Crochet hook

“ In beaded crochet a coloured mercerised cotton, fine enough to pass easily through the beads selected, is used with a crochet-hook corresponding in fineness to the thread. The beads are first put on the thread, using a fine sewing needle for the purpose, or waxing the thread end; the beads are then worked into the design with the usual d c.
In the needle-made variety, which we are illustrating in this issue, each bead is attached to the bead immediately below it, and to the one following it. A very fine sewing needle, with fine linen or glazed cotton thread, is necessary. ”

“ A very serviceable edging, not too minute, is made with a No. 4 steel crochet hook and linen “L.C.” crochet thread, No. 14.
PLATE XVI.
A CUSHION COVER.
Another Edging (Plate VII.) .—A very effective edging is worked into a row of needle button-hole stitch. Like the one above, it wears and washes well. First row: work one double crochet into one of the button-hole headings; make ten chain; pass six button-hole loops and work one double crochet into sixth loop; continue making ten chain and one double crochet until the row is complete. Break off the thread. ”

“ Continue doing this until the number of stitches wanted are cast on the needle. Slip the last loop on the crochet hook over the point of the knitting needle.
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“She got the knack of that very quickly,” said the Yarn Baby to Wooley Ball.
“No wonder,” whispered Crow Shay. “I was there to help her.”
“Many people would find the crochet method easier than other methods, but it is not to be preferred where the edges of garments must be stretched,” Fairly Flew went on to explain. “It is not a good method to use in setting up the bottom of a sweater, because the edge should be very elastic ”

“ With Sport Yarn using No. 6 crochet hook hold the fork in left hand, loop yarn around fork and securely tie knot in center. (Keep working end of yarn always at rear of work.) Insert hook through loop on left prong, draw rear yarn through loop, making a single crochet stitch at the knot in the center, * withdraw hook, turn fork one-half turn to the left, replace hook, then insert through loop at the left side of the fork, pick up rear yarn and pull through loop completing an s c, repeat from * until there are 595 loops on each side, cut yarn. Work 2nd section having 513 loops, cut yarn. ”

“ Make 3 chains. Put 1 double crochet in each stitch all around the cap. Join. Make 3 more rows like this.
Fold the band back against the face and up around the neck of the cap, folding the extra fulness at the corners into a mitered shape. Sew in place with a long-eyed needle threaded with pink wool, and fasten rosettes and tie-ribbons at the sides.
INFANT DOLL’S CROCHETED SACQUE NO. 1 [L]
Material: Pink, or light blue, or white, four-fold Saxony wool. Bone crochet hook, No. 2.
Directions:
This work is commenced at the neck.
1. Chain 50; that is, make 50 chain stitches. ”

“ This crochet collar, in imitation of Honiton lace, is composed of sprigs and edging in crochet sewed on Italian or Brussels net. It is a very simple style of collar, and may be made very rapidly.
Materials.—Cotton, No. 70. Crochet hook, No. 24, eagle card-board gauge.
The Edging.—16 ch. close in the 6 for a loop, in which work + 5 ch., miss 1, sc. in 2nd + 4 times; 5 ch., sc. on the close of the loop. Turn the work on the wrong side, and do under every chain of five 2 sc., 5 dc.; 2 sc.; repeat from the 16 chain as often as may be required for the length. ”

“ Hooks, or needles, as they are generally called, made of wood, bone or tortoise-shell are used for all the heavier kinds of crochet work in thick wool or cotton, and steel ones for the finer kinds. The Tunisian crochet is done with a long straight hook, which is made all in one piece. ”

“ Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD DAWN “WINTUK” SPORT YARN SIZE 1—2 oz. skein Blue for Snood 2—2 oz. skeins for Scarf Plastic Crochet Hook Size I OR ANY SIZE HOOK WHICH WILL RESULT IN STITCH GAUGE BELOW 1⁄2 yd. elastic cord GAUGE: 4 ch sts = 1 inch SNOOD
With Blue, ch 14, sl st in 2nd st from hook * ch 7, sl st in next st, repeat from * 11 times, ch 3, trc in last loop already worked, ch 1, turn (13 loops) . 2nd ROW: * Ch 7, s c in next loop, repeat from * across row, then ch 3, trc in last loop already worked in, turn. ”

“ Mercerized Crochet Cotton, Article 35, Size 30. 30—400 yd. Balls. Steel Crochet Hook #12.
Each motif measures about 3 inches. 567 motifs 21×27 are required for cloth measuring about 63×81 inches without edge.
MOTIF—Ch 8, join to form a ring, ch 4 and work 23 tr c into ring, join in 4th st of ch.
2nd Row—Ch 3, d c in same space, * ch 6, sl st in 5th st from hook for picot, ch 6, sl st in 5th st from hook for picot, ch 1, skip 2 tr c, 2 d c in next tr c, repeat from * 6 times, * ch 6, sl st in 5th st from hook for picot, repeat from *, ch 1, join in 3rd st of ch. ”

“ Decrease by knitting 2d and 3d stitches together in beginning of every row (thus narrowing at both sides) until there are 10 stitches left; knit 8 ribs even, then decrease again at each side until only 1 stitch is left; fasten off. Using white yarn and a crochet hook, make a slip stitch in each stitch on edge of strap, as shown in illustration. Slip the tab through the strap opening and fasten point down with a button. ”

“ With the loop on the crochet needle, put the hook through the twenty-fourth single crochet stitch, on the opposite side, throw the yarn over the hook, and pull it through both stitches. Now you will work in a circle around the leg.
12. Make 24 single crochet stitches, and join the twenty-fourth to the first stitch in the leg part, with a slip stitch. Make 1 chain to turn. This is the nineteenth row of the garment. ”

“ With a large crochet hook (about No. 8) make 45 chain stitches. Break off yarns and fasten ends.
Form the chain into 6 flat loops and sew on left side of turban, using gray yarn in a zephyr or darning needle.
As soon as it was finished, Mary Frances put the turban on Mary Marie. Then she put the scarf which matched it around the dolly’s neck.
“Doesn’t she look sweet!” she exclaimed. “I’ll let you all kiss her.”
“Oh, excuse—!” began Crow Shay, but he never finished the sentence, for there came a voice at the door. It was Katie’s voice.
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“Miss Mary Frances! ”

“ One sometimes has occasion to use other extra-long stitches, such as quadruple crochet (over four times before insertion of hook in work) , quintuple crochet (over five times) , and so on, which are worked off two at a time, exactly as in treble or double treble. ”

“ It is always necessary to use chain stitches in turning crochet work—to keep the edges even.
Put the hook through under both threads at the top of the next stitch (See “A” in the picture) and make a single crochet stitch. ”

“ Beginning at the neck-end of the front strip, leave the 1st 6 stitches (equal to 3 stars) and work to end of row in star-stitch; make a rib as directed. Work 2 more rows of stars, with the ribs alternating, leaving 1 star less at the top or neck-end each time.
Work the other half to correspond, then join in center of the back with single crochet, putting hook through a loop of each part. If carefully done the joining will not be discernible. Join under arms, also, leaving the opening for armholes. ”

“ Cheap and common crochet-hooks are in the end the dearest, as they break cotton, ravel silk, wear out the patience, and prick the finger. They should be of the best steel, highly polished, and firmly fixed in ivory handles. Those we use have been made at our recommendation, and have the size engraved on every handle. This saves the tiresome and uncertain reference to a gauge. These hooks are termed "tapered, indented" crochet-hooks.
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ANTI-MACASSAR.
MATERIALS..—Four reels of Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 8, 1 ditto, No. ”

“ Materials required are three skeins of Saxony yarn, one spool silk-finished crochet-cotton or crochet-silk, and two and one-half yards of No. 1 ribbon. Use a hook which will carry the yarn easily.
Make a chain of 100 stitches, turn.
1. Miss 1st 4 stitches, make a treble in each of 96 stitches, drawing up to about five-eighths of an inch. Break and fasten wool (this so the work will be done on the right side; one may turn, if preferred, but the effect is not so good) . ”

“ With Gray, crochet a chain about 55 inches, keeping ch slack while measuring, work 1st s d c in 3rd ch from hook, 1 s d c in each remaining st of ch, ch 1 at end of row and tighten yarn, slip 2nd color through loop and yarn of previous color, ch 2, turn, cut the yarn of previous row leaving an end to fasten.
2nd Row—Pick up a single loop of 2nd s d c in back of work of previous row, work 1 s d c in each s d c in same manner as in 1st row, working last s d c in end ch. Work should form a chain ridge, ending row in same manner. ”

“ If preferred, the back of the screen may be covered with silk of the colour of the crochet, as more durable than white.
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CROCHET COUNTERPANE FOR A BASSINET.
MATERIALS..—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cords, Nos. 12 and 16; 8 oz. of blue beads, large enough to thread on the finest cotton, they should be turquoise blue; crochet hooks, Nos. 19 and 20.
The centre of the counterpane is made in diamonds, with small pieces at the edges, merely to fill in the parts where the diamonds leave spaces, and form the whole into a solid square. It is done in ribbed crochet. ”

“ With pink work in double crochet over the cord a circle of three inches and a half diameter; there should be 140 stitches round the edge, on which work the border, thus:—
1st row white. Work 1 stitch in open crochet, 1 chain, miss 1 of the foundation; repeat.—
2d row white. Work two treble long stitches into every space, 1 chain stitch between each.—
3d row pink. Work 1 open crochet into every space, 1 chain; repeat.—
4th row pink. 1 plain crochet, 2 chain, miss 20, 1 plain; repeat. Tack the loops in the centre, and sew on a pearl watch-hook.
No. 3. INFANT'S BONNET.
No.5. ”

“ Thus: (Chain 3, miss 3, 1 treble in next) three times is equivalent to chain 3, miss 3, 1 treble in next, chain 3, miss 3, 1 treble in next, chain 3, miss 3, 1 treble in next; or to * chain 3, miss 3, 1 treble in next, repeat from * twice.
The worker should be careful in the selection of a hook. It should be well made and smooth, and of a size to carry the wool smoothly, without catching in and roughening it. If too large, on the other hand, the work is apt to be sleazy. ”

“ End as you began.
17th.—Sc. 11 ch., sc. in every loop until you come to the 5 dc.; then ✕ 4 ch., sc. through every loop, ✕ to the last 5 dc. Make the second end to correspond with the first.
Those who crochet very loosely should use a hook still smaller than the one I have recommended; as the collar, to look well, should be done very tightly.
46 KNITTED LACE UNDERSLEEVE.
[Fig. 2.] Materials.—Crochet cotton, No. 40; 2 steel knitting needles, No. 20. Cast on 101 stitches. Purl one row.
1st.—Knit 1, ✕ m. 1, slip 1, k. 2 t., pass the slip stitch over, m. 1, k. 1 ✕, repeat. ”

“ Will you see that all the yarns are wound into very, very loose balls before your next lesson?”
“Yes,” promised Mary Frances, “I will wind them over my hand the way Aunt Maria does, so that the balls feel quite ‘spongey.’ I wish that all yarns came from the factories wound in balls, though!”
“You are not the first person to wish that,” said the Yarn Baby. “Hanks and skeins are much harder for a child to manage than balls. Now, if [40] you please, we will talk a few minutes about crochet hooks.”
Wind Yarns Over the Hand
Crow Shay rolled his eyes toward the Yarn Baby, but did not say a word. ”

“ Draw up loop, insert hook in 1st space, draw up a loop, wool over, hook in next space, draw up a loop, wool over, draw through all loops on needle, chain 1, * hook in same space, draw up a loop, wool over, hook in next space, draw up a loop, wool over, draw through all on hook, chain 1, and repeat from *, widening by making an extra stitch in every other stitch of last round.
3. Widen in every 3d stitch.
4. Widen in every 6th stitch.
Work six times around plain, that is, without widening ”

“ Silk, cotton, and wool, are employed, and the work is so easy, that a moderate share of attention to details, will make an expert workman.
Stitches.—These are called plain single crochet, plain double crochet, plain stitch open crochet, and open crochet, with a variety of stitches. It is not easy to describe the manner of working crochet stitch, though it is easy of execution: perhaps the following will be found tolerably correct. Take a skein of wool, and having wound it, make a loop at one end, like the first link in a chain ”

“ Continue these stripes, until the back be sufficiently long to be sewn to the front on the other side. It is advisable, before commencing a slipper, to cut a paper pattern of the desired size and shape.
The above form chaussons to wear over the shoes, the sole being formed of coarse crochet in black; or they may be made up in the usual way for slippers, either for ladies or gentlemen. In crochet silk they are extremely warm and durable.—The ends of the wool or silk, are to be threaded with a needle, and run into the work on the inside. ”