Art and Pleasure: "Painting with Needles" / New Uses of Dexter Cotton Warp

by Virginia Snow Studios

NO. 6529—CURTAINS

Crocheted Panel Curtains—Size 22×78 inches.

MATERIAL—Dexter Cotton Warp, Art. 380—5 tubes natural color 100, 1 tube each color—Rust 256, Brown 178, Green 150, Orange 111. Crochet Hook No. 5—Large Embroidery Needle.

Using Natural make a ch of 210 sts.

1st row. 1 d c in 7th st from hook, ch 2, skip 2 sts, 1 d c in next st, repeat from * ch 5, turn.

2nd row. 1 d c over d c with ch 2 between d c—repeat this 2nd row until curtain is desired length, fasten thread.

Colored stripes are worked in after mesh is all made, using a large needle with double warp and making simple chain st across mesh in curtain.

1st colored row is made 3 in. from bottom of curtain in rust color—repeat across next row of mesh—skip 2 rows—work 3 rows in brown, skip 2 rows, work 2 rows of green, skip 2 rows and work 3 rows of orange—skip 32 rows and repeat stripe, continue in this manner until 5 colored stripes have been worked. Turn down casing as needed at top of curtain and sew across. Repeat for other half of curtain using care in counting mesh spaces so that stripes will be even when curtains are hung.