Chapter I: Front Matter

[Transcriber's Notes: Bold text is surrounded by =equal signs= and italic text by _underscores_. Some patterns use a spaced "d c" for a double-crochet stitch while another uses "dc."]

NEEDLEWORK ECONOMIES

EDITED BY
FLORA KLICKMANN

A Book of
Making and Mending
with Oddments
and Scraps

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FAUDEL’S LTD., Newgate Street, London, E.C.1

=A.A. PEACOCK FINGERING,= The best quality Wool for
The long length Wool, General Knitting and
2,000 yards more in the 6 lb. Crochet purposes, in 2,
Spindle than in ordinary 3, 4, 6 ply.
yarns. 4 ply kept in 150 Colours
and Fancy Mixtures.

=PEACOCK SHETLAND WOOL,= Best For Shawls, Opera Hoods,
English make. Wraps, Fascinators, etc.,
in all leading colours.
Natural and Clerical.

=PEACOCK ANDALUSIAN,= Best For Socks, Stockings,
English make. Mittens, Gloves, Cuffs,
Gaiters, Wraps, Bonnets,
and Shawls.

=PEACOCK DOUBLE KNITTING= For Golf Jerseys, Hats and
For some years we have Norfolk Jackets, Shooting
been trying to introduce a and Cycling Stockings,
Yarn with the Wearable Tams, Scarves, Sweaters,
characteristics of the best Football and Golf
Worsted, combined with Stockings.
the Soft, Strong and Elastic
qualities of the best
Fingering. We claim in the
“Peacock Double Knitting”
to have been eminently
successful.

=PEACOCK VEST WOOL,= Unshrinkable. Specially prepared for all
Underwear in 2, 3, 4 ply.

=PEACOCK LADY BETTY,= A Pure Wool. For softness and warmth,
used largely for Baby’s
first Vests, Shawls, etc.,
and all useful garments
where the best soft wool
is needed.

=PEACOCK OSTRICH WOOL,= In 1 oz Balls. For making, Boas, Capes,
Hoods, Muffs, Ruffles,
etc.

=PEACOCK SPANGLED WOOL,= With For Shawls, Vests, Hoods,
Mercerised Thread. Children’s Gloves, Bonnets,
etc. A very pretty wool.

=PEACOCK ABERDEEN FINGERING,= A good fingering for all
Made in 2, 3, 4 ply. purposes requiring
softness, strength and
warmth.

=PEACOCK HOMESPUN,= or Wheeling A yarn for Deep Sea Mission
Yarn. and Charity purposes.

=PEACOCK ROYAL SHETLAND FLOSS For Boas, Ruffles, and Shawls,
OR BOA WOOL.= for working on Boa frame.

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The Home Art Series

Needlework Economies

A Book of
Mending and Making
with
Oddments and Scraps

EDITED BY
FLORA KLICKMANN
_Editor of “The Girl’s Own Paper and Woman’s Magazine.”_

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Edited by FLORA KLICKMANN

Preface.

War is a hard, stern teacher, and its lessons are bitter in the learning; yet some of its teaching we badly needed—and not the least important of its many lessons is the one it inculcated on the criminality of waste.

To so many of us “waste” was a word with a comparative meaning. What was waste in one woman was not necessarily waste in another, we argued. It was wrong for the factory girl to let her skirts drop off her for lack of mending; but not wrong for better-off women to discard their clothes directly they showed the least sign of wear, because they could afford to buy more, we said; and, besides, it made it good for trade—that was a favourite argument used by the extravagant to excuse their wanton waste.

But we have all learnt the value of economy of recent years: and we have seen how the saving and thrift of individuals may mean the salvation of the State. It will be a long time before we can ever return to that condition of easy-going plenty that we knew before the war. In any case the cost of all commodities will remain higher in price. The woman who can utilize oddments and make things with her own hands is the woman who will be making money, as she will be supplying one of the most expensive items of modern times—personal labour. The hints in this book are intended as suggestions, which can be developed in many new directions.