. REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, ONTARIO, 1909 . x dresses andone coat were made over. The following articles were mended: 12 pillow cases,18 towels, 13 sheets, 6 white spreads and 13 dresses. Knitting and Crocheting. i Forty-three girls took lessons from Miss Haycock and Miss Burke in knittingand crocheting, and the work done was very satisfactory. Miss Haycock reportsthat some of the pupils returned from their homes with orders for various articles,which they at once proceeded to fill. The girls were especially busy before Christ-mas, making bed-room boots, slippers, mittens and gloves
. REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, ONTARIO, 1909 . x dresses andone coat were made over. The following articles were mended: 12 pillow cases,18 towels, 13 sheets, 6 white spreads and 13 dresses. Knitting and Crocheting. i Forty-three girls took lessons from Miss Haycock and Miss Burke in knittingand crocheting, and the work done was very satisfactory. Miss Haycock reportsthat some of the pupils returned from their homes with orders for various articles,which they at once proceeded to fill. The girls were especially busy before Christ-mas, making bed-room boots, slippers, mittens and gloves to send away to there is a baby in the family at home, the pupils fingers are pretty sure tobe busy making little shirts, bootees, jackets and bonnets. These save the mothersconsiderable outlay, for they are expensive things to buy. Owing to the demandsof the literary and musical work on the pupils time, some of them could devoteonly two periods a week to the industrial work, which made progress slower than 14S THE EEPORT OP THE No. 16. cq o a a s a o 53 1909 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 149 it would otherwise have been. Besides such articles as have been mentioned, thepupils made fascinators, shawls and scarfs. The largest pieces of work were twoskirts with fancy knitted waists attached, and three golf coats. Some very prettywork was done for the Toronto Exhibition, including a babys carriage rug, themate to which sold in Brantford for five dollars. It is noticeable that on thewhole the work done by the blind pupils in the knitting room is equal in qualityto that done by the sighted, and although a great deal of white wool is used,visitors remark upon the cleanness of the finished articles. Bead Work. Miss Cronk gave instruction in bead-work to thirteen boys and eighteen girls;Miss Hepburn taught fourteen girls. Among the articles produced by Miss Cronkspupils were four electric light shades with frame-work of cut beads and fringesof seed beads; three electric light
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