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    Khaki Knitting Book
    Khaki Knitting Book
    Khaki Knitting Book
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    Khaki Knitting Book

    By Olive Whiting

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    KHAKI KNITTING BOOK. originally published in 1917. This book is not an instruction book, but for those who are familiar with the art of knitting the articles therein will be found practical and easy to make. Many of the earliest books on weaving, textiles and needlework, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781473351172
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      Book preview

      Khaki Knitting Book - Olive Whiting

      KHAKI KNITTING

      BOOK

      Edited by

      OLIVE WHITING

      COPYRIGHT 1917, by ALLIES SPECIAL AID

      19 East 37th Street, New York, N. Y.

      Knit Your Bit

      Swiftly, to and fro,

      Let your needles fly!

      Be not yours to know

      Pause, for tear or sigh.

      Stitch by stitch they grow,

      Garments soft and warm

      That will keep life’s glow

      In some shivering form.

      Sweater, muffler, sock,

      For the soldiers’ wear!

      List to pity’s knock —

      For those over there.

      Children’s voices, too,

      In the sad refrain,

      Wring our hearts anew,

      From that world of pain.

      Banish for a while

      Tints of brighter hue,

      Welcome with a smile

      Khaki, gray and blue.

      Days are cold and drear,

      Nights are long and bleak,

      Thoughts from home are dear,

      Where the cannons shriek.

      Let some simple thing,

      That your hand employs,

      Cheer and comfort bring

      To our gallant Boys.

      May there be no end

      To what love supplies!

      Thus their share we’ll send

      To our brave Allies!

      A. M. D.

      October, 1917.

      FOREWORD

      This book is in no sense an instruction book, but for those who are familiar with the art of knitting the articles therein will be found practical and easy to make.

      Thanks are due to the following:

      American Polish Relief Committee, American Red Cross, Bear Brand Yarn Mfrs., Columbia Yarns, Comité Franco-American, Miss E. Drury, S. B. & B. W. Fleisher, Incorporated, Mrs. Horace Leeds, Modern Knitting Book, Modern Priscilla, Navy League Leaflet, Utopia Yarn Book and Mrs. Mary Willard, for permission to use directions and illustrations without which the book could not have been compiled.

      THE EDITOR

      The money from the sale of the KHAKI KNITTING BOOK goes to the Allies and anyone lending the book to a friend who can afford to buy one, defrauds the Allies.

      THE EDITOR

      INDEX

      Sweaters

      Ladies’ Knitted Sweater

      Sleeveless Jacket

      Ladies’ Knitted Slip-On Sweater

      Large Sleeveless Jacket

      Sleeveless Jersey

      Wristlets

      Regulation Wristlets

      Knitted Wristlets

      Wristlets

      Crocheted Wristlets with Thumbhole, or Half Glove

      Men’s Socks

      Socks, in Plain Knitting

      Bed Socks

      Regulation Socks

      Light Hard-Wearing Socks for Men

      Man’s Socks

      Knitted Socks for Service Wear

      Heelless Socks

      Bed Socks

      Men’s Socks knit on 2 needles

      Soldiers’ Knitted Sleeping or Stump Socks

      Knitted Socks for Medium-Sized Men

      Crocheted Hospital Stockings

      Knitted Sleeping Socks

      Children’s Sweaters

      Boys’ Knitted Sweater

      Child’s Closed Sweater, with V neck

      Child’s Knitted Slip-Over Sweater, with Collar

      Child’s Knitted Sweater

      Men’s Scarfs and Mufflers

      Crocheted Scarf I

      Crocheted Scarf II

      Knitted Muffler

      Men’s Mittens

      Knitted Thumbless Mittens

      Crocheted Thumbless Mittens

      Men’s Knitted Mittens

      Long Crocheted Wristlets with Thumbholes, or Half Glove

      Crocheted Wristlets

      Soldiers’ Knitted Fingerless Gloves, with Thumb and Index Finger

      Knitted Mittens

      Knitted Bath Mitt

      Men’s Caps, Helmets, Abdominal Bands, etc.

      Men’s Knitted Polo Caps

      Seamen’s Helmet

      A Man’s Helmet, with Cape Pieces

      Helmet without Cape Pieces

      Sleeping Cap

      French Soldier’s Crocheted Cap

      Knitted Cap, and Combination Scarf and Cap, for Convalescent Wear

      Men’s Trench Caps

      Ear Protectors with Head Band

      Abdominal Band

      Knitted Knee Caps

      Knitted Eye Bandage

      Knitted Wash Cloth

      Knitted Hot-Water Bottle Cover

      Knee Cap

      Abdominal Scarf Belt

      Comfort Bags, for Soldier or Sailor

      Boys’ Caps

      Boys’ Knitted Polo Cap. See under Men’s Polo Cap

      Boys’ Knitted Storm Cap

      Infants’ Bands

      Knitted Band

      Baby’s Caps and Socks

      Baby’s Knitted Hood

      Infant’s Snowflake Hood

      Infant’s High Knitted Bootees

      Child’s Mittens

      Child’s Knitted Mittens

      Child’s Knitted Mittens

      Baby’s Knitted Angora Mittens

      Baby’s Thumbless Mittens

      Child’s Mittens

      Children’s Stockings

      Child’s Socks

      Boys’ Socks

      Child’s Three-quarter Stocking, with Scotch Top

      Crocheted and Knitted Ambulance or Hospital Blankets

      Crocheted Blanket; Cross in Centre

      Knitted Blocks for Blankets

      Knitted Blanket with American Flag

      Flag

      Abbreviations Used

      Ch.—Chain Stitch

      Sl. St.—Slip a stitch

      Sg. C.—Single Crochet

      D. C.—Double Crochet

      T. C.—Treble Crochet

      W.—to wrap wool around needle

      * and †—Mean that work described is to be repeated between them.

      LADIES’ KNITTED SWEATER IN KIMONO STYLE

      (Courtesy of Columbia Yarns)

      For 36 or 38 Bust

      8 Hanks of Columbia Floss

      2 Celluloid Needles No. 5

      Cast on 75 stitches for the back and knit plain. Work 75 ribs (2 rows form a rib) then increase 1 stitch at each end every other row until there are 91 stitches on the needle. Now cast on 65 stitches at each end for sleeves, work 30 ribs, slip the first 95 stitches off on an extra needle, bind off the next 31 stitches for the neck and on the remaining 95 start the front.

      Front: Work 6 ribs for the shoulder, now increase 3 stitches every other row towards the neck until there are 110 stitches on the needle, work 23 ribs on this length, now bind off 65 stitches for the sleeves. Then decrease 1 stitch every other row towards the armhole until 37 stitches remain; work 75 ribs this length and bind off. Work 2nd front to correspond. Use the yarn double for the collar and cuffs. Pick up 50 stitches at the end of the sleeves for the cuffs, and work 17 ribs, bind off loosely. Sew up the under-arm and sleeves. Pick up the stitches around the bottom of the sweater, work 14 ribs, bind off. Pick up the stitches in the right front, work 6 ribs and on the next row work buttonholes as follows. Knit 4 stitches* bind off

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