THE ANGORA NECK-SCARF- CROCHET PATTERN OF 1913

 

THE ANGORA NECK-SCARF- CROCHET PATTERN  OF 1913

Designed by Helen Marvin 

THE great charm of articles knitted or of Angora wool lies their soft, furry beauty.Angora knits much more quickly than other wools, because a fine stitch rarely is used, and a complicated one never, the beauty of the finished product depending not upon the stitch, but upon the texture. The model illustrated upon this page  may be developed in a few hours time.. 

The Angora neck scarf is a popular article among men for motoring and winter sports. The scarf illustrated is knitted, but it may either be knitted or crocheted, and directions for doing both are given below.

KNITTED SCARF 

Take three and one-half ounces of Angora wool and one pair of No 5 knitting-needles. 

Cast on forty five-stitches and knit in plain garter-stitch until the scarf is thirty inches long. Bind off loosely. 

For the tassels at either end of the scarf take six eight-inch lengths of wool without cutting them apart, fold double, and tie into the edge of the knitting. Seven tassels are tied in each end, spaced evenly apart.

CROCHETED SCARF 

Take five ounces of gray Angora wool and a No 7 bone crochet-hook. Make a chain twelve inches long, and on it work back and forth in single crochet, picking up the stitches on the double thread, until the scarf is thirty two inches long. Fasten off and finish the ends with tassels as instructed for the knitted scarf. 

REFERENCES:

Ladies Home Companion 1913