Pale Blue and Heliotrope.
You don’t know what to make for Auntie? Why not make her a pretty bag to keep her work in? The one on this page is in pale blue, and looks ever so pretty. Too difficult? Oh no, everything is easy when you know the way, and you are going to have a little lesson in Hairpin Work to-day. No, the work isn’t exactly done on a hairpin, but on a staple. This is similar in shape, only larger.
The heliotrope sateen shows through the pale blue hairpin work.
For this bag you will want your staple—get one about 2 inches in width—and a No. 1 steel crochet hook. You will also want a ball of Strutt’s Macramè Thread No. 512, Size 10. Then, if you want to line your bag, you will need something pretty for this. The bag you see here is lined with a heliotrope sateen, which peeps very prettily through the pale blue. One more thing—a few little white bone rings for the drawing-up strings to go through.
All About Loops.
The work being done on the staple. Notice that the commencing knot must be quite in the middle