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Title: Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: July 23, 2008 [EBook #26113]

Language: English

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Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet

[Illustration]

Published by
Needlecraft Publishing Company
Augusta, Maine
1918

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[Illustration: Handbook of Crochet]

_You can crochet the most fascinating things imaginable if you have this_

Handbook of Crochet

By Emma Chalmers Monroe

This book is equally appreciated by beginner or expert. It contains most
valuable information and instructions for everyone who crochets or
wishes to learn to do this beautiful work. It embodies a very careful
selection of designs; and, from the simplest to the most ornate, every
successive step is explained and illustrated so fully that perfect
results are a certainty.

It describes the making of the newest designs for the ever popular use
of crochet and gives instructions and patterns for Edgings, Borders,
Scarf-Ends, Insertions, Yokes, Lunch-Sets, Doilies, etc.

The book has twenty-eight pages (size 7x10 inches) and 44 illustrations.
It is printed on a fine quality of paper with the cover in colors.

Your copy of Emma Chalmers Monroe's Handbook of Crochet will be sent
you, prepaid, upon receipt of 12 cents, stamps or coin. It can be
obtained only from us.

Needlecraft
Augusta--Maine

Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet

A Lesson in Knitting

[Illustration: Figure 1. Casting on with Two Needles]

The first thing to be done in knitting is to cast on or, as it is
sometimes called, to "set up the foundation." (Figure 1). There are
several methods for this, the following being that preferred and
generally used by the writer: Leave a spare end of thread, sufficient
for the number of stitches you wish to cast on, lying toward the left,
the