Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1917 — TO PREVENT LOST STITCHES [ARTICLE]

TO PREVENT LOST STITCHES

Small Safety or Baby Pin Important Adjunct of Crocheting Outfit of the Busy Mother.

It is a hard matter for the busy mother to crochet and look after the children at the same time. The kiddles will get into mischief and then mother drops her crochet, settles disputes, picks up baby’s toys and answers the telephone. When everything is once more quiet and peaceful she picks up her crochet and finds that one of the children has accidentally knocking the ball of cotton from the table. The cotton in falling has pulled out several rows of stitches, and the thread is twisted around the rungs of a chair and the legs of the table. Poor mother!. a o' One day mother had to drop her work and as usual the crochet needle fell out. On the table was a gold baby pin, which she quickly fastened in the loop of her work. When she again picked up the crochet not a stitch had been pulled out, because the pin prevented it. After that mother’s crocheting outfit was not complete without a small safety or baby pin. to hold the loop or chain of the crochet, when she~was not busy with her needle.