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Knitting Infant’s Bootees 
Materials.—Two balls knitting cotton, 
No. 16; four steel knitting needles, the 
size depending on the knittei*. A close 
knitter needs larger needles than a loose 
knitter. 
Cast 20 stitches on two needles, 10 
stitches on one needle. You now have 
50 stitches in all. Join, knit once around 
plain, only purl every tenth stitch. 
Second Round.—Knit first stitch, put 
yarn over to make a stitch, knit first 
stitch, put yaru over, knit stitch, put 
yaru over; knit stitch, put yarn over; 
knit stitch, put yarn over; knit stitch, 
put yarn over; knit stitch, put yarn over; 
knit stitch, put yarn over; knit stitch, 
put yarn over; knit stitch, do not put 
yarn over, but purl. You now have 
nine stitches and eight loops or made 
stitches, and one purl, and your first shell 
started. Continue clear around your 
work, making a loop or stitch between 
all the stitches except the ninth and 
tenth stitches. Knit the ninth stitch 
plain and purl the tenth stitch. 
Second Round.—Knit clear around 
plain. 
Third Round.—Narrow the two first 
stitches together. Knit the other stitches 
plain until you get to the two last 
stitches next the seam or purl stitch; 
Infant's Knitted Iioofce 
slip and bind these two last stitches, purl 
the purl stitch. To slip and bind, do not 
knit the first stitch, hut take it off ou the 
needle as though it was knit. Knit the 
last or second stitch, put the unknit 
stitch over the knit stitch, draw the knit 
stitch up through the other, and you have 
one stitch where there were two. To 
narrow on the right amj slip on the left 
makes the work look exactly alike. Con¬ 
tinue to knit, narrowing and slipping un¬ 
til you have nine stitches between each 
row of purls. The next five rows of 
shells are made the same. 
When you have six rows of shells fin¬ 
ished thread a darning needle with a 
double piece of yarn about six inches 
long. Take all of the stitches off the four 
shells on the two needles on the darning 
needle ; draw the yarn through the stitches 
or they will ravel out. Leave the one 
row of shells on the needle. Now knit 
five rows of shells on the one needle. 
This will be a long, narrow strip of shells 
for the top of the foot. When you have 
five shells break your yarn, leave a string 
six inches long on your work, use a darn¬ 
ing needle, slip the stitches on the darn¬ 
ing needle, as you did before. 
Now take up the first stitches you 
dropped and knit back and forth like a 
double heel. Turn the wrong side, next 
double your yarn to make a short loop 
about four inches long, put loop over 
needle, hold the two threads together, 
knit across, taking the needle through the 
stitch with the point toward you and 
patting the yarn under the needle and 
over the top, and drawing it through the 
stitch, or the stitches will look twisted. 
Knit across the work, but. do not knit 
any of the long narrow strip. 
Turn the other side next you and knit 
across the usual way, putting the thread 
around under the needle when you are 
across. Turn the wrong side next, you, 
knit as before, but take off the first 
stitch, knit the second, take off the third, 
and so knit back and forth, knitting the 
right side plain and the wrong side on 
the second time across, taking off every 
other stitch on the needle. This makes 
the work double. When you have eight 
rows across on the side or end of your 
work cast on 14 stitches, turn and knit 
back, knitting as before at the other side 
at the end. Make on 14 stitches more. 
Knit back and across four times. Now 
count four stitches, narrow one stitch, 
put yarn over to make a stitch; knit four 
stitches narrow, put thread over. This 
makes a row of holes across for the,cord. 
Knit across four times; at each end of 
the narrow strip bind off the 14 stitches, 
commencing at the outer end of the strap 
to hind off, not at the side of the wide 
part. Now you have the two straps that 
go over the top of the foot. 
Knit eight times across and you are 
ready for bottom of heel and foot, always 
knitting double, taking off first stitch on 
September 18, 1020' 
wrong side, knitting and taking off every 
other stitch. 
For heel divide the stitches into three 
equal groups, count to make sure. Mark 
with thread or piu between the three. 
Now do not knit the outside group, but 
just the middle. Narrow the right side 
group onto the middle group. At the left 
of the middle group slip the last st itch of 
the middle group on to the first of the out¬ 
side group. Narrow aud slip every other 
time across. Do not knit the outside 
stitches, but narrow and bind them all 
on the middle. When you have ail the 
side stitches off, your heel is knitted. 
It should be flat and square. Now on 
two needles take up all the stitches ou 
both sides of the heel clear up to and 
along under the straps to where the nar¬ 
row strip joins the top. 
Divide the stitches on bottom of heel, 
putting half on one of the side needles 
and half on the other. Knit back and 
across as on the heel, double ou the 
wrong side and plain on the right. Al¬ 
ways take off the first stitch or the edge 
of flat work will ruffle. Knit until the 
bottom or double is as long as the narrow 
heel strip. 
Now take up the stitches on end of 
top strip. Hold the two threads together 
and knit both in. Knit round and round, 
only every other time around, take off 
every other stitch, to make the toe double. 
Knit eight times around, now divide the 
stitches in two equal parts, leaving the 
narrow strip of shells exactly in the mid¬ 
dle. 
Now to narrow off the toe —at the toe, 
narrow the right side and slip or bind off 
the left. Have the seam on the side, not 
in the middle; narrow every time around 
at each side. When you have 10 stitches 
on each needle bind off and fasten ; turn 
bootee wrong side out, sew up sides. Be 
sure the narrow straps are out on right 
side. Turn and you are ready for the 
cord and tassels or a ribbon. 
Double and twist a cord long enough 
to go three times around bootee. Thread 
a darning needle with cord, draw cord 
through holes in ankle of bootee, skipping 
every other hole the first time around, 
and filling the skipped hole the next time 
around. 
For the tassels, wind yarn loosely 
around your fingers four times. Tie a 
knot in the end of cord, place knot in 
middle of loops of yarn, wind one strip 
of yarn around all knots and loops, turn 
loops with ends together, wind and tie 
tight close up to knot. Trim ends even, 
tie cord in bows, and sew fast. Your 
cord must go through straps on top of 
foot as well as bootee. To fasten on pull 
on cord, to take off loosen from inside 
with fingers. If you use two colors the 
foot and straps of your work will look 
like a sock and slipper. MRS. j. h. b. 
How I Made my Fruit Closets 
I had always wanted a fruit closet with 
a screened door. As my husband was al¬ 
ways kept so very busy outside I de¬ 
cided to undertake, making one myself. 
Finding two fairly good-sized packing 
boxes I succeeded in nailing some cleats 
and placing in the shelves. ‘ The problem 
of the door confronted me and was finally 
solved by taking two large window screens 
using pieces of leather straps for hinges, 
and putting on a hook to keep it closed. 
My dream was realized in two fine closets. 
I painted over the screens to avoid rust¬ 
ing. Since then I have made several more 
of them, setting one on top of the other 
to save cellar space. One I use to keep 
food in . 
I had always labeled my fruits and 
jellies each year until the idea occurred 
to me to make the most of my closets, so 
now I place each kind by itself with an 
adhesive label pasted on the shelf edge 
above it. on which I marked kind of pre¬ 
serves and year made. It is so easy to be 
able to place your hand on the jar you 
want at once without handling over so 
many. mrs. l. n. B. 
Canned Tomato Soup 
On page 1249, I read a request for a 
recipe for tomato soup without milk. 
following is the best one I know. 
We try to can at least a peck of tomatoes 
this way, every canning season, as it is 
easily made aud very convenient to have 
on hand. 
One peek of ripe tomatoes, one small 
green pepper, % cupful of sugar, four 
tablespoonfuls of salt, two tablespoonfuls 
ground clove in a hag, two onions fried 
brown in butter, four quarts of water. 
Boil all together until soft. Strain and 
put iu the kettle again. When boiling 
hot, add eleven tablespoousful (even) of 
cornstarch, wet smooth in cold water, 
and boil five minutes, being careful that it 
does not burn. This makes eight quarts. 
I can it. hot iu glass jars in the old- 
fashioned way. I presume it would he 
possible to process it. but I have had no 
trouble in keeping it without. W. n. C. 
