Workbasket Magazine October 1952

Next week's pattern will be coming from the October 1952 issue of The Workbasket. This issue has six crochet patterns, one knit (the cover pattern below), one tatting project along with two "Special Articles". 

There's also a section called "Have You Heard About These Items Suggested to Aunt Ellen". It doesn't say who suggested them, but I'm going to guess it's the advertisers. This month has the typical foot form support, address stamps, some stencils and pattern books, and a covered cake pan. I know we had one similar to it. There was also the "Greatest Invention since the Needle!", the Magic Stitcher.

Then I saw this bell-case and knew we had one that has Joel's family time pieces in it.

The article about invisible stitches is about how to graft knitted sections together so that the seam is invisible. Below is some of the instructions for stockinette. There was also a section on grafting the garter stitch.

I'm planning on making the baby set with jacket, bonnet and bootees. The pattern starts on the page opposite this lovely advertisement.

As always, there are lots of ads for ways to make extra money including this one to learn how to be a practical nurse. By becoming a nurse, you can also make friends! Training at home for women and girls, no age limit!

I'll leave you with some of the random tips they include as fillers.

• Save all the left-over pieces the next time you paper a room. Use them as pretty decals for matching at boxes, etc, for the closet.
• A smooth shiny egg shell is a sign of old age. Fresh eggs have a chalky rough shell.

Next week, I'll share how the baby set came together.