Aunt Martha's Workbasket 1935

The first Aunt Martha's Workbasket was published in October 1935. The first issue was 16 pages and has two crochet projects and two other projects.
It was intended to be for "pleasure and profit" so people could make things to sell. There is a lot of text in this first issue explaining what they plan to do with the magazine and why. You can see the whole thing at the Antique Pattern Library.
Here's a quick overview of the contents. On page three she says for future issues, "Right now, crochet is the thing, so I'm going to give you directions for a purse, also a beret and scarf". She said someone was selling the purse for $1.50 each. Page 4-5 is text telling where to buy the other collections.
Page 6 gives us our first pattern and it's a crocheted pajama bag or pillow and there is no illustration or photo. The following pages are "How and Why to Sell", "Gift and Shower Suggestions", what to crochet for a booth at a Bazaar (coat hangers, collars, cuffs, scarves, berets) and more ads for their own patterns. Page 11 gives us our next actual pattern. This time it's the cover illustration.

The next project is a transfer under the title of "Parade of Nations" intended to be used as embroidery or an applique quilt and illustrates a Hawaiian person picking flowers.
The last project is coasters cut from cardboard. They say you can cover them in paper with paste or rubber cement and then shellacked. She says, "If you wish to make your coasters really "snitzy" you can cut a base just a bit smaller from an old felt hat and glue it to the bottom". 

​I did not make any of the projects from this issue but I did find one to make in the October 1936 issue and I'll share that next week.