CHAPTER XXV TO KNIT A STITCHG
“GOODNESS, Billy, you made me jump!” exclaimed Mary Frances, running downstairs to meet him.
“You made me jump!”
“Sorry,” said Billy. “I couldn’t find you down here and guessed that you’d be in the sewing room. What keeps you there so long?”
“Oh, I told you, Billy—I am practicing knitting!” Mary Frances replied.
“Well, it must be lots of fun,” Billy said. “It certainly keeps you quiet enough. Come on, and have a game of tennis.”
Mary Frances went to find her hat and jacket.
To find her hat.
“When I know how, I shall make myself a sweater,” she thought. “I should like to make one formother first though—a pink one trimmed with gray.”
“Come on, Mary Frances,” called Billy, “aren’t you ready?”
“Coming,” cried Mary Frances, running out the door.
“Did you?”
In about an hour and a half she came back to the room. “Oh, I have been so worried!” she exclaimed. “Dear Knitting and Crocheting People, I forgot entirely to give Mary Marie her bottle.”
“I gave her her pacifier,” said Crow Shay.
“Oh, what a story!” cried Knit.
“Oh, what a story!” cried Knack.
“I am glad that he didn’t,” said Mary Frances. “I do not often let her have if for fear it will spoil the shape of her pretty mouth. I must run and give her her bottle now.”
“I thought the little Miss was joking,” Crow Shay said as soon as she had gone. “I never heard of a baby taking a bottle if she was old enough to go to school, did you?”
“Oh, what a story!”
“I’ve been waiting.”
“Oh, keep still, Crow Shay,” whispered the Yarn Baby. “You know all about it. You know that Mary Marie is only——”
Just then Mary Frances came back.
“Mary Marie was sound asleep,” she said, “so I didn’t disturb her. Now I’ll work hard to learn the next lesson,” and she repeated the little verse,
“Fairy Fairly Flew,Please come, for I need you;”
“Fairy Fairly Flew,Please come, for I need you;”
“Fairy Fairly Flew,
Please come, for I need you;”
and the fairy appeared.
“I’ve been waiting to be called,” she said settling quickly in the doll’s rocker, “for you have such an important lesson to learn. Quickly set up fifteen stitches on one knitting needle.”
“Which method shall I use?” thought Mary Frances, picking up Knack. “I believe I will use the first one I learned,” she decided, and soon had the fifteen stitches ready. She broke off the short end of yarn which was hanging from the needle.
“Keep still, Crow Shay.”
“Now,” said Fairly Flew, “now, you are ready to learn how—
“No, you’ll knot!”
Material: Knitting worsted or four-fold Germantown zephyr in any color.One pair bone knitting needles, No. 6, 7, or 8.With the fingers, cast about 15 stitches on one needle. Tie the short end of yarn to the long end in a single knot close to the needle. Cut off short end.
Material: Knitting worsted or four-fold Germantown zephyr in any color.
One pair bone knitting needles, No. 6, 7, or 8.
With the fingers, cast about 15 stitches on one needle. Tie the short end of yarn to the long end in a single knot close to the needle. Cut off short end.
Take up the other knitting needle with the thumb and fingers of the right hand, and slip the point of the right-hand knitting needle into the first loop on the left-hand needle, holding work in the position shown in the picture. Let the point of the right-hand needle stick out beyond the loop about an inch.
Take up the other knitting needle with the thumb and fingers of the right hand, and slip the point of the right-hand knitting needle into the first loop on the left-hand needle, holding work in the position shown in the picture. Let the point of the right-hand needle stick out beyond the loop about an inch.
Now spread open the thumb and finger of the right hand, and slide the hand forward until you can lift the thread which is over your first finger over the point of the right needle.
Now spread open the thumb and finger of the right hand, and slide the hand forward until you can lift the thread which is over your first finger over the point of the right needle.
Now slide the right hand back into the position shown in this picture, and put the first finger of yourlefthand on the point of the right-hand needle, and push the right-hand needle back until the point is even with the left needle.
Now slide the right hand back into the position shown in this picture, and put the first finger of yourlefthand on the point of the right-hand needle, and push the right-hand needle back until the point is even with the left needle.
“We’ll knit!”
PhotoPLATE 7—Motion Pictures Showing How to Knit PlainSee Description,Page 162
PLATE 7—Motion Pictures Showing How to Knit PlainSee Description,Page 162
“See me knit!”
Bring the point of the right-hand needle over the front of the left-hand needle. This carries a new loop on to the right-hand needle.
Bring the point of the right-hand needle over the front of the left-hand needle. This carries a new loop on to the right-hand needle.
Slide the right-hand needle to the point of the left needle.
Slide the right-hand needle to the point of the left needle.
Slip the end loop on the left needle off the point of the left needle, holding back the other loops on the left needle with the finger and thumb.Continue to knit in this way until all the stitches are knitted off the left needle.Now place the needle with the new stitches on, in the left hand. Do not knit the first stitch off the needle, but slip it off the needle without knitting. Always slip the first stitch on a row unless told to do otherwise.
Slip the end loop on the left needle off the point of the left needle, holding back the other loops on the left needle with the finger and thumb.
Continue to knit in this way until all the stitches are knitted off the left needle.
Now place the needle with the new stitches on, in the left hand. Do not knit the first stitch off the needle, but slip it off the needle without knitting. Always slip the first stitch on a row unless told to do otherwise.
Put the point of the right-hand needle through the first stitch, and slip it over the top of the left needle.Continue to knit plain across the row.
Put the point of the right-hand needle through the first stitch, and slip it over the top of the left needle.
Continue to knit plain across the row.
“Don’t brag!”