The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-02-20

These articles are old in the Stops, for
both lad es and children. One kind woman's
sizs is made OF heavy web ed jersey cloth.
They are neatly but, oned, and look very
we'll Indeed, over q neat boot they make
the foot look mailer. But there is one OBJ
lection to them They only reach to the
knee, aud for perfection need piece sewed
to them Leggngs should come well up
over the kne, Some of the largest and most
sensitive nerves and blooi vessels of the
BODY are in that rart OF the leg and they
shor'd be well covered in cold weather.
The most satisfactory legging' are those
made a. home They can DO knitted the
right shane and size, and you cannot poke
your finger through them because they are
so thin.
On the left OF the illustration is pair OF
crochctel legginss for a child o yeas
old From n wei shaped stocking you can
cut paper pattern Take the stocking
after II has been worn, when it is just the
shape of tn. round little leg and ankle.
Double it and Gu tn, prttern. Begin at the
lower edge to make the Logging. Make
chain of the required len tn and join the
ends with slip stitch The rest Of the " rk
can be seen from the Illustration. Use
zephyr wool of any color desired White is
the pref lest for little children. II you u'e
white when the work is finished put row
OF white silk buttons up the leg, and :"
the ton and bot ON with white silk and work
II chain in silk up the outer lge W shall
give next week TIE fun size crochet stitch
for these lcggings
Tie right hand illustrate on shows ladv's
lccgings They are knitted. not croch"ted
b gin ut tho top round, with l0i stitches. In
the second round make a row of hole. to ill.,
sprt an elastic cord or tape. to hold The gar
men M The holes are nude by throwing
the yarn around tn nendle aud knitting the
next two stitches toge her. For the third
round knit rs n stitch the loop OF warn that
ha, been thrown over the needle. Use black
stocking yarn, and common knitting needles
From tho third to the l3Sth round knit the
leyginCs ribbed The faS HON books make
great TODD about purin g. as they call it.
There are many wise and lovely women who
haven't an idea what ''pur' Is. Wei IL
i simply the wrong side-out stitch that
forms tn rows in ribbei knitting. That's
al For the rows here make two stitches
plain ard two 'puglei. That is the fash
ionable worl.
The bend Of the knee IL made in this way:
On the GlSt row knit only O. stitches leaving
the otl er 50 Knit across these % mex. time,
but take in only the first - emitting another
80 at the other end; and after this in every
,ucce sive row up TO the 9th, inclusive, add
| stitch of those omitted. and in the Git
row 70 une all tia remain at the end.
From the l3Jth to the l52d rounds, make
the rubbing 60 around instead OF up an
down This forms the calf OF the leg.
Make 3 rows plain and rows the in
vcrtel stitch to begin. The pattern can
be varied at pleasure by putting dIierelt
number OF stitches i'll the alternate rows.
When the ankle is reached resume the up
and down ribbny ayan. kuit down to the
ankle tone, then widen over the heel and in
ste. he widening il done 10y taking up
81: ch between the rows and knitting II, each
side of the lcr, Just over the ankle bone.
Wi ,cu / stitch each side then knit
rows AMI widen again, ! stitch each side,
and so on ill 1t is wide enough to cover the
shoe easily 1t should be long enough to
cover the shoe down 10 the lower edge Of
the ms ep piece. In ie1 who have difficulty
in shaping this par I Of the work have only
20 consult for information their mothers
anil grandmothcrs who know how % knit
stocking
The frill at the bottom, as shown in the
illustration, is better omitted, and the leg
ging closed, II plain. The frill tends to
make The foot loof larger For those who
would like to have it, however, here are
directions for making it Around the bo,-
tom, after the logging is quite fn;shed, for the
first rouul-Knit 1, put the wool over, knit
/, purl l. put the wool over, puri i; repeat.
Second aud third rounds Knit and purl
by turns Fourth round-knit |. twice by
turns put the wool over and knit l. then
purl |, twice by turns put the wool over and
purl /; repeat Filth AMI sixth roun~ BY
turns knit and purl s. Seventh round
Knit =, put the wool over, knit /, put over,
knit ., purl 2, put over purl l. put over,
purl .; repeat. Eighth to tenth rounds
Knit aud purl by turns; a, the end of the
tenth round cast olf the stitches, and then
tas,eu of tie end Of the wool securely.