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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 69

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Colors.A novelty in knitting is anube in Shetland wool oftwo colors—pink or crimson or blue with white.The skeins are opened, and the two strands, laidside by side, are wound double in a large ball. Thenube is then knit in the usual way with largeneedles and common garter-stitch, and is very fine.… … A JAPANESE PEN-WIPER that leaves treated with extract of chlorophyl be-came transparent. This would be a fine experi-ment for some of you to try, and a garland of thetransparent leaves would be much more beautifularound a shade than the ordinary dried ones. There are other styles of lamp-shades…

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