WORKING IN WOOL

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 11

WORKING IN WOOL

KNITTING BY THE FIRE "Sit by tlie Firo and Knit." This lino from a war-ti. 10 song comes to mind many a time nowadays; If embodies a sentiment that is a very fine one, and recalls llie words of an old lady who had been a knittef for a great ■ many years, and who remarked, "No , woman can have a really happy old , age unless sho is a good knitter." 'While this is a wide statement, it has a firm foundation of truth, as it means that there is pleasant occupation for old hands and sight, which can bo carried on in the sunlight or by the fue, and ' the result is many a useful garment for • relative* of poor folk)' sfut even in war time, knitting was never so general or so interesting as it is at present. Tho war-timo products were mainly socks and caps, which had > far less merest attached to them, ex-1 i cept from the sentimental point of view, i than have the many lovely things that i can' be made nowadays, and' are made .by knitters old and young. The handi made underwear is far warmer and softer than that made by machines I (though these are not by any means • to be despised by those who are too ' busy to spare timo fbr hand-knitting), ■ and the patterns for all kinds of wear . are simply fascinating. For outdoors , the berets and caps are smartneßs it- > self, and can be made in a variety of . delightful colours, and the jumpers and coats ,to match are most becoming ati well as being of practical warmth Scarves, gloves, and, for the more adventurous, sports stockings, and an mii finite variety of dainty, charming sgars ments for children can be made with : little effort, considering the goodness - of the directions given in the many i books and papers which deal -with ? patterns. s _ Crochet follows closely as a favour--1 ite occupation. An invalid jacket of ■ palest pink, crocheted in wool and 3 lined with georgette pf the same tone ■ and adorned with tiny woollen forget- • me-nots, was one of the prettiest things • in an assemblage of gifts seen recently, ) and enough to inspire any wool-worker ' with an ambition to produce something iof the same kind. Keeont knittings, - done by the many children who listen ) in to the programme o 2YA, include i the using up of pieces of many of tho I knittings of the older people into j squares, which have all been crocheted i together, and made into. warm bedl covers for many little ones'who will be ■ thankful for the extra covering duri ing these cold nights. This 'ia an ex--5 cellent plan for using up the super-1 » fluous wool from the work of older i people, and- prevents waste of good . material.