Child’s Angora Set
(Cap, Muff and Stole.)
Materials Required:
7 (½ oz.) balls, Three Rabbit Angora wool, or 28 small balls.
2 skeins, Bear Brand Eiderdown.
1 ball “Glossilla Crochet.”
1 pair amber knitting pins, No. 5.
1 amber crochet hook, No. 9.
CAP. Using the Angora cast on 7 stitches and knit one row.
Second row: k. 1, p. 1 in each stitch, 14 stitches, in all. Knit loosely.
Third and every alternate row, knit plain.
Fourth row: * k. 1, p. 1 in first stitch, k. 1 and repeat from *.
Sixth row: * k. 1, p. 1 in first stitch, k. 2 and repeat to end of row. 28 stitches on pin.
Eighth row: increase in the usual way but have 3 stitches between the increasings.
Continue to increase in this way on every other row, always having one more plain stitch between the increasings until there are 16 rows, in all. 63 stitches on pin.
Seventeenth row: bind off 5 stitches, knit 55, bind off the 54th stitch over the 55th then knit and bind off the remaining stitches, thus binding off 5 stitches on each end. Fasten off Angora.
Make the next 4 rows with Glossilla.
First row: knit plain.
Second row: k. 1, then k. 2 in each stitch all across the row, ending with k. 1 in the final stitch.
Third row: knit plain.
Fourth row: k. 1, then k. 2 together all across the row, ending with k. 1 in the final stitch.
* Using the Angora knit six rows; then 4 rows of Glossilla, in pattern, as before. Repeat from * then knit 6 rows of Angora. Run the stitches on to a thread and sew up the crown seam of cap.
Pick up all the stitches across the neck of cap and on them knit 8 rows, with Angora, followed by 7 rows, in pattern, with Glossilla, then bind off on the eighth row.
Pick up the stitches along one end of the neck rows, take the stitches from the thread on to the pin again, then pick up the stitches along the other end of neck rows. Knit 10 rows, with Angora, then finish with the eight rows of Glossilla as was done around the neck.
Fold back the front for a turn over and trim with ribbons, as illustrated.
MUFF. Using the Angora cast on 45 stitches and knit 12 rows; then * with Glossilla, knit 4 rows in pattern as directed for cap, followed by 12 rows of Angora. Repeat from * three times, binding off on the last Angora row.
Lay the side edges of the work together for the top of the muff. Pick up 36 stitches across the top, with Angora, taking them through both sides at once. Knit 5 rows, then with Glossilla, knit 7 rows in pattern and bind off on the eighth row.
Using the Eiderdown and crochet hook, make the lining, as follows: make a chain long enough to reach around the end and on it work in single crochet stitches, very loosely until the lining is the same size as the outside of muff. Sew up. Slip inside and sew the two pieces together around the ends using Angora wool.
Trim with ribbon as illustrated.
STOLE. Using the Angora, cast on 2 stitches and knit them.
Second row: knit two stitches in each stitch.
Third row: k. 2 in first stitch, k. 1 in each of the remaining stitches. Repeat the third row until there are 20 stitches on the pin. * Change to Glossilla and knit 4 rows in pattern, as directed for cap; then 12 rows with Angora. Repeat from *; then make 4 rows with Glossilla. On the first row of the next Angora stripe knit together the two first and two last stitches, then finish the 12 rows as usual. Follow with Glossilla rows. Decrease in same manner on each of the next two Angora stripes. There will be 14 stitches on pin. On these 14 stitches make 3 more stripes of the Angora with Glossilla stripes between; then the increasings must begin to make second end match the first. On this end the increasing is done on the first row of each of the Glossilla stripes until there are again 20 stitches on the pin. Finish the end by narrowing off to a point. Using the Angora only make another piece in plain knitting exactly same size and shape for lining. Overhand the two pieces together using a thread of Angora.
Draw up one edge of stole in the middle part of it enough to make it fit well around the neck.
Finish each end with a tail made, as follows: cast on 2 stitches, with Angora; increase one stitch when beginning each row until there are 18 stitches on the pin. Knit 11 rows of 18 stitches each and bind off. Place a little soft cotton inside and sew up.
Trim with ribbon and place ribbon ties on stole.