Of course, Mary Frances did not find it difficult to follow these directions, because she watched Fairly Flew do the work and made each stitch just as the fairy made it.
“That is splendidly done,” said the fairy as Mary Frances broke off the yarn and fastened the last stitch. “For the next lesson you will make something for Mary Marie.”
“Oh, I do not see how I can wait until to-morrow to start!” exclaimed Mary Frances.
“But you’d better not work any more now—besides, my time is up for to-day,” said Fairly Flew. “It will not seem long until to-morrow, because you’ll be asleep for all night, you know.”
“Good-bye, dear friends,” she said as she went away.
“Good-bye. We’ll all be ready and waiting to-morrow,” everybody promised at once.
[Illustration: OUR FRIENDS, TEDDY BEAR AND AIRMAN
FOR DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING KNITTED ARTICLES SHOWN IN THIS ILLUSTRATION SEE
TEDDY BEAR SUIT—129 DOLL’S BEAN BAG—180 AVIATOR DOLL’S OUTFIT—196-197]
AS soon as Mary Frances opened her eyes the next morning she thought of the promised lesson.
“I’ll hurry and dress,” she whispered. “Perhaps I can start my lesson before breakfast. I wonder if the Knitting People are awake yet?”
Soon she was dressed, and ran to the sewing room.
“Good morning,” everybody greeted her as she entered.
“Why, good morning, my dear friends,” she replied. “I thought maybe you wouldn’t be awake yet. It is so early.”
“Give me a shake If I’m not awake Before anyone else Jumps into the cake,”
“Jumps into the cake!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Why, what has that to do with your waking up?”
“Oh, nothing,” answered Crow Shay, “only I couldn’t think of any other word to rhyme.”
Then Mary Frances laughed and said the little magic verse,
“Fairy Fairly Flew, Please come, for I need you.”
“Good morning,” Fairly Flew said; and before Mary Frances could reply, she added, “How pleased we are to see you so bright and early because you are so anxious to learn your lesson.”
“And because I am so anxious to make something for my dolly,” said Mary Frances.
“Well, you may start right away,” and Fairly Flew began to give the instructions for making—
(See picture opposite page 72—color plate)
Material: Four-fold pink Germantown zephyr.
Needles: one pair No. 5 knitting needles, one crochet hook No. 3.