Evening journal., 1911-01-10
CROCHETING In
FASHION AGAIN
Knitting Needle No Longer
Lies in Dust On the
Shelf
CAPS BEING MADE
FOR WHOLE FAMILY

The feminine arts of knitting and
crocheting are. coming into their own
again. For many years. almost since
orinoline days, the crocheting hook
and the knitting needle have been
gathering dust on the shelf. Old
ladies', of course, who had knitted all
sorts of "pretties" in their giFfnood,
kept up the custom, but the great
army Of knitters and crocheters had
dwindled down to almost handful,
and embroidery and drawnwork reign
ed in their stead.
( But the pendulum has swung back
and now one may see women and girls
Of all sizes and ages plying the long
crocheting hook and puckering their
brows while counting stitches. The
fad started early in the summer, when
girls sat on hotel porches and knitted
silk ties in impossible shades for their
best young men. But it has taken
the polo cap to bring the crochetng
fad to it's most gorgeous bloom.
Some call them polo caps, others
automobile caps, and still others avi-
alton caps, according as you play polo
or ride in an auto or flying machine.
What's in a name? polo cap by
any other name is just as fascinat-
ing perched on the curly head Of a
pretty girl
] Look Smart Now.
And they are fascinating. Knitted
and woolen things have always been
open to the criticism that they lacked
smartness, despite all their softness
) But this can never be said of the
g.. hrttr
a adopted them and are holding on tc
o them, apparently, with might and
main.
70 Not only women, but school girli
g have fallen in love with them. Wher
8 Big Sister wore her polo cap for the
s first time, little Marie decided she
might look we'll in one, too, and 81
= hosts Of small girls trip schoolhouse
a ward every morning with books clasp
II ed tightly under their arms and pol'
caps drawn well over shell-like ears
+ But 1t is on the skating ponds tha
r most of these pretty caps are seen
= and the reason is not far to seek
y Wintry blasts cannot blow them OF
and they are warmer than any othe
kind of headgear, not excepting In
long-popular tam-o-shanter. Besides
) fitting snugly over the head as the
do, they keep the fair wearer's lock
Il from tumbling and her hairpins iror
e being scattered over the pond
thing that will happen when maiden
l. 60 a-skating or indulge in other form
of energetic exercise.
n. Can Get Them Ready Made.
g, You can buy these caps ready mad
10 II you like, but most girls prefer
NuNrH far4NaH IA
n hour to make one, but. in spite df tn
h fact, the shops are crowded every ml
a. lment Of the day with learners"
soon as one group has finished al
e other stands ready to take its plac
Al and so most Of the shops have bee
unable to keep enough yarn in stoC
~ to supply the demand. The girl wi
makes q cap for herself speedily b
thinks herself of some friend or rel
tive who would like one. too, and
whole families have been supple
with polo caps simply because ol
member had caught the germ
A knitting teacher says that SIM
the fad started she has never be-
able to keep a large enough stock
yarn on hand There has new
been such a craze" she says. 1T
DtNOuu dng glnllE hdfT IfIA Sc
Everybody wants a polo cap, ev
the men. A man who spends gre
deal of his time motoring came
the other day and bought a gray or
OH yes, he wanted It for himself.
said so. distinctly"
Made In All Shades.
They make them in all shades,
the red and white are the favorites
present, and these two colors make
bright and stunning combinati
against the dull. wintry landscal
| Close seconds to these are the ca
| made in two warm shades of brow
j in black and white. or in light piI
blue or lavender combined with viii
As TO the cost-you buy five ba
Of the yarn Git is a delightfully."- thi'
soft yarn) at 35 cents a ball and
takes five balls for each cap.
big celluloid hook costs 25 cents a
instructions at all the shops wh'
the materials are sold is free.
entire cost of a cap is two dollars q
the hour you spend in making It. 81
tract from this the amount of pie
ure you get out of the work and )
have a wonderfully attractive bit