9. Make 2 rows without increasing. Break off yarn and tie on the trimming yarn.
10. Work 1 row of double crochet all around without increasing.
11. Make 1 row of slip stitches around the edge of hat.
1. Cut 2 strands of trimming yarn and 2 strands of yarn the color of the hat, each 2 yards long.
2. Lay them together, side by side. Take hold of one end of them with the right hand, and the other end with the left hand, and twist them in opposite directions. Or get some one else to twist one end while you twist the other in the opposite direction.
3. Pull the twisted yarn “taut” or straight. Catch hold of twisted yarn in the middle and fold together taking all the ends firmly in one hand. Let go with the other hand. It will twist itself into a pretty cord.
4. Fasten balls made of the two colors of yarn on the ends of the twisted yarn. Make them as you made the pom-poms on doll’s toque (page 95).
5. Tie twisted cord around hat in a bow knot and sew in place on the right side. Turn up the left side of hat in a soft roll.
Crow Shay was wild with excitement when Mary Frances finished the little hat and put it on Mary Marie’s head.
“Look at yourself in the glass now, Mary Marie,” he exclaimed. “You’re the most beautiful——”
“Oh, don’t make her too vain!” said Mary Frances. “She has had so much given to her that I’m afraid she will be spoiled as it is.”
“She needs one thing more, though,” said Crow Shay.
“Why, don’t you see how cold her hands look?” asked Crow Shay.
“Hands told!” said Mary Marie. “Hands told!”
“Oh, you little mischief!” laughed Mary Frances. “You little scamp! I don’t think your hands are cold.”
She felt of them. “They do not seem a bit cold,” she said.
“All the same,” said the Yarn Baby, “you would like to know how to make her a pair of—
(See pictures opposite pages 136 and 200—color plates)
Material: Two-fold Saxony wool. Mercerized knitting cotton for trimming. Bone crochet needle No. 1.
This work is begun at the top of the fingers.
1. Make 3 chain stitches, and join in a ring with a slip stitch.
3. Put hook through both loops at top of stitches in row below, and work on around and around, adding an extra stitch in about every fifth stitch, until there are 18 stitches in the row.