Evening star., 1949-12-04
KNITTED DICKEYS.

TO frost edges of glasses:
! KNITTED DICKEYS.
From Mrs. j. A. Med, ChapticoD
This is an answer to Mrs. E. H.
H., Galesville, concerning knitted
dickeys. They may be knit the
following way without special
pattern.
Cast on 10 more stitches than
required for a sweater your size.
Knit in ribbing for 112 inches.
Cast off stitches at the beginning
of the next two rows until piece
to be knit fits your measurements
across shoulders at back. Knit
straight. in any desired stitch. up
back, over shoulders and down the
front to the band. Shape the neck
over any sweater pattern having
the type of neck you desire. Knit
front band the same as the back
band. Sew hooks and eyes on
band to fit your waist. Five stitches
may be knit at the beginning and
end of each row to prevent edges
from rolling.
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DIME STORE DECORATIONS.
(Fronl M. B. L., Washington.)
Mrs. M. o. U.: I'm sorry that
have delayed so long in answer
ing your request for the names
of the magazines which carried
the articles on dime store decora-
tions. I was hunting for them
for you. Unfortunately, I cannot
locate them now, but believe
one of the articles appeared In
Good Housekeeping early this
summer. under the title of Better
Living" or some similar title. It
was very short article. only
about one column in length, and
illustrated with two or three pho
tographs. Then later, either Bet
ter Homes and Gardens or Amer
ican Home had similar but longer
articles with a few photos in color.
Also the magazine which can be
bought at a chain grocery had a
nice story about the same method
of decorating.
The trend of all the articles
was toward plainness Of design,
but plenty of color. One photo
was of a table setting In which
every single thing used had been
bought at the 5 and 10. The
china was colorful but plain pot
terry, which is very reasonable in
price. Even the silver had come
from the dime store. and was
actually stainless steel, which, in
most cases has more tasteful de-
sign than the thinly plated ware
sold there. The centerpiece and
the tablecloth and napkins were
all bought at the dime store.
It's easy to do this, if your taste
lis good. Very pretty curtains and
good towels, attractive table lin
ems, ETC., are all reasonable. The
new plastic draperies are simply
beautiful (some designs aren't,
but every one has their own idea
of beauty and they are wonder
fully long-wearing. Then there
is the fact that they need no
cleaning. You just wipe them
with a damp cloth. There are
many designs, also plain colors.
The important thing is to
decide on your color scheme and
stick to it. Don't buy something
else just because you don't see
what you really want at the time
Wait. and look for it patiently,
and sooner or later you'll find 1t.
Keep away from too much pat
tern for the plain solid colors and
the designs with no frills will not
go out of style so quickly. and
you won't get tired Of them
quickly. You might have patterned
Idraperies of good design, and use
solid colors to match the colors
in the draperies.
Keep away from c1uttered what
nots, mantels, shelves. etc. It is
better to have one plain bowl or
ash tray which costs only 20 or
80 cents or more than to have
several fussy items which cost
more. Besides, there is always the
fact to be faced that all bric-a-
brac has to be washed or busted
often if it is to look nice and II
you are like most women, you
want no more dish washing than
you can help.
Even the pictures at the dime
store are nice, if you like pic
lures for your walls. There are
fairly good reproductions OF the
Eold masters, nicely framed, and
really lovely flower prints for
bedrooms. Also, there are mir
.lrors of really good quality, and
mirrors are almost a necessity in
modern decorating.
There is a tiny Mexican shop
on jefferson place NV, just
around the corner from Connecti-
cut avenue block north Of N
street. Prices are wonderfully low
and they have lovely glassware, all
hand blown, also handmade
tables and chairs, the lovely
Chinese peel chairs which are so
comfortable, sturdy and yet so
light In weight. Hand-woven
fabrics are also carried here, but
I do not know the price range.
The chairs are about $12 each.
The pottery and Mexican lacquer
ware and the woven baskets are
all wonderful. You might get
some good ideas there.
\ I am planning to build q small
house just for myself, and since
. the building Of it will take prac-
tically all of my money, leaving
, very little for furnishing, I plan
to buy a great deal of my things
lat the dime store and this Mex
4 ican shop. I intend to buy the
Chinese chairs particularly and
, some of the lacquer ware, and the