The Use and Abuse of Gloves.
Never be tempted to throw away a pair of gloves, however old. That is, until you have decided on their utter uselessness. Because a glove has holey fingers, or a badly torn thumb, or a split palm, it does not signify that it is of no use except for house-work.
Our illustration will show what can be done with gloves that are “nearly hopeless” to most people.
To Mend a Glove worn Between the Fingers.
The first part to go is, as a rule, between the fingers. This more especially is the case with washing gloves, which have a tendency to shrink, and wash-leathers, unless splice-seamed, will always do this.
As the fingers shrink, the space between splits, and it cannot be sewn up because it would make the hand too tight and the fingers too short.
To remedy this, take a reel of strong thread and a small fur needle (three-sided needle) and make a fine net-work between the two fingers.
SHOWING THE LATTICE-WORK BETWEEN THE FINGERS, AND ALSO HOW TO APPLY A NEW THUMB