The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-19
A GIFT FOR THE Invalid.
KNITTED rOOTSTOoL Is DELIGHT
FUL IN WINTERS CHILLINESs.
Foundation OF Cardboard Curled
Hair Pressed Carefully Into shape
. Good Eilling-Four-rhrca
Wool to Form q knitted Cover.

For solid comfort in winter, when the
floor is cold commend one TO u knitted
Iootstool
1t isn't a difficult bit OF work nor are
the materials expensive. Probably it viii
cost less than q dollar when finished.
Just here let me say. nothing could naaAa
a more acceptable Christmas gift than
one Of these footstoois, for an elderly
person or an invalid.
The materials required are two knitting
needles. suitable for knitting four thread
ed wool, heavy pastsboagd. curled hair.
snton flannel. and one-Quarter hank each
OF waite and black wool, one hank or
maroon colored. one-half hank each OF
blue and green. cost ail told, perhaps. NJ
cents, and even less IL excelsior As used
instead Of curled hair.
Now for tho knitting. Take the mareen
or red wool and cast on one needle forty-
TWO stitches; knit once entirely across In
tho following manner: Sup the crst stitch.
bring wool forward and knit two stitches
togesher-or narrow. rs il is caiied-siip
the next stitch; bring wool forward and
knit two together. Continue this TO tha
end OF the stitches or needle. let the two
knit together be the last. Should there
be an odd stitch left on the needle, drop Il
OF. Knit back IN the same manner-that
is. slip one. bring wool forward and KNIT
two together.
We nave reached the lniTo row, which
is knit In precisely the same manner un-
I'll you have only three stitches left on the
needle-leavs these without knittinGi turn,
and knit 10 end OF needle as before.
Fourth row-Knit as before until ysu
have knit or all but the last six stitches,
turn and knit back.
Fifth row-Same as others, leaving
nine stitches and turn. Continue In this
manner, leaving three more stitches each
inn
across. making q gore about three inches
wide. Break OF red wool ana join on
white; knit entirely across. once and back
same way as above-that II. slip one. wool
forward and knit two: break of white
wool and join on black; knit once and
back; break wool and join blue wool; knit
exactly like the red gore-that Is. until
you have been across eighteen times: knit
white and black. then make a gore OF the
red wool; white and black; gore OF green
wool; white and black: gore of red wool.
Keep on IN this way until you have six
cores of red wool and three each of the
blue and the green wool, with black and
white between each. After fastening the
edges together the footstool Is completed,
all but the foundation. and q tassel, tuft
made Of bits OF all the different colors as
wool. for the center, where the cores meet.
For the foundation. cut from the PASTE
board circular piece thirteen inches in
be the under side. with canton flannel of
some dark color. This Is to prevent the
stool from travelling all about the room
Then with moro canton flannel make a
strip nine inches wide and long enough
to reach round the circle; overland one
edge strongly to the circle already COW
cred; with shoe thread or other coarse
cotton run a drawing string along the
other edge OF the strip, to form a kind OF
bag, which is to hold the scurled hair:
press it nicely into shape. which will be
rather fiat on top and nicely rounded 1T
the edge, somewhat resembling In shape
an inverted wash basin. This Is to be
covered with the knitted part, sewed neat
~ on the under side of the circle. and be-
hold. you have SOFT warm cushion for
your feet, which can easily be carried
from room to room and put in your trunk
il you are going on 3ourney.-Phiiadel-
phia Press.