Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-07
Instructions for Making
Red Cross Articles.

Here are the Official directions for
knitting the sweater, mufiers, socks
and Wristlets- and remember, Major
Murphy says they must come be-
fore cold weather.:
EQUIPMENT
Knitting machines may be used II
the quality of their work is up to
standard,
Yarn may be either gray or khaki.
The Red Gloss Supply Service will
carry the gray oxford mixture, 4-ply
los construction.
Knitting needles, as prescribed,
will be of three kinds:
No. /, 135-10O0 inches in diameter;
I No. 2, 175-lOO0 inches and No. 3,
100000 inches.
Yarn and needles can be had
through Red Cross chapters.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS
Do not cast on stitches too tightly.
Knit evenly and firm ly, and avoid
holes
Join by splicing, or by leaving two
or three inches at each end Of the
yarn TO be carefully darned in.
Carefully avoid all knots, ridges or
Jumps, especially in socks, as they
may blister the feet.
sLEEyELEsR SWEATER
3 hanks of warn q lb.): l pair Red
Cross needles, No. 8.
CASTOR 30 stitches. Knit 2, purl 2
stitches for inches. Knit plain until
sweater measures Is inches. Knit %
stitches, bind of "a stitches for ne ok,
loose. Knit g titches. Knit ridges
on each shoulder, cast on a stitches.
Knit plain for u inches. Purl 2, knit
2 stitches for inches. Sew up sides,
leaving 8 inches for armholes. 2 rows
single crochet around neck and one
row single crochet around the arm
holes.
WRISTLETS MOI
hank of yarn Il lb.);1 pair Red
Cross needles, No. z.
Cast on 48 stitches knit and purl
2 for IL inches, and sew up, leaving 2
inches open space for thumb inches
from the edge.
WRIsTLFTs NO. 2
Made III One Piece
I hanksof yarn lb. - Red Cross
Eneedlks, 10. l.
Casbon52 stitches on needles: 10
1920 Knit 2, parl for s inches
To make opening for thumb, knit2.
purl 2 to end of Sd needle, turn; knit
and purl back to end of 1st needle,
always slipping first stitch; turn.
Continue knitting back and forth
for 2 inches. From this point continue
as at first for 4 inches for the hand.
Bind off. loosely and buttonhole
thumb opeuing.
MUFFLFR
q hanks Of yarn e 10. III pair
Red Gross needles, No, 3.
Cast on SO stitches or IL inches.
Plain knitting for SO inches.
MEDIUM SIZED MANS SOCK
4 Red Cross needles, No. / ] Id.
2 hanks of yarn.
Set up 60 stitches, 20 on each of 3
needles Knit 2 plain and 2 purl for
IS rows { Al inches J. Both row knit
plain stitches, knit together; repeat
this until the round is completed.
There are now SO stitches on the
needles. Knit SO rows plain unnil leg
measures IL inches. 81 inches Of
plain Knitting Take half the number
of stitches rs J on first needle for
the heel { leaving IL and IL stitches
on the second and third needles for
the instep J, add on the Is stitches
knit row, purl l row alternately for
rs times or inches J, always slip
ping the first stitch. Begin to turn
heel on the wrong side. slip /, purl Ii.
purl 2 together, purl /.
Turn work over, slip / !, knit 4. slip
/, knit /, and pass it over slipped
stitch, knit l. Turn, slip /, purl S,
purl together, purl l. Turn, slip /
knit 6, slip l, knit l, and pass it over
slipped stitch, knit l, Continue work.
ing toward the sides of the heel in
this manner, leaving l more stitch
between decreases on every row until
all the stitches are worked in. There
should then be Is stitches on the
needle. Pick up Ii stitches on side of
heel; now knit the Is stitches on I'd
and Sd needle on to one needle, which