The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-05
A Blouse For That Spring Suit? Crochet Il Yourself
Here's How To Give Handmade Touch To Your Wardrobe
By NEA Service

Hand -crocheted blouses promise
tremendous vogue for wear this
spring under new suits.
1t is smart to crochet your own
right now. College girls are cro-
cheting during their leisure mo-
ments and the vogue is spreading
to high school girls and also TO
their mothers.
This mercerized crochet blouse.
with its ccwl neckline and shorter
length is very new for spring. 1t
can be white or any color you want
1t.
To make 1t, you need IL balls
of size 10 mercerized crochet IN
the smaller balls, or IL in the larg
er size, and number 5 steel GRO
chet hook.
Here are the directions for maxi
ing.
Oh 1872. LIST row: Beginning in
I'd CHI, / In each st; CHI 2, turn.
End row: l C in every other Z
with rather loose CHI 1 between; CT
2, turn. Sd row: $ c under each
chi with CHI between; CHI 2,
turn. Repeat Sd row until work
measures / inch. Then work one
inch using half d C (thread over
as for d d C, but take off loops
at one time) under each chi, with
oh / between. Then work / inch
like the first 4 inch. Begin now
and work |, 1-2 inches of the Knot
| Stitch as follows: draw loop of
last st out on hook about Ia inch,
thread over and draw through the
IA inch loop; place hook under
single loop at left of st and draw
thread through, thread over and
draw off the loops; draw Ia inch
loop out on needle, thread over and
complete st as before. Skip 4 SITS,
in 5th st. Repeat from to
end. Make a double st at end Of
row and draw loops of ends SITS out
about 3-S inch instead of Ia inch.
Turn. S C, picking up loops at the
right of the knot, c picking up
loops at the left of the same knot.
Continue in this way across and
repeat to a depth of 1-2 inches.
width should then be about 16
inches. This is the beginning of
the armhole. Decrease at the be-
ginning each row for the next 3
inches by slip stitching to the left
side of the LIST knot and at the end
of the same rows by ending the
row at the right side of the last
knot. Continue for A inches with
out decreasing, using the Ia inch
loops at the ends of rows instead
of 3-S inch. For the next l IL
inches decrease at the beginning
and end of each row, using the knot
stitch, the first inches of the list
row, then change to the C, CHI ],
s as in the LIST inch of belt. and
return to the knot stitch the last
inches of the same row. The knot
stitches will decrease with each
row at both sides, but the center
space be solid and chi. Fast
en- off.
FRONT
Begin with CHI 142 and work the
first inches the same as the back.
Work inches of knot stitch with
3-S inch loops at each end, as in
the back. For the cowl neck, be-
gin here to increase at the center
2 SITS every row. To increase, be-
fore making the usual s on left
side of the knot, make 2 loops with
knot between and then the c.
Continue for 2 1-2 inches. then be-
gin to decrease at armholes the
same as the back. At the end of 3
inches work 4 more inches with
out decreasing at the armholes
but end each row at the turn with
3-S inch loops. Decrease at both
ends as in the back for the next L
1-2 inches, making knot stitches
throughout. Fasten off.