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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1880
Page
3
The season for Christmas and New Year presents is near at hand with a schedule of inexpensive articles. Picture frames book shelves rugs tea tables Japanese pictures Easter crosses air castles knit and crochet work laces and edgings offer pleasing selections for gift giving.
A long guide detailing festive craft trends from embroidery to crochet. It outlines making small bags from canvas and satin, netting with beads, and eryth patterns like Kreuzstich Stickerei. It covers crochet revival, Berlin wool work, and handwork motifs for quilts, gowns, and decorative items. It also explains creating passepartout frames, coral-like card receivers, and various home crafts from wreaths to plaster crosses. It stresses neatness, accuracy, and authentic period style in tools and technique.
A long stitch-filled article detailing cap shaping with 57 foundation stitches and 272 rounds, then seven repeated narrowings, border knitting and crocheting to join ends. plus patterns for a felted carriage afghan with embroidered horseshoe, five striped afghan designs with cardinal and scarlet hues, and a Roman afghan using colored stripes and daisies. It includes towel borders, a tobacco holder, pincushion, and decorative edging instructions for lace and lingerie trims.
A dense pattern note describing cast on thirty one stitches and alternating knit rows with plain rows. It lists multiple repeats of plain three make one sequences, slips and passes, narrow and plain stitches, with numerous counts and rows including 7 9 11 13 15, ending with an exclamation mark.
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