Welcome to my blog about Home Arts Needlecraft Magazine! I "discovered" this publication about 2 years ago and fell in love with it to the extent that I had to start collecting issues as I ran across them. The magazine began publication with its September, 1909 premier issue, and continued through March, 1941. It has been interesting to follow the changes through the 30 plus years the magazine was published. It is a great source for needlework, fashion, recipes and short stories. Through my journey of sharing my issues online, I hope to discover a pattern of what was popular in different forms of needlecraft over the 3 decades. I hope you enjoy my blog as much as I am (so far!) enjoying posting articles and projects from the issues. Thanks for visiting!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Taking a detour

Today I will take a little detour from posting pages from my Home Arts Needlecraft magazines and post, instead, a picture and instructions for a tablecloth as made by my grandmother.  She made nine of these - one for each of her 8 children and one for me!  My sister, Carolyn, wrote out the directions from reconstructing some repair work for our Aunt Catherine's tablecloth.  Thanks, sis!



















Ch 6, join with slip stitch.

Rd 1:  Ch 3, 2 dc in ring, (ch 6, 3 dc) three times, ch 6.  Join with sl st in third ch of beginning ch-3.

Rd 2:  Ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next two dc, *ch 2, 7 dc in next sp, ch 2, 1 dc in each of the next three dc, repeat from* around, joining last ch-3 with sl st in third ch of beginning ch-3.

Rd 3:  Ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next two dc, *ch 3, (dc in next dc, ch 1) six times, dc in next dc, ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next three dc, repeat from * around, joining last ch-3 with sl st in third ch of beginning ch-3.

Rd 4:  Ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next two dc, *ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp, (sc in next sp, ch 3) six times, 1 dc in each of the next three dc, repeat from * around, joining last ch-3 with sl st in third ch of beginning ch-3.

Rd 5:  Ch 3, dc in same sp, 1 dc in next dc, *ch 5, 1 dc in same dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 3, skip next ch-3 sp, (sc in next sp, ch 3) five times, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, repeat from * around, joining last ch-3 with sl st in third ch of beginning ch-3.

Rd 6:  Ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next two dc, *ch 3, 5 dc in next ch-5 sp, ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next three dc, ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp, (sc in next sp, ch 3) four times, 1 dc in each of the next three dc, repeat from * around, joining last ch-3 with sl st in third ch of beginning ch-3.

Rd 7:  Ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next 2 dc, *ch 4, 1 dc in next dc, (ch 1, dc in next dc) four times, ch 4, 1 dc in each of the next three dc, ch 3, skip next ch-3 sp, (sc in ch-3 sp, ch 3) three times, 1 dc in each of the next three dc, repeat from * around, joining last ch-3 with sl st in top ch of beginning ch-3.

Rd 8:  Ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next 2 dc, *ch 5, 1 dc in next dc, ch 1, 1 dc in ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, tr in next ch-1 sp, ch 2, tr in next dc, ch 2, tr in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 5, 1 dc in each of the next three dc, ch 3, skip next ch-3 sp, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, one dc in each of the next three dc, repeat from * around, joining last ch-3 with sl st in top ch of beginning ch-3.

Rd 9:  Ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next 2 dc, *ch 7, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 3, dc in next tr, ch 1, (tr, ch 2, tr, ch 2, tr) in next tr, ch 1, dc in next tr, ch 3, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 7, 1 dc I each of the next three dc, ch 3, sc in top loop of pineapple, ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next 3 dc, repeat from * around, joining last ch-3 with sl st in top ch of beginning ch-3.

Rd 10:   Ch 4, tr cluster in next two dc, *ch 11, tr cluster in next three dc of prior round (don’t close), sl st in loop before cluster, ch 4 (or ch 1, sl st in picot of corresponding picot of motif you are connecting to, ch 1), sc in middle of cluster, ch 7, dc in first tr of tr cluster from prior round, ch 2, dc in middle tr, ch 4, join with sl st to corner picot of last motif (or make a picot here), ch 4, dc in same tr, ch 2, dc in 3rd tr of prior round, ch 7, tr cluster in next three dc of prior round (don’t close), sl st in loop before cluster, ch 4 (or ch 1, sl st in picot of corresponding  picot of motif you are connecting to, ch 1), sl st in middle of cluster, ch 11, tr cluster in next three dc of prior round twice, (don’t close), sl st in top loop of beginning cluster, ch 4 (or ch 1, sl st in picot of corresponding picot of motif you are connecting to, ch 1), sc in middle of 2nd cluster, repeat from * around, finishing with tr cluster in next three dc (close), join to first tr cluster with sl st, then complete picot as for other corresponding double clusters.   Fasten off.  

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