MAKING SCARVES

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 74, 29 March 1933, Page 11

MAKING SCARVES

SILK OR WOOL

Crepe do chine and other stuff scarves become increasingly complex until some of them look like a cat-o'-nme-tails, and they are held together in front by tying together a couple of the tails only (states a writer in tho Manchester Guardian")- Strips of assorted crepes de chine may havo picoted edges or may be cut on tho cross and joined together to form tobes which can bo pressed into strips. These are then plaited loosely to form the- neck part of tho scarf, while the ends are allowed to hang down loosely m front. This forms a thick, comfortable scarf, and the parti-colourine may be gay and pretty.- Another version of the crepe de chine scarf is fairly short, so that it makes a stumpy bow in- front, and fairly wide, perhaps as much as a foot. This also is cut on the crosj, and the part that fits round tho neck is narrowed down to a comfortable width for tho neck by means of horizontal tucking which runs counter, to the direction of the bias stuff. This makes it fit well ana gives the neck a slim appearance, while the knot in front is pleasingly thick and solid-looking. Knitted scarves continue to have slanting stripes, but their back is not always equal to their front in effect, since tho joining-in of the colours can look rather machine-like. This is overcome by making them tubular. Lest they bo too, thick, thin wool is used, and a fairly large circular needle. Or they may bo knitted on the usual two needles and then joined up at the side. The double thickness, even though in the thinner wool, makes for considerable warmth, and these scarves are particularly well suited for sports purposes or where warmth is essential. They tuck into any neck without making its muscles tired. v