Modern Crochet with Lily Double Quick 1953

Modern Crochet with Lily Double Quick is a booklet meant to promote what I think is size 3 thread, but the thread doesn't come in the typical ball you would expect. It also claims that you don't need starch. That probably depends on the pattern.

The patterns include clothing, accessories, household items, and appliques. Even though it's called "Modern Crochet", the booklet has two knitting patterns plus one that uses the hairpin lace crochet technique. The cover below has a knitted cardigan, a glitter collar, a belt and bag set, some TV slippers (also made with the glitter thread), and daffodil appliques for a skirt. The bag and the slippers were on my list of possible items to make from this booklet.

The shrug below is the second knitted project but the embellished hat, collar and bag set is  crochet.

This page has a simple yellow doily, a hairpin lace place mat, a tiny motif style placemat and the pattern that I'll complete for next week; the spiral doily that I'm hoping will be a county fair entry too.

This lovely set of items includes another hairpin lace project; this time curtains and some place mats and chair pad covers.

You can't have a 1950s booklet without a pillow pattern and this one has three along with a rug that's made with two strands held together.

The back cover has another rug made with three strands held together, a fruit bowl that uses "clear plastic paint in a pressure can" instead of starch, some classic lantern potholders, a clock house potholder, and a simple square potholder with round motifs added to the top.

Next week I'll share how the spiral doily worked up.