Does Grandma knit? If she does she will need a strong bag to keep her work in, as steel knitting needles have an aggravating way of poking their heads through the corners of a bag that is not very strong. You will see how to make a bag on [page 11], and a way to make it extra strong is to work a strip of Berlin wool-work and sew it to the bottom of the bag, so that when you join up the seams of the bag, you sew in the strip of wool-work at the same time. Isn’t that a sweet bag on [page 102]. This is made of pretty grey material, and the work at the bottom is done in several lovely colours, purple, green, black, yellow and white, and you would hardly believe how lovely they all look blended together. The ribbons to draw up the bag, and the feather-stitching, are of a beautiful purple colour.
Preparing for Visitors.
We’ve been so busy all this week,
Spring-cleaning Dolly’s rooms.
We’ve shaken carpets, scrubbed the floors,
We’ve cleaned the walls, and rubbed the doors,
With dusters, pails, and brooms.
We’ve made new curtains and new mats,
A carpet for her feet,
A bedspread fit for any queen,