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This little book was published by Bernhard Ulman Co., Inc in 1916. Bernhard Ulman Co also owned Bucilla Manufacturing Co and this booklet was designed to show people how to use their mercerized thread. I will not be making anything out of this because most things are either inserts or are intended to be attached to part of a kit that Bucilla had available by mail order. I still wanted to share because the illustrations in this booklet are beautiful.  Many of the patterns had photos or detailed illustrations but some also had illustrations of how the embellished item would be used. The first photo is a table cloth with an insertion. The rest are illustrations of inserts in dresses.
The booklet starts you out with instructions on the stitches. Here's just one page of several.  This doily starts out with a purchased medallion that you crochet around. It would definitely make it much faster to finish one.  They also have this view of a bathroom from that era filled with filet adorned towels. In case you're wondering which towels are which; 5169 is a guest towel, 5168 is a show towel, 5171 is a laundry bag, 5170 is a wash cloth. That tub is pretty amazing but those curves might be hard to clean.  Next week I'll share the Annie Orr Booklet I have!
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This button pattern is from the Lady's world Fancy Work Book, no. 26, October 1912. This is a very simple pattern. I almost feel a little guilty for picking something that turned out so simple. I used a size 7 steel hook and some scrap fingering weight wool to make this. The button they suggest is only 1/2 inch in diameter so it was a little fiddly to get on. I've included the directions below (remember this is UK terms so their double crochet is our single crochet) if you want to make one.
Scoring:
Is the pattern easy to understand? Yes. 1.0 Does it look like the illustration? It's hard to see and I didn't get as many rounds as they did but it does look like the photo. 1.0 Would someone wear this? Yes. It would work for a button and could be a fun way to dress up a sweater. Did I enjoy making this? Yes. 1.0 Total 4.0 We're starting the year with a perfect score! There were sixteen patterns in the booklet from 1911-1917. For 1911, they pulled three from Weldon's Practical Needlework; a Rose Sachet, a Lady's Sport Cap in Crazy Stitch and the Rose Peter Pan Collar
The fourth was sourced from Lady's World Fancy Work Book and is done in a knot stitch and fine weight yarn or thread. They even added a photo of the what the stitch is supposed to look like.
For the 1912 patterns they went with ornamental projects. The buckles, butterfly and handbag are all from Weldon's and the button is from Lady's World Fancy Work Book.
 Weldon's, Vol 27, No 323, 138th Crochet Series
They had this beautiful shoe from 1914 from Irish Crochet, a Handbook of Practical Instruction. There are two pages of instructions and they attach the motifs to a pair of silk or satin evening shoes.  1917 patterns are flowers, gloves and a hat. The flowers are all from Lady's World Fancy Work Book. The Folkstone Hat is from Fancy Needlework Illustrated and the Gloves are from Weldon's Practical Needlework. (Is the hat "fancy" and are the gloves "practical"?)
I thought about trying one of the flowers but decided on the button since the last one was kind of failure as a button. Next week I'll have the finished button. I'm sure this will be a pretty fast project but I'll have bigger ones coming up the year.
For 2025 I'll use patterns from 1911-1949. I'm going to focus on giving the patterns I have in physical form some love so there will be some big gaps in the 1920s and the early half of the 30s. For 1911-1916, I have the Crochet Designs booklet that also had Victorian era patterns, a Bucilla Blue Book from 1913 and a compilation of Annie Orr patterns. Annie Orr's patterns were published between 1910-1945 and will be the only source for the 1920s-1930s. Workbasket Magazine started publishing in 1935 so I'm going to make an exception to the physical pattern for the first two issues. Since the gift of the Workbasket Magazines from my mother-in-law, Alma, started this whole blog I think that's a fair exception. I have plenty of patterns from the 1940s so most of the year will be spent in that decade. Next week I'll start with the Crochet Designs booklet below. It has nine patterns from 1911-1912 and I have plans to make a pretty simple one.
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