Variations on the Princess Louise crocheted bag no. 275

Posted on September 14, 2009 by fats

Princess Louise Crocheted Bag.

The first project I completed using a book from The Antique Pattern Library (APL) was the Princess Louise Crocheted Bag no. 275. The pattern is from Corticelli Lessons in Crochet Book I (also a few new designs for knitting), published by the Corticelli Silk Mills, Florence Massachusets, 1916. The bag called for the “Princess” Pearl Crochet Cotton threads made by the Corticelli Silk Mills. The same company also produced CMC Cardonnet and Corticelli Silk.

Here is a closer look at thread labels: Belding Coritcelli Richardson and the Corticelli cat.

An even larger and older thread company is DMC (History of the company Dollfus Mieg & Cie). And it turns out that it was DMC that published the book “The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework” by Austrian Theresa von Dillmont in 1886. The book was translated into 17 languages and published in more than two million copies.
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From babies’ wear to lades’ wear

Posted on September 14, 2009 by fats

Using the stitches from a baby garments pattern:

Pattern chart for baby vest.

Make a sleeveless blouse for women.

This crochetology problem, the same problem in “Appropriating stitches from baby patterns”, is presented here with a much simpler solution.

Using the basic baby vest pattern for the upper part of the blouse, I added a pink skirting of simple double crochet stitches interspersed with a few shell stitches. Then I sewed in some tiny round glass beads, long glass beads and pearl beads. As finishing touch, I added some crocheted flowers.