A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads . Mitts. TURKISH SLIPPERS. PRIZE ARTICLE. [Contributed by Lillian L. Carr, 233 W. Canton St., Boston, Mass.] Materials: 9 skeins Barbours Ulster rope linen floss, shade 122,size 00, 1 skein size 8, No. 57, and 2 steel needles, No. 17. Cast on 6 sts, k plain, then widen each time across for 3 rows,making 9 sts. This makes first block. Second block : 1. Pi, widen, k 2, p 3, k 2, widen, p 1. 40 barbours prize needle-work series. 2. K i, p 3, k 3, p 3, k i. 3. P 1, widen, k 3, p 3, k 3, widen, p block : 1. P 2,
A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads . Mitts. TURKISH SLIPPERS. PRIZE ARTICLE. [Contributed by Lillian L. Carr, 233 W. Canton St., Boston, Mass.] Materials: 9 skeins Barbours Ulster rope linen floss, shade 122,size 00, 1 skein size 8, No. 57, and 2 steel needles, No. 17. Cast on 6 sts, k plain, then widen each time across for 3 rows,making 9 sts. This makes first block. Second block : 1. Pi, widen, k 2, p 3, k 2, widen, p 1. 40 barbours prize needle-work series. 2. K i, p 3, k 3, p 3, k i. 3. P 1, widen, k 3, p 3, k 3, widen, p block : 1. P 2, k 3, p 3,k 3, p 2. 2. K 2, widen, p 3, k 3, p 3, widen, k 2. 3- p3>k 3> P3> k 3, p 3. Fourth block: Change as before, purling where knitted plain, andknitting plain where purled, without BARBOURS PRIZE NEEDLE: WORK Turkish Slippers. Fifth and sixth blocks: Widen on each end of needle, everyother time across. Seventh block: Knit without widening. Continue in this way until you have 21 sts, then k 2 blocks with-out widening until you have 39 sts. Knit 2 blocks without widen-ing, knit 18 sts and take off, bind off 3 sts on instep, and knit 18sts for other side. Knit 32 blocks, then take up sts on other sideand knit 32 blocks, joining at back of heel. Work a crescent andstars on the toe, with the size 8 floss, and a row of stars around theupper edge of the slipper. Mount on pointed or Turkish soles,which may be cut from heavy leather if they cannot be obtained atyour shoe-store, in which case it is a good plan to moisten the soleand bend it upward, letting it dry in this position. An edge maybe crocheted around the top, if liked, and ribbon or elastic run a pompon for the top of the floss. Any colors preferred maybe chosen, and the same size floss used for the sta
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