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MAKE YOUR OWN HATS

BY
GENE ALLEN MARTIN

DIRECTOR OF DOMESTIC ARTS DEPARTMENT OF
THE MINNEAPOLIS Y.W.C.A.; DESIGNER, DEMONSTRATOR
AND INSTRUCTOR IN MILLINERY

Republication of an antique book from 1921, NOW in PDF format for your convenience.

WITH EXPLICIT DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING THE HATS

Images have been scanned, Text has been retyped, not scanned, for a great quality printing. The book has 53 pages, 8.50" x 11.00".

CONTENTS

I. Equipment and Materials

II. Covering Frame with Velvet

III. Frames of Neteen and Crinoline

IV. Wire Frames

V. Round Crown of Wire

VI. Hat Coverings

VII. Trimmings

VIII. Hand-Made Flowers

IX. Remodeling and Renovating

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This is a republication of The Raised Tatting Book by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere. It was published for the first time in 1868. The original is very hard to find.

If you love to tat you will find this ebook an invaluable resource.

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Elderly people, or those at all inclined to rheumatic twinges, appreciate the kneecap, and a pair of them will make a most acceptable gift to grandpa or grandma.

No. 12 steel needles and Germantown yarn were used for the model, which may be made more or less heavy, as desired, by choosing coarser or finer yarn.

This knitting pattern is from 1918. A conversion chart for old needles is provided.

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This lovely pair of gloves are made using No. 16 steel needles, (they are 1.6mm.) and Spanish knitting-yarn or worsted. The pattern is from 1918.

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For the purpose of reproduction here, we have had it worked in all the different sizes of D.M.C cotton but it looks best in a fine material; in Fil à dentelle No. 150, it can bear comparison with the finest needle-made lace. The pattern is from late 1800s.

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MATERIALS -Three reels of Brooks' No. 24, and two of No. 16, Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton. A hook suitable for the fine number.

The octagon shape is one extremely well adapted for bread baskets, as well as for papier-maché trays of the usual forms; but it requires a little nicety to produce even edges at the sloping sides. The way it is done is this. The whole pattern, it will be perceived, is done in square crochet, and in the increasing sides a close square is added at each end.

The pattern is from late 1800s.

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This collar is made in portions, and joined together with needle and thread, or worked together with one plain at the option of the worker.

The pattern is from late 1800s.

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