The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
green, wide band Of the striped rib
bon encircling the crown.

Knitting directions for soft rug:
One long double hook No. 9; one .
pair of long bone knitting needles &
No. 9; about fourteen ounces four
ply white feecy or petticoat fin
gering, and two ounces Of colored, used
for the border only. Cast on to the
knitting needles 100 stitches, and knit
100 rows of plain knitting, slipping the
first stitch Of each row. This is for
the under part Of the rug. In the next
upper part Of the rug, slip the Isl
hook, and work go ridges of the pat
tern given. There will be 80 raised and
80 depressed rows on each. side of the
work.
For the pattern work off the stitches
as in the backward row Of tricot
crochet. e.: draw the wool thru one
loop, then thru two together for the
rest Of the row. Second row: AS in
ordinary tricot crochet, with one loop
on the hook, raise the upright stitch,
but draw the wool thru it, and then
thru it and the loop on the hook, leav-
ing again only one loop, but to make a
second stitch, draw the wool thru the
loop caused by drawing the wool thru
the two previous stitches, and leave
this on the hook with the first loop. Re-
peat into each upright stitch until there
are again ISL stitches on the hook:
commence from the other end Of the
hook with second ball Of wool and
work off the stitches. Sew the rug
across the bottom and about one foot
up the side; folding from the knitting
at the back.
Border: Work all around the edge in
double crochet, firmly and evenly;
work D G at each corner. Join the
second color and work in fans thus:
! d c, miss Q d G, into the third work
IS treble. Repeat all around. Keep
the work fiat, and bring the 5 treble
| always into the center stitch Of the 8
D G at each corner. Second row: The
same, but in white, and working the
clusters Of treble on to the D G and
the D q stitches on to the center stitch
of the clusters of red trebles. Third
row: Work in red and with treble
| In each cluster, in the corners. Sew
two sets of tape or ribbon to the back
OF the plain knitting, to tie to the sofa.
| For giving the touch of style and
immaoulateness there is nothing like
the small accessories of embroidery
anglaise. One of the best of these lit
tie arrangements is a narrow bib or
| plastron which fits to the base of the
| flannel collar reaching around to the
shoulder seams and lying on the out
side of the blouse ending in little
point half way down the 'front.' This
| is threaded by ribbon which is passed
around the neck and brought down thru
the larger eyelet holes to tie in bow
either on the outside or underneath in
out fetchingly
A top piece to the collar is made to
match and small bit of turnback
| is put on, the sleeves. A velveteen
waist is also made effective by mar
row band of the same work inserted
| between the plaits and by puffed under
! sleeves Of the plain linen finished with
a full ruffle of the embroidery. These
are wonderfully effective and clean
| looking from under an elbow sleeve of
a fabric that contrasts as decidedly as
velveteen, and they are particularly
good if the sleeve is finished with a
| rundown circular cuff.
The turnback wash cuffs which are
worn with all Shirt waists are extremely
deep and affords the chance of utiliz-
| ing the cuffs of outside jacket sets by
| matching them in a small turnover
collar. A little ingenuity could also
connect the. long, shallow collar that
comes with such a set into one Of tho
little plastrons.