Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1925, Page 42

Method of Making Filet Crochet BY LYDIA LE BABON WALKER. There are two distinet kinds of filet thread face. One is made with o needle and the other with a crochet hook. The 1 filet lace and the should be) given its full name, filet crochet lace. The necdle- work filet is one of the early forms of lace and was and is made by s eral peoples, notably by th and the Chi ie mesh is squ and is hand-knotted. Strands thread are woven in and out with a needle to bring out designs. This is xice work, requiring time and pa- loops made by catching the over the hook and drs a loop already on tl loop is called a stitch (st). How to Make Stitches. Double crochet is a stitch made by putting the thread once over the needle on which there is already one loop or stitch, putting the needle | through a stitch of the chain or loop in a row below, and drawing the thread first through two of the loops on the needle, then, again, catching the thread with the hook and draw- o |INE it through the two remaining |loops. I may say that single cro- chet is made in the same way as de {only the thread is not put over the | | necdle, which makes the stitch short- er or single. This stitch is not one of the regular filet stitches, how- ever. De is. Space or Square. A space is the hole that comes be- tween two de posts). The space is made s over a dec in previous row, then two chain stitches that will above the two ch in and then a do forming D makes the finished square or space limit How Blocks Are Formed. { A block is made by filling in a | square or space with de. It takes four do to make a first bk and every eparate bk. If two bk come togeth- er the dc forming them are but seven and not elght, because of the posts (the center one) is common to cach. It comes exactly abeve middle post of the previous row. If not §o the filet would not | continue to e an equal number | of stitches in each row of a square | motif. con Slip Stitch. Occasionally the term slip stitch is used in filet where edging Is uneven The abbreviation is is made by drawing the thread through stitches of the work already -done until it comes to the place where another stitch in the work - should be -made. This neces- rily adds thickness to the croch , but it is the one way to get the thread . most invisibly where it is needed. The thread-may-be broken where the work ended and started again where the thread should be taken up. This leaves a loose end of thread to conceal and also a knot to mar the work where the thread is joined to the crocheting. The slip stitch is the best solution. A star (*) means repeat from it the place desig- | nated to Tension of Thread. If the work is done at the right even tension a square of filet crochet, whether it Is large or small, will measure the sa (approximately) all sides. If the crocheting is enly done—that is, if the tension is sometimes loose and when crocheting—the r than it is long, |or just the reverse. When a design | has an equal number of spaces and blocks in width and height, how- ever, a design may be disposed, and measures square in a pattern, it should come out a square in the crocheting. . Filet work is ccording to mathematical cal- and if it does not come out urements the crocheter bly sure that the fault tension being uneven as or that she crochets too | on LFILET CROCHE CHARM OF IT EASY TO MAKE LACH oOwWN HAS AND ch our own home thout tak- her fancy work s decid- d with it culatio n the « kind o Real filet chet lace making in its but it has p 5 E TIE[D] [OR| sith |s[P[O]T OlL lE] how t tions or | iations | are re ning ch crochet (dc) (sq) and block | t start with a chain AREN'T YOuU NEARLY READY, RICHARD SURE MOM, AINT | BEEN TELLING YOU FOR THE v LAST HOUR THAT V' BE REAPY IN A MINUTE coPyRIGHT -2 S VERTICAL HORIZONTALL | - CLAY BUILPING BLOCK 3-MYSELFE 4 -MALE PARENT S-A LARGE TREE 7 - JUNIOR. (AB) 8 - BELONGING TO, 10~ LIMB ©F THE BOPY. 1Z-Te FASTEN WITH ROPE. 13- A BOYS NAME. 14- ALFREP (AB) WHITE HOUSE | -COMMON VERB. 2 -KNIGHT °F PYTHIAS 6- MONTH SF SHOWE 7-A JEST, 9-A SIMPLETON 10- 1N 1 1- MYSELF. | 1 The Flavor- is - Roasted In! DwingL-WRIGHT, CoMPany B oirosouieia=® DWINELL-WRIGHT COMPANY BOSTON » CHICAGO » POXTSMOUTR, VA the | D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 192 “Parking With Peggy” TELEPHONE "r“m“\q “The rule that there's safety in num- bers doesn’t necessarily apply to a col- lege boy's address book.” COLOR CUT-0U THREE SPINNERS. The mother of the lazy girl worked hard and made a pretty dress for her. It was very becoming and the girl knew that she looked beautiful in it. After this she was lazier than ever But one day the mother completely lost patience with the lazy daughter | and gave her a good beating. The girl was not too lazy to cry, and this she did so loudly that she could be d out in the street. . will you work?” asked the mother, but the lazy girl only cried the louder. This is the pretty dress that the mother spun and dved for her un-| grateful daughter. Color it a soft shade of tan with red dots and make the cap of tan. Cut along the dotted lines for the girl's face to show through. ®ave the dress, for this is what the girl will want to wear when something exciting happens to her, (Copyright, 19 HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. The Free Lance. There are “free lances” cations, but the term is familiar especially with reference to litera- ture. The man who draws no salary from any particular publishing house, who is not attached as an employe to any publi but who sells to or accepts commissions from any who desire to engage his services for ular piece of work, is a “free in many vo- ation, The expression is a relic of the Middle Ages. when its significance was literal Tee lances” were un- attached and roving companies of knights and men at arms who travel- ed from one state to another, selling their services to any lord who would pay for their aid. In other words, they were mercenaries ‘The “free lances” played their most prominent part in Italy, where they were known as condottierl. During the later Middle Ages they were fa- miliar in_urope, also, under the name of Braboncons, from the fact that large bands of mercenaries from Brabant were raised by William of Ypres in 1135 for Stephen of Blois, the claimant of the English crown. The name, first applied only to the hirelings from Brabant, soon ¢came to The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1925.) Narrow Refine. Title of nobility Girl's name Note of the One who much Discharge Liquid unit (abbr.) « cToRi openings. Spars used in holsting anchors. d tightly Servant of a Roman goddess Run. Alternative Initials denoting a crowded thea- to himself too | jest tawking to, wasent it? Mrs. Brin- ). < downtown with ma this afte and she stopped t Kk to s e ¥ on account of the lady having stopped to tawk to her, ma ying, Well well Sara, its a dogs age sints I | saw you lust. Its longer than that, moon, the lady sed. Being a medium size lady with a big hat, and ma sed, Well ho have you bin'enyway, I never saw you look eny better. Well, I never felt eny werse, with- out e ption, the lady sed O heer comes that terrible Sophy Brindle, iz- zent it awfull the way she paints and powders, T allways she looks more like & parade than a normal human bean, she sed. Y izzent it dredfill, I s afraid nobody W notice her If she Jest goes erround like nature intend- ed, well they notice her now all rite, hee hee, ma sed Well Im going to hurry along, I dont wunt to be seen tawking to her, the lady sed. And she quick kepp on &oing and the other lady ing to ma, Hello Pawlee that was you, wats you doing, shop- ping? Being a tall Jady with a short hat, and ma sed, Well, I have some odds and ends to buy, yes, you know how it is. That was its a blue ppose she's Sara Parkers you were dle sed. That woman gives me sutch a pane its painful, she so old maidish if somebody put & speck of powder on her nose I bleeve she would faint, did you ever sce sutch a shiny nose in your life, Pawleen? she sed. Izzent it perfeckly redickuliss? ma Equipage. 2 Stop contrary to intention An evergreen. Long distance off. Hold a session. City in Italy. One of a breed of Highland cat- tle. Full of fleecy linen. A great nation (abbr.) Indeterminate resuit Liquefies, Anaesthetic. Kind of poem (plural) Swerve from the course Olden time. Work hard Preserved as by drying. Interval, And (Latin). Classifying attachment. Mill pond. nitials of part of a continent ate in Mexico. Sculptures. Travels by foot Recelve into service Holin, Feminine suffix Prevaricate. Unobtrusive. One who revises. One side of a pair of compasses. Vehicle. An animal Expun L2 Hearty meal Age of the world (Hindu) (plu- ral). To crowd. Talk complainingly Mend with interlacing stitches. Boy’s name Prefix meaning “ill.” Initials of a continent. Initials of a United States pos- session Chintz Curtains. Charming curtains for an informal room | living are made from | glazed vellow chintz, bound around ith a soft mauve. The hang from the top of the window to {the “sill. with a gathered valance |across the top, the curtains being looped b at the side. Down. Bohemian composer. Combine air with Agalnst (abbr.) Possessive prono Smears with pitch. Originated for the Finest Tables This rich delicate-flavored Cream Cheese is sold only in small packages. Pasteurized Untouched by hands « =~ Never sold in bulk “Philadelphia” Cream Cheese A Phenix CHEESE be employed for mercenaries in gen- eral. It is in the term “free lance,” however, that the gentry have sur- vived in modern speech. You eat sugar at practically every meal. You can be certain of absolute cleanliness and highest quality by asking always for Domino Package Sugars. The convenient packages protect against exposure to insects, dirt or handling. They ensure full weight— and the purest cane sugar. American Sugar Refining Company “Sweeten it with Domino” : Granulated, Tablet, Powdered, Confectioners, Brown: Domino Syrup: Molasses > plain | curtains | sed. I dont see how enybody can ob- ject to a little bonest rouge and powder in these days, and as for going erround with a perfeckly shiny face like Sara Parkers does, no wen- der everybody laffs at her, hee hee. ma sed. And me and her kepp on goins. —_— “Clothes don't make the man," quotes the wise guy. ‘No, many a whole-souled fellow wears shoes that | leak,” suggests the simple mug. FEATURES. 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