A "CROCHET KING."
Many energetic Red Cross workers here are put to shame 'by a popular business man (states a writer in the Sydney 'Telegraph'). The man in question is a good all-round sport, who in boyhood broke a leg so badly that a long convalescence was fthe result. During this convalescence he not only learned to knit, but to crochet at well. And being once more under the spell of the latter art he became iso proficient that he never gave it up. He thoroughly enjoys his title of "Crochet King," and very few expert workers can rival his skill in either crochet filet or Irish crochet. He has sold and raffled an immense amount of work isince the war began, and has, in addition, made over 150 pairs of socks. It would be hard to discover a more masculine type of man; yet the delicacy of his work is wonderful, 'while his methods of dealing with, intricate patterns strikes envy and admiration into the minds of even the initiated. A good many men are now knitting and crocheting wool for the soldiers, but so far the "Crochet King" is the only man > known to be selling fine lace of his own making for the funds.
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Bruce Herald, Volume LI, Issue 67, 30 August 1915, Page 3
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207A "CROCHET KING." Bruce Herald, Volume LI, Issue 67, 30 August 1915, Page 3
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