CHAPTER XXXII THE BOY AVIATOR

CHAPTER XXXII THE BOY AVIATORT

THE next morning when Mary Frances went into the sewing room, Fairly Flew was sitting in the rocker waiting for her.

Waiting for her.

“Is there anything which you particularly would like to learn to make?” she asked.

“Yes,” replied Mary Frances. “I would love to learn how to make an outfit for the aviator doll in Billy’s airship.”

“Hurrah!” cried Crow Shay.

“Hurrah!” cried Knit.

“Hurrah!” cried Knack.

“Why are they so pleased?” asked Mary Frances.

“Hurrah!”

“Because that is just what we had planned,” said Fairly Flew. “So listen while I tell you how to make—

“Ready for war.”

photo of hood

(See picture oppositepage 168—color plate)

One pair knitting bone needles No. 3.Material: Olive drab or khaki color knitting worsted.Directions:1. Cast on 22 stitches.2. Knit plain 76 ribs (a rib is a row across and back).3. Bind off.

One pair knitting bone needles No. 3.

Material: Olive drab or khaki color knitting worsted.

Directions:

1. Cast on 22 stitches.

2. Knit plain 76 ribs (a rib is a row across and back).

3. Bind off.

Fold it across the middle and sew (overhand) 2 edges together the length of the doll’s head in back with the yarn. Then sew front edges together for a short space under the chin.

Fold it across the middle and sew (overhand) 2 edges together the length of the doll’s head in back with the yarn. Then sew front edges together for a short space under the chin.

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“Or cold.”

Material: Olive drab wool.One pair No. 12 steel knitting needles.Directions:1. Cast on 18 stitches.photo“See me knit.”2. Knit 1 stitch; purl 1 stitch.3. Continue knitting 1 stitch and purling 1 stitch until wristlets are 1¾ inches long.4. Fold edges together and sew up sides, leaving small opening close to one end for the thumb.

Material: Olive drab wool.

One pair No. 12 steel knitting needles.

Directions:

1. Cast on 18 stitches.

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“See me knit.”

2. Knit 1 stitch; purl 1 stitch.

3. Continue knitting 1 stitch and purling 1 stitch until wristlets are 1¾ inches long.

4. Fold edges together and sew up sides, leaving small opening close to one end for the thumb.

Material: Olive drab or khaki color knitting worsted.Knitting needles: One pair No. 3 bone, and one pair No. 12 steel. One crochet hook No. 3.Directions:1. With the steel needles cast on 36 stitches.2. Knit 2 and purl 2 for 12 rows.“Look who’se here!”3. Next take one of the bone needles in your right hand and knit plain—all thestitches off the steel needle. Then knit 22 ribs with the bone needles.Slip on safety pin.4. Knit 11 stitches and slip on to safety pin, in order to begin to form the neck.5. Bind off 14 stitches for neck.6. On the remaining 11 stitches knit 4 ribs for the shoulder.7. On this same needle cast on 14 stitches to form opposite side of neck. (See method of Casting On, pages 260 and 261.)8. Slip the 11 stitches (see No. 6) and the 14 new stitches on another safety pin.

Material: Olive drab or khaki color knitting worsted.

Knitting needles: One pair No. 3 bone, and one pair No. 12 steel. One crochet hook No. 3.

Directions:

1. With the steel needles cast on 36 stitches.

2. Knit 2 and purl 2 for 12 rows.

“Look who’se here!”

3. Next take one of the bone needles in your right hand and knit plain—all thestitches off the steel needle. Then knit 22 ribs with the bone needles.

Slip on safety pin.

4. Knit 11 stitches and slip on to safety pin, in order to begin to form the neck.

5. Bind off 14 stitches for neck.

6. On the remaining 11 stitches knit 4 ribs for the shoulder.

7. On this same needle cast on 14 stitches to form opposite side of neck. (See method of Casting On, pages 260 and 261.)

8. Slip the 11 stitches (see No. 6) and the 14 new stitches on another safety pin.

9. Take up the 11 stitches from the first safety pin (see No. 4) with a bone needle. Fasten wool at neck end; knit 4 ribs.10. Knit back to outer edge of sweater. Then slip the stitches off the other safety pin on to the same bone needle with the stitches made in direction No. 9.11. Make 22 ribs plain knit.12. Now take a steel needle in your right hand, and plain knit the stitches on the bone needle off on to the steel needle.13. Knit 2 and purl 2 for 12 rows and bind off the work.14. Sew sweater up under the arms, leaving about a 3-inch opening for each arm.Sew the sweater together in same way as in making the Doll’s Knitted Sleeveless Sweater.15. Put 1 row of single crochet stitches around the neck and armholes for a finish. Do not make the stitches too tight.

9. Take up the 11 stitches from the first safety pin (see No. 4) with a bone needle. Fasten wool at neck end; knit 4 ribs.

10. Knit back to outer edge of sweater. Then slip the stitches off the other safety pin on to the same bone needle with the stitches made in direction No. 9.

11. Make 22 ribs plain knit.

12. Now take a steel needle in your right hand, and plain knit the stitches on the bone needle off on to the steel needle.

13. Knit 2 and purl 2 for 12 rows and bind off the work.

14. Sew sweater up under the arms, leaving about a 3-inch opening for each arm.

Sew the sweater together in same way as in making the Doll’s Knitted Sleeveless Sweater.

15. Put 1 row of single crochet stitches around the neck and armholes for a finish. Do not make the stitches too tight.

Sew together.

“We all are.”

The fairy let Mary Frances use her magic needles, and the little outfit was finished before three o’clock in the afternoon.

Mary Frances put the sweater and wristlets and helmet on the doll and hid it away.

“I do not believe that Billy will miss it,” she told the Knitting and Crocheting People; “and I do want to surprise him some day. He will be so pleased.”

“That chap won’t take cold on any of his air trips, no matter how high he goes,” remarked Crow Shay,

“In coldest weather,Without a feather,He’ll feel like a birdUpon my word.”

“In coldest weather,Without a feather,He’ll feel like a birdUpon my word.”

“In coldest weather,

Without a feather,

He’ll feel like a bird

Upon my word.”

“Oh, you’re a little parrot-bird yourself. Keep still, will you?” whispered Wooley Ball, laughing.

“Perhaps Crow Shay is as pleased with this outfit as I am!” exclaimed Mary Frances.

“Keep still, will you?”

“We all are, I think,” said Fairly Flew. “It was a good idea to ask you about what you wanted tolearn to make. Think up something for our next lesson.”

“Sports sweater.”

“Mamma,” whispered Mary Marie, “Mary M’rie wants a boo’ful steater wif a wooly tollar.”

“A sports sweater!” cried Mary Frances, softly. “The very thing!”

“A sports sweater! The sweet little thing doesn’t want much, does she?” said Crow Shay, who overheard. “I could write all she doesn’t want on a butterfly’s wing.” But no one paid any attention to him.

Mary Frances began to thank Fairly Flew for asking her about what she wanted to make, but before she could do so the fairy was gone.

“Steater wif wooly tollar.”

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