the next
row of red and Of blue; in the next IL of red
red and of blue. Work plain rows of red increas-
ing sufficient number of stitches to keep the work
fiat, and finish with fringe formed of open rows
of crochet in blue.
NORMANDY LACE TEN. B.writes that IL all the
ladies who are having trouble with the Normandy
lace tie will cast on 80 instead of 40 stitches the first
row will come out rightly.
The second row is right.
Third row-Slip !, knit l. over, knit l. narrow
over knit Lover narrow, knit 1, over narrow, knit
g. narrow, over, knit 1, narrow, over knit l. over
narrow, knit /. over. narrow, knit o. narrow. over
knit l. narrow, over, knit 1, over. narrow knit l.
over knit g.
The fourth and fifth rows are right.
Sixth row: Slip /, knit 1, over. knit l.
narrow, over. knit 8. over, narrow, knit y
the rest of the row is right The sew
enth and eighth rows are right. The ninth row Is
right up to the last line that should read latter
passne the narrowed stitch over the knitted onel,
| thus Over, knit 1. narrow. over, knit l. narrow.
The rest Of the rows are right. have tie nearly
finished and it is so handsome that 1t will repay all
trouble in knitting shall take the stitches up on
the end commenced and finish 1T rs the other. IL
can be done very easily by taking up the same num-
Der of stitches that it Is commenced with-39-and
finish like the pattern. thank A. /. W. very much
as we'll as all the other ladies who furnish so many
nice patterns ] do not find any trouble with any
Of them have tried great many ofthem and found
| them very NICE"
FLANNEL TRIM MINGs.-E. B. S. asks how much OF
Saxony or Angola wool it will take to make edging
for flannel skirt and the price of saule An ounce
of Saxony which is the best for the purpose, VIII
| make edging enough for two skirts. The WOOL
| dealers mentioned in this column February 2 WI
probably send her list OF prices. She Will nnd
many pretty patterns in the knitting extras. There
| is very good one in THE WEEKLY OF Noyember3'
A CONSTANT READER writes: Il have made an
Afghan, and several other things from information
given in The TRIBUNE and look eagerly for every
paper The knitted balls are particularly pretty.
My greatest stumbling block has been the neglect OF
contributors 10 mention tue KIM OF VI
TO use;-will they please specify what material Is
used for making Normandy lace necktleT
EpGrNG WANrED-B. L. A. asks that some one
will send pattern for double rose-eaf edgng with
herring bone at the top to atch the insertion gwen
heretofore.
JOINING CROCHET STRIPs-An industrious little
girl asks how join together strips heted In the
Afghan stitch.-Put the two strips together, tho
wrong side of each inside. so that the edges to DO
Joined fall one on the other. Now pu t the hook
through the first stitch the two edges, passing 1t
under both loops of EACH. and join them together
with sc. or Dc, as explained week or two ago.
In the second and succeeding stitches only pass the
hook through the nearest loop of the strip next you,
and the furthest loop of the under stripthese are
the two loops on the right side OF each strip-and
make q Sc, that 10, catch the wool and draw 1t
ths hook at operation Make these Sos all the
way along the edges till you reach the last stitch
then put the hook through both loops OF each stitch
and finish with sc. That Is, the first and last
stitches worked through the double loop Of each
OF the edge stitches. as to make a hrIner finish,
while the intermediate SC.s are only made through
one loop of each stitch. This makes neat aud COM
pact Joining II DCs are used, instead OF Sos then
there will be little ridge between the strips which
soma may think an Improvement.
CHILDRENs BALLs.-Mrs. b. makes q correction
In her directions for childrens ballspubished De-
cember 10. In the daisy pattern she says the CEN
tire of yellow or white should put on first. then
the side petals and over tho centre the blue for the
two remaining petals. Otherwise the directions are
correct.