GAY WOOL WORK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18951, 24 February 1925, Page 13

GAY WOOL WORK.

I'lowers embroidered in bright-coloured Wools liavo long 1 scon a favourite way of adorning most, things; they give so much effect tor so little labour. But, like padded fruits,• wc have grown a little weary of them; the ever-repeated circle which rcppresciited the (lower, with a round of another colour for its centre, and straight lines for leaves. A newer idea is to make conventional flower shapes in treble crochet, squares, stars, or flowers of three segments, the crochet done with a large needle, pressed and sewn very flatly against its background. Apart from novelty, this is a better way of arriving it, a good design, as the actual flowers can be moved about and pinned until a successful grouping is attained. Darkcoloured dressing-gowns embroidered in this way have quite a Japanese richness, especially if some of the flowers are crocheted in gold or silver tinsel thread »>«] _ the same thread is used, with restraint, in Uic background.