PLATE 1—Motion Pictures Showing How to Make Chain Stitch
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This time Mary Frances thought Crow Shay grinned at her. Then his face melted away, leaving nothing but the upturned line of his grin.
“My,” thought the little girl, “if he keeps on, I shall be sure to laugh;” but she paid strict attention to what her aunt told her.
“To begin with,” said Aunt Maria, “everybody who learns to crochet must learn how to make chain stitch. In order to learn how to make chain stitch you must do just as I have already shown you.”
Mary Frances tried again and again and was able at length to make chain stitch very well. She knew that Crow Shay helped her.
“Even though I seldom played with dolls when I was young,” said her aunt, “I believe that I can show you how to make some pretty necklaces for dolls by using this stitch. I used to make them and give them to my friends for their dolls.”
“Oh, how, Aunt Maria?” cried Mary Frances, delighted with the thought. “I’d just love to make one for Mary Marie!”
