Doll’s Knitted Sports Sweater

(See picture opposite [page 72]—color plate)

Material: Rose pink or turquoise blue wool floss, with gray Angora or teazle yarn for trimming.

Two bone knitting needles No. 3. Two steel knitting needles No. 10. Bone crochet hook No. 2. Two small button molds.

Directions:

This work is begun at the back of the sweater.

1. With pink or blue yarn cast on 40 stitches.

2. Knit plain for 15 ribs (a rib is a row across and back).

3. Knit the stitches off on to the steel needle.

4. Knit 2, purl 2 for 8 rows, then knit off the stitches on a bone needle.

5. Knit 5 ribs of 40 stitches.

6. Then decrease 1 stitch on each end on every rib (every other row) until there are only 32 stitches on the needle.

To Decrease Stitches in Knitting

Put right needle through 2 stitches on left needle and knit off as 1 stitch.

7. Knit ribs of 32 stitches until there are 16 ribs from the waist line.

8. Knit 10 stitches on the next row, and slip them off on a safety pin.

9. Bind off 12 stitches for back of neck. There will now be 10 stitches on the needle.

10. Knit 4 ribs on these 10 stitches for shoulder.

To Make One Front

11. Cast on 8 stitches[J] on neck end for front—to form revers.

12. Knit 6 ribs plain on the 18 stitches now on the needle.

13. At under-arm edge increase by casting on 1 stitch on each rib until there are 24 stitches.

14. Knit plain until there are 17 ribs from the front of the neck down.

15. Take the stitches off on the steel needle and knit 2, purl 2, for 8 rows.

16. Knit the stitches off on to the bone needle and knit 15 ribs, and bind off.

To Make Other Front

17. Slip the stitches from the safety pin on to a bone needle. Fasten wool at neck end, and make other front like the one just finished.

To Make Sleeve

1. With bone needle, holding right side of sweater toward you, pick up 1 stitch on each rib around the armhole. (See [page 202].)

There should be 22 stitches on the needle, 11 on each side of center of shoulder. If you prefer, pick these stitches up with a crochet hook, and slip them on a knitting needle.

2. On these 22 stitches, knit 10 ribs.

3. On each end of the eleventh rib from the shoulder, narrow by taking off 2 stitches as 1.

4. Knit twelfth rib plain.

5. Narrow on each end of the thirteenth row by taking off 2 stitches as 1.

6. Continue to knit plain ribs until there are 19 ribs from the shoulder. Take off on to steel needle.

7. Make 6 rows of knit 2, purl 2.

8. Knit 1 rib plain.

9. With wrong side of work toward you, fasten on the trimming wool. Knit 2 ribs, and bind off. (See cuffs, opposite [page 72], color plate.)

10. Make another sleeve like the one just finished.

To Make the Collar

1. With steel needles cast on 38 stitches of wool like body of sweater.

2. Knit 6 ribs plain.

3. Attach trimming yarn. Knit 4 ribs, increasing 1 stitch at each end of needle every other row.

4. Bind off.

5. Hold right side of collar toward you. Pick up 1 stitch on each rib on one front end of collar, and knit 4 rows, increasing 1 stitch toward the corner on every other row. See picture below.

6. Bind off.

7. Do the same to the other end. Be sure to keep neck end even.

8. Sew up mitered corners.

9. Sew collar to neck of sweater.

10. Sew sweater up under arms.

11. Sew sleeves down to hand.

To Make the Cover of the Buttons

1. With the trimming yarn, make 3 chain stitches.

2. Put 8 single crochets in second chain stitch.

3. Second row. Put 1 single crochet in first single crochet stitch (through both loops), 2 single crochets in second stitch, and so on to end of the row.

4. Make 1 row without increasing and break off yarn.

5. Thread a long-eyed needle with the yarn and sew cover over a button mold. Sew mold into place at waist of sweater.

6. Make another button in the same way and sew it in place.

To Make Loops for Buttons

7. Fasten floss to one edge of ribbed waist line of sweater, and crochet a chain of 7 stitches. Fasten last stitch at other edge of waist line with a slip stitch. Break off floss and fasten.

Make another loop on other side at waist line to fasten the other button.

Even with the magic needles it took Mary Frances the whole morning to make the little sweater; but it was beautiful when finished, and Mary Marie surprised everybody by turning a somersault when Mary Frances had put it on her.

“Now, I p’ay tennis and doff!” she exclaimed. “Wish I had hat to doe wif it!”

“Just what she does need!” said Crow Shay, who greatly admired the sweater. “Why not make her one?” and started to give the directions for making a—

Little Crocheted Hat

(See [frontispiece] and picture opposite [page 230]—color plate)

Material: To match any sweater.

Bone crochet hook No. 3.

Directions:

1. Make 3 chain stitches and join into a ring with slip stitch. Make 3 chains.

2. Put 16 double crochets in the ring (counting the 3 chains as if they were one double crochet) and join last double crochet stitch with the top of the 3 chain stitches.

3. Second row: Make 3 chains. Throw yarn over hook. Put hook under first 3 chains, in row below. Draw yarn through, and work off as a double crochet stitch. The next stitch is made in the same way: throw yarn over hook; put hook through under the whole double crochet stitch below and work off as a double crochet. (See picture above.)

The work will look like the picture A, on the side toward you; and like the picture B on the other side. (See [page 208].)

The ridged side is the outside of the hat.

4. Put 2 double crochets around the next double crochet in the row below. Put 1 double crochet around the next stitch; 2 around the next—and continue in this way around the whole row. You should have 8 sections of 2 double crochets together with 1 double crochet between them when row is finished. Join last double crochet with top of the 3 chains.

5. Third row: Make 3 chains. Make 1 double crochet around the 3 chains of the row below. Put 1 double crochet around the first double crochet in row below. Put 1 double crochet around the second double crochet. Put 2 double crochets around the third double crochet. Repeat this direction around the entire row, and join.

6. Continue making rows in this way, increasing as shown in the diagram below:

1st row—16 double crochet (dc stands for double crochet).
2d row—2 dc 1 dc
3d row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc
4th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc
5th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc
6th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc
7th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc
8th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc
9th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc
10th row—2 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc 1 dc

In the tenth row you will have 9 double crochets between 2 double crochets. Take care to have all the increases in a row from center out.

7. Work the next 4 rows without increasing.

8. On the next row, make 1 double crochet around the first stitch of the row below;

and continue in this way to end of row. Join.

9. Make 2 rows without increasing. Break off yarn and tie on the trimming yarn.

10. Work 1 row of double crochet all around without increasing.

11. Make 1 row of slip stitches around the edge of hat.

To Make the Trimming

1. Cut 2 strands of trimming yarn and 2 strands of yarn the color of the hat, each 2 yards long.

2. Lay them together, side by side. Take hold of one end of them with the right hand, and the other end with the left hand, and twist them in opposite directions. Or get some one else to twist one end while you twist the other in the opposite direction.

3. Pull the twisted yarn “taut” or straight. Catch hold of twisted yarn in the middle and fold together taking all the ends firmly in one hand. Let go with the other hand. It will twist itself into a pretty cord.

4. Fasten balls made of the two colors of yarn on the ends of the twisted yarn. Make them as you made the pom-poms on doll’s toque ([page 95]).

5. Tie twisted cord around hat in a bow knot and sew in place on the right side. Turn up the left side of hat in a soft roll.

Crow Shay was wild with excitement when Mary Frances finished the little hat and put it on Mary Marie’s head.

“Look at yourself in the glass now, Mary Marie,” he exclaimed. “You’re the most beautiful——”

“Oh, don’t make her too vain!” said Mary Frances. “She has had so much given to her that I’m afraid she will be spoiled as it is.”

“She needs one thing more, though,” said Crow Shay.

“What is that?” asked Mary Frances.

“Why, don’t you see how cold her hands look?” asked Crow Shay.

“Hands told!” said Mary Marie. “Hands told!”

“Oh, you little mischief!” laughed Mary Frances. “You little scamp! I don’t think your hands are cold.”

She felt of them. “They do not seem a bit cold,” she said.

“All the same,” said the Yarn Baby, “you would like to know how to make her a pair of—

Doll’s Crocheted Mittens[K]

(See pictures opposite [pages 136] and [200]—color plates)

Directions:

This work is begun at the top of the fingers.

1. Make 3 chain stitches, and join in a ring with a slip stitch.

2. Put 8 single crochets in the ring.

3. Put hook through both loops at top of stitches in row below, and work on around and around, adding an extra stitch in about every fifth stitch, until there are 18 stitches in the row.

This will bring the work to the joint or crotch of the thumb.

To Make Opening for the Thumb

4. Make 3 chain stitches, and continue to make single crochet stitches. Do not skip any stitches for the opening of the thumb, but make single crochet stitches all around on the 18 single crochet stitches, and in the 3 chain stitches—that will make 21 stitches.

5. Make another row of single crochet stitches on the 21 stitches.

6. Continue to work single crochet stitches, but on the next 2 rows, skip 1 stitch directly over the thumb opening.

This finishes the hand of the mitten. The thumb will be made later.

To Make Runner Spaces at Wrist

Make 3 chain stitches. Make a row of double crochet stitches.

To Make Trimming Scallops

1. Put 1 single crochet stitch between the first and second double crochet stitches.

2. Put 3 double crochets between the next 2 double crochets.

3. Put 1 single crochet between next 2 double crochets, and 3 double crochets between the next 2. Continue to do this all around the top.

4. Tie on the trimming cotton, and make 1 slip stitch in each double crochet of the scallops, with 2 chain stitches between each slip stitch.

To Make the Thumb

1. Fasten yarn to the inner edge of the little opening. (See picture on [page 212].)

2. Make single crochet stitches in the stitches around the opening, except on the top part of the thumb, where you should put 1 double crochet. (That is, in the middle chain stitch. See No. 4 on [page 212].)

3. Continue with single crochets.

4. Second row: Same as the first.

5. Third row: Make single crochets in every other stitch, drawing the thumb down to a point. Break off the yarn and draw end with a zephyr needle into the inside of the thumb.

To Make the Runner

With the trimming cotton, make a chain of 50 chain stitches, and run through the runner spaces as in making doll’s petticoat ([page 90].)

Note.—To help dolly from losing her mittens fasten them together.

Mary Marie no sooner had the mittens on than she ran to the door of the room.

“Tum on, Mamma,” she said, “let’s doe for a walk.” Mary Frances caught her up in her arms, and after a hurried good-bye to the Knitting and Crocheting People, went out with her.