The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27
CR0CHETING IS
AGAIN THE FASHION.

The CrOcheted Sweater Is Now an
Indispensable Part of Every Up-tO
Date WOmnn's Wardrobe.
The pendulum of fashion has again
swung back in favor of homemade
crocheted things, and, consequently,
crochet hooks, yarns and threads are
once more considered patrician. Wom-
en- sit in the sun parlors of country
clubs and hotels. and chat and gossip
as they crochet daintily colored floss.
No woman's wardrobe is considered
complete nowadays without a sweater,
and if she makes it herself so much
the better. This garment has evolved
by degrees from a long, tight-ftting
masculine affair. donned by way of the
head, to a decorous up-to-date blouse,
which is stylish enough to wear any,
where. There are green and red golf
sweaters white tennis sweaters, red
automobile sweaters, and all colors to
wear under the coat to give added
warmth. Each sweater has it's own
style, and may be fashioned simply or
as deliberately as the maker chooses.
One of the most popular styles is
known as the blouse, and it looks much
like shirt waist. 1t has a yoke, the
crocheting of which runs crosswise, and
gives the broad sloping shouldered eff
feet so much sought for. The sweater
blouses slightly front and back, as do
the newest shirt waists, and fits snugly
at the waist line.
The sleeves for this garment are full
and pretty, bagging well at the elbow
to accommodate, without mussing, the
VoluminouS waist sleeves worn under
meath. They, are finished with a snug
lifting crocheted cuff about five inches
deep. The croCheting of the sleeves
and blouse runs lengthwise. The collar,
also, is high and fits closely. Nine
large crocheted buttons close the
sweater in front Three of the same
buttons close the cuff of the sleeve.
This particular sweater requires a
pound of Spanish yarn, a small bone
hook, an Afghan hook, and an unlim-
tied amount of time. Those who have
made the garments, however say that
it is astonishing how much may be ac-
complished in odd moments, which
would otherwise be wasted.
With the revival of crocheting comes
the fashion for crocheted button COW
ers, not only for sweaters, but for
shirt waists and gowns. Some of the
patterns for these covers are beautiful,
and, in spite of the intricacy of their
appearance, they are easily made. The
foundation is an ordinary button or
button mould of the desired size; the
covering is of chochet silk, cotton or
yarn.
Shoe buttons make excellent founda-
tions for the tiny black silk crocheted
buttons. which are made in star pat
tern. These buttons are either sim
pie or elaborate. White silk is used.
Crocheters have open to them still
another field of opportunity in cro-
cheting the medallions which are so
fashionable for gown decoration. These
are made Of filmy silk thread. crochet
silk, linen or cotton thread, or even of
yarns, since wool medallions and laces
are in vogue. These medallions are not
only in black and white, but in colors
as well, since colored laces have be-
come the rage.
Toboggan caps, with pompoms, such
as were worn ten years ago, with a
few notifications, and rainbow scarfs
and shawls, are among the other cro-
cheted things that are once more in
style.
Tatting, the old-time fancy work of
fifty years ago, is also quite the fad,
but it takes nimble and delicate An
gers to do it well. Exquisite work,
beautiful as cobweb lace, often orig
inal in design, can be made with no
more expensive materials than a shut
tie and a spool of finest cotton.