CORNER FOR BUSY BEES

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 99, 29 April 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)

CORNER FOR BUSY BEES

CAN YOU CROCHET?

FIRST LESSONS.

(Conducted by TINKERBELL.)

Dear Girls, —

With knitting so much in the foreground these days crocheting has been practically forgotten. This is a pity, for once thp art of crocheting j is mastered it beconjes so fascinating, and, at the same time, so very simple that'even the tiniest girl% can dq it without difficulty. I have decided, therefore, for 1 the next few weeks to run a series of lessons in crqcheting, and at the conclusion of these, to publish from tiine to time during the winter months ahead, crocheting patterns and designs. First of all, girls, take a very good, look at diagram A. This demonstrates the correct manner of holding the wool and hook. Holding the hook between the first finger and thuipb of the right hand, and letting the second finger rest near the point of the hook, make a slip .loop and pass it on to the hook. Holding the work, as it is formed, between the first finger and thumb of the left hand, pass the wool from the ball over the first and second fingers, under the third, and round the little finger. Diagram B shows quite clearly how io work chain stitch, which is. the commencement of all crochet work. Hold the wool and the hook as described above and -make a slip loop with which to commence. This loop is done in exactly the same way as you would a slip loop in knitting. (Now pass the hook from left to right under the wool you are holding in your left hand, and draw this thread through the loop already on the hook.) Repeat these bracketed instructions for the length required. Now study the next little picture— diagram C. This explains how single crochet or "slip stitch" is done. Single crochet is used chiefly for joining or in fancy patterns. Work as follows:—r Make' the required length of chain. First row: Miss the end chain stitch, that is the one near the hook. (Pass the hook through the next chain stitch, draw the wool through both the stitches on the hook.) Repeat bracketed instructions to the end of the chain; 1 chain stitch; turn. Second row: Note that the chain stitch at the turning of the previous row always forms the first stitch of the next row. (Insert the hook in the second single crochet and draw the wool through both stitches on the hook.) Repeat these bracketed instructions to the end of the row; 1 chain stitch; turn. Repeat the second row for the length required.