The household (of the Detroit free press)

BABIES' BOOTS. 213 Round Netting is very nearly the same stitch, the difference is merely in the way of putting the needle through the loop and foundation or other stitch. After passing the needle through the loop it must be brought out and put downwards through the stitch. This stitch is particularly suited for purses. Square Netting is exactly the same stitch as diamond netting, only it is begun at a corner on one stitch and increased (by doing two in one) in the last stitch of every row, until the greatest width required is attained. Then by netting two stitches together at the end of every row, the piece is decreased to a point again. When stretched out ah the holes in this netting are square. Square and Diamond Netting are the most frequently used and are ornamented by patterns darned on them in simple darning or in various point stitches ; in the latter case it forms a variety of the sort of work termed guipure. Stitches in netting are always counted by knots. AFGHANS. This requires twelve ounces of blue single zephyr and one Afghan needle. Make a chain of 115 stitches, then turn and long crochet into each stitch ; that makes the first row. Row No. 2, long crochet into five stitches, then make a chain of five, and long crochet into the sixth stitch, then long crochet four more — making five in all — then the chain again, and so on, you will then have twelve rows of stitches and eleven spaces. Row No. 3, the same as No. 1, Row No. 4, the same as No. 2, and so on, every alternate row having the spaces, and be sure that they come exactly above each other; work in this way until it is about square. Then crochet a border of ten rows of shells all around it ; then run ribbon in and out through the spaces, finishing at each end with a loop or very small bow. It requires about a whole piece of ribbon, of either blue or white. A Couch Spread, or Afghan, can be made in this way : Take Germantown or zephyr; cast on thirty-three stitches — first row, knit across twice; second row, seam; third, narrow first two stitches, knit three, thread over, knit one, thread over, knit three, narrow twice, knit three, thread over, knit one, thread over, knit three, narrow twice, knit three, thread over, knit one, thread over, knit three, narrow last two, seam back, and begin again by narrowing first two, knit three, etc. BABIES' BOOTS. Materials : One ounce of white single zephyr, one ounce of colored and two knitting needles. Cast on eighty stitches of the colored and knit ten times across, making a stitch at the beginning of each needle ; you will now have ninety stitches, then knit plain back and forth twelve times, now knit thirty-six stitches, knit two together, knit fourteen, then two together, then thirty-six, now knit back again thirty-six. Now take the white zephyr and knit sixteen stitches, knitting two together for the last turn and knit the sixteen again, knitting two for the last as before. Knit in this way four with the white, two with the blue, then with the white again, and so on until you have twenty-one stitches on each side, instead of the thirty-six you started with. You will now have five rows of white and five rows of blue. The last time you knit with the blue go across the needle and break your thread and tip on the white.