EQUIPMENT
This circular is prepared primarily for the use of hand knitters. Knitting machines may be used if desired, provided the articles can be as well made and made of the same yarn.
The color of the yarn has been carefully considered with the authorities of the War Department and with the American Red Cross Commissioner for Europe, in Paris. It has been learned from both of these sources that articles made in either gray or khaki yarn will be acceptable. Owing to the difficulty of securing khaki-colored yarn in large quantities the American Red Cross Supply Bureau will carry the gray yarn (Oxford mixture, 4-ply 10’s construction).
Yarn and knitting needles may be procured either from Red Cross Chapters or from stores, provided the yarn is of the same grade and needles of the same size as those described in this circular.
The needles referred to in these directions are standardized Red Cross needles which can be purchased from Red Cross Chapters. Their diameter is given opposite their respective number.
| Red Cross Needles No. 1. |  | 125/1000 inches. |
| Red Cross Needles No. 2. | 175/1000 inches. | |
| Red Cross Needles No. 3. | 200/1000 inches. |