Baby’s Ball
(See picture opposite [page 136]—color plate)
Make the same way as the pompons on the Doll’s Toque ([page 95]), using circles 3 inches across with a 1-inch opening in the center. Wind until center is almost filled.
“Never throw away ends of yarn,” Wooley Ball added. “You can make them into a beautiful baby’s ball—no matter how many different colors there are; or you can make a ball for your mother to use as a—
Hair Pin Ball[D]
(See picture opposite [page 40]—color plate)
Make in same way as pompons on Doll’s Toque, using circles of cardboard 3½ inches across, and a 1-inch opening in the center. Wind until opening is almost filled.
“Oh, I will give mother one on her birthday!” said Mary Frances.
Soon she set to work and made a baby’s ball for Mary Marie.
“Pretty ball!” said the dolly, trying to catch it in her hands again and again. Suddenly she began to cry.
“Why, what is the matter, dear?” asked Mary Frances.
“Foots told,” the baby sobbed.
Mary Frances laid the dolly’s shawl over her feet. “Is that better?” she asked. “Oh, how I wish I knew how to make you a pair of slippers!”
“You will soon learn how to do that,” said the Yarn Baby, and gave the directions for making—