Bucilla Blue Book of Novelty & Filet Crochet Vol No. 6

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.

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Next week I'll share the Annie Orr Booklet I have!