Fashion and Things Feminine.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 261, 31 December 1914, Page 3 (Supplement)

Fashion and Things Feminine.

ADAPTABLE DRESS FOR THE SIMMER HOLIDAY.

Tho time has come to discuss and prepare outfits tor the summer holiday. y.nd among the needs of tlie wardrobe, wiierj many intending holiday-makers are concerned, will probably be an adaptable dress that may be worn out of doors in the afternoon or indoors in tho evening, and that will bo nice for dinner wear at boarding-nouses or hotels. it is important to tourists that luggage be reduced to a minimum, and m planning tho holiday outfit it is advisable, therefore, that a dress of the " utility'' order shall be included, that will fulfill the purpose of a couple of dresses and thus save luggage-room. in the dress of mixed materials illustrated, may bo gathered a suggestion for a smart and useful stylo for tho holiday trousseau. Here wo have a dainty aud becoming coatee of fancy material, and a well-cut skirt of plainfaced fabric. Were the skirt black, the coatee might lie in any fashionable colour; but where tho skirt is coloured, the coatee should match it in tone it not in actual tint. CONCERNING THE COATEE. The quantity of 30-inch fabric required for tho coatee is two yards. The pattern is in three pieces, namely, halt the actual coatee, one sleeve, and halt tho basque. . . These pattern pieces indicated by the small diagram, which shows them irupposedlv laid upon the material folded lengthwise, tho straight edge of back being laid to tho fold, so that the bodice is cut in two pieces. Tho coatee is trimmed at the neck and elbows with frilling, and the waist is belted. THE SKTRT. The skirt is an excellent pattern for any of tin fashionable cloth, cotton, or silk materials. In black ercpon or colenno. or in sP onge-cloth fabnc.it won d ho verv useful. The quantity of 3-inrli material required for its development is .K vaids The skirt is a fotir-nicca one iiamelv. the two front, and one Z%. These pieces are illustrated in

NO. 1790. the lai-er diagram, which is planned for i single material opened out to its lull wit lh where the front pattens are «onn!V and lor double the back pattern .s placed ho back bt iug cut in duplicate. Ihe «a»t tarn" iufcito tl» f«UU »> »>»t-"»'-

HOW TO KNIT A SPORTS COAT. One of the most useful and popular wraps for sea-itle and country wear is the knitted sports coat, and in view.« t tho approaching summer holidays, girlmav be glad of n lew hints on how to knit a wool coat for wearing on coo evenings by th- *>ca or olsewnoro or on steamer .journeys. . To make a coat alter the fashion ol the one illustrated, about lslh..ot tourplv fingering wool will be required, and „h,. r necosary tools ap one pair n ,n, ( 1,,m-v Z ed bone kn.tung needles, one par ui coar-e steel needles and one tin. bono crochet hook. , Cast on 117 stitches to thestoe needles wuh the wool double. Ivn.t 1. pu.l 1 for two inches. Chang,, to the bom uocdlos and single wool. Ist. Row: Pur!. 2nd row: Knit plain. 3rd row: *Purl 2. knit 3; repeat fro.n * to end of row. . 4th row : #Knit 2, purl 2; repeat from *to end of row. Repeat these Four rows until the work measures 211 melius in length. . . , Tn next row cast off •". stitches at each end: then work 5 rows more, decreasin.r 1 s iitch in beginning o aeh rcm-l'i-sthel.es in row. Knit seven niches wit limit decrease: divide for the neck and shoulders. Knit the first Ai stitches ,n tho usual way. and run them on to a thread. Cast off Iho next 32 s >t<hcs for the back of the neck. On the *> remaining stitches knit r, rows, increasing 1 stitch at the nock end of every Cast on 0 stitches, nrmhole side: knit until the front is a« mng as the hack. Finish with twoThehes w*h the double wool worked on st -el needles, to match border of hack. Cast off. Second Front.-Take the stitcher from the thread on to the needles. Knit like the first fmnt. taking care to keep tha pattern right. aV make the fronts opposite.

By IDA MELLER - - Copyright.

Collar.—Use double wool and steel needles. Pick up the stitches around the neck, beginning two patterns from the edge of on- front, and working to the name point on the other side. Knit 1. purl 1, until the collar is four inches deep. Cast off loosely. Pick up the stitches down the edge of right front. using st el needles :md double wool. In each stitch of the edge knit 1. purl 1; repeat this row for li inches. On next row cast off 5 .stitches 6cven times at regular intervals down the

NO. »79 1 - front, for buttonholes. On the following row cast on •"> stitches over each o that were cast off. Kib until tho border it two inches deep. Cast off and crochet a row of double, crochet nil round coat. (This edging may also be repeated on collar and cuffs.) Sleeve.—Begin at top, casting on 22 stitch":-, on bono needles. Knit in pattern. Cast on 3 «titch?s in beginning of cadi row until there are 107 stitches, then work two more rows, easting on 3 stitches each row. Knit four inches. then decrease 1 stitch at each end of every fourth row. until J* * stitches have been dec leased. Knit two inches, and decrease 1 stitches again; knit two inches and asain decrease 10 stitches. Kn't until the inside seam is 1) inches long. Knit 1 row plain, decreasing every fifth stitch. With double wool on st'.vl needles itntt 1 purl 1 for four inches. Cast oir. Make another .sleeve in the same way. Finally sew up under-arm seams, leaving a few inches free at tin ends to allow -spring." «'w in the sleeves, ami sew on buttons. Loops from the crochet edging will scJrvc as "buttonholes."