TAPESTRY CROCHET

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 10 December 1936, Page 19

TAPESTRY CROCHET

HOW TO USE IT. IN MAKING CHRISTMAS GIFTS. (Copyright.) Tapestry crochet, the choicest of all varieties done with a crochet needle, can be developed in plain single crochet stitch, or in rug stitch, also called tricot crochet. In plain crochet stitch, the work is always from left to right; each row being completed and ended off. Then the next following row is begun in first right-hand stitch of preceding row. This is necessary since colours—two, three or a riot of coloursmay be employed and ends of yarn or silk not in use left hanging at back of work until they arc wanted again. The back of the work looks, indeed, like hand-made tapestry. Each stitch

of plain crochet counts as one square when following a cross stitch design. In tricot crochet a complete stitch requires two journeys across the work, the first to pick up stitches, the other to cast them off, so the work is continuous, without the necessity of ending off strands at finish of rows. This stitch is known as the easiest of all in crochet work. j Those who are making Christmas | gifts will find a smart handbag takes but a short time to crochet. Use rich deep tones of colours. By developing the work in coloured crochet silk, an exquisite evening bag to vie with ' beaded bags can be made in either | single crochet or tricot tapestry croIchet. These bags should be silk lined. jThey may have silk cord draw-strings,

or be mounted on bag frames. The latter can lie in gold or silver finish, with or without imitation jewels, and when so planned they possess an elegant finish. I Tiny tapestry crochet squares in this design are lovely for ✓■sachets for the infant’s layette. By sewing a satin loop to one corner (or making a crochet loop) of the sachet, it makes just the sort of sachet to go over a hook of a covered garment-hanger. A set of six of these in different colours will he something entirely new, and a gift welcomed by any woman, even the one who “has everything.”