Knitting And Sewing – How to Make Seventy Useful Articles For Men In The Army And Navy

Knitting And Sewing - How to Make Seventy Useful Articles For Men In The Army And Navy





AND SEWING How to Make Seventy Useful Articles for Men in the Army and Navy BY MAUD CHURCHILL NICOLL NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY Copyright, 1918 By George H. Doran Company INTBODUCTION THIS little book was composed under unusual conditions. My wife, whose book tMs is, was one of those Americans who, from the outbreak of the War in Europe, was passionately attached to the cause of the Allies, and religiously believed, after the inva sion of Belgium and Northern France, that it was the duty of our country, without delay or attempts at neutrality, to come to their support. In December, 1914, she began a course in nursing at the Y. W. C. A., and by April of 1915 had com pleted her course and received her diploma. In July, 1915, she went abroad for service in Eng land, but had hardly begun when she was run down by an automobile and barely escaped with her life. Ever since then she has lived in London, neces sarily spending a large part of her time in bed, and after two and one-half years of treatment is still unable to walk, except a little with crutches. During her long convalescence she, devoted her self to knitting and sewing for the soldiers and sailors. Many of her friends among them were constantly coming and going, and from them sltm learned at first hand just what their needs were, and in what articles they found the most comfort. v INTRODUCTION She then decided to put the result of her experi ence in a book, in the hope that it might be useful to others who were knitting and sewing, or willing to knit and sew, for the cause, feeling that in that way she could make her largest contribution to the comfort and welfare of the boys at the front. It is interesting to note that the book was writ ten at her home in London, situated near the Anti-Aircraft Battery in Hyde Park, during the period of the Zeppelin and Gotha raids, some twenty-five in number, from which the author escaped without injury of any kind. All profits from the sale of the book accruing to either author or publisher are dedicated to American Bed Cross. DELAFCEY NICOLL.. vi PUBLISHERS NOTE THIS book, written by an American in England, specifies the use of certain English yarns. Because of restriction of importation, some of these English yarns are not obtainable in the United States. Purchasers are advised that American merchants and retailers are prepared to offer satisfactory sub stitutes for standard English yarns. The following suggestions will enable purchasers to determine the equivalent American wools for the English yarns mentioned throughout the instruc tions in the pages of this book 4-fold Germantown for 4-ply petticoat wool 4-fold Germantown or Lady Betty for 4-ply fleecy wool A soft heavy quality of knitting or Scotch yarn for 4-ply double knitting Llama wool for 3-thread Thibet Llama Llama wool used double for 6-thread Thibet Llama A coarse, wiry knitting yarn for 3-or 4-ply wheel ing Coarse, shaggy knitting yarn for 3-ply Fisher mans yarn Scotch yarn exceedingly soft in texture for 5-or 6-ply fingering vii CONTENTS PAGE ILLUSTRATED WOOLS . . xiii PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS 17 ILLUSTRATED WOOLS xiii SIMPLE HELMET 20 BALACLAVA HELMET 23 PEARY HELMET 26 SLEEPING HELMET 30 SKULL CAP 32 CAP AND MUFFLER COMBINED 33 MUFFLER, IN BASKET STITCH 35 MUFFLER, IN PLAIN STITCH 37 FIVE FANCY STITCHES FOR MUFFLERS 38 Single Brioche Stitch Double Brioche Stitch Cardigan, or 1 1 Rib Stitch Diagonal Stitch Triangle Stitch SCARF ..... 44 CHEST PROTECTOR 46 SINGLET . 49 PLAIN ARMLET 52 RIBBED ARMLET . 54 GLOVES 56 FlNGERLESS GLOVES . 61 ix CONTENTS PAGE MITTENS 63 RIFLE MITTENS 67 STEERING MITTE. NS 70 HEAVY STEERING MITTENS 73 THUMBLESS HALF-MITTENS 77 DODDIES 79 HAND PROTECTORS 84 WRISTLETS 86 MINE-SWEEPERS GLOVES 87 MELLOR MINE-SWEEPERS GLOVES 93 PLAIN JERSEY 97 NAVAL JERSEY 100 COAT SWEATER 105 COAT SWEATER, IN LIGHTER WEIGHT 108 KNITTED WAISTCOAT, IN BLOCK STITCH 112 THREE FANCY STITCHES FOR WAISTCOATS ...









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