Make Warm Knee Caps for Our Soldier Boys

<h3><b>From 'Plain and Fancy Needlework', November 1917, this pattern shows how to crochet Knee Caps. They only take one half hank Germantown knitting yarn, and a No. 3 1/2 hook. And I'm sure the soldier boys will appreciate them! </b></h3><h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Directions</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Chain 41, double crochet, always taking the back loop; 8 rows even.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">9th Row - 17 stitches, 2 stitches in next stitch, 4 stitches, 2 in next stitch, 17 stitches.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">10th Row - No increasing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Repeat 9th and 10th rows until there are 27 rows. Then work 12 rows without increasing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Then decrease in the way you increased until work matches first half. Sew up with yarn.</span></div></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeZF0jedd1qoN3KCh726omEBbXc5k7rReTMfUG4tAiwD8FOG_XyhB_dlP568iHRpDIRqN4WZlGaRSJOsB9eqET_HQFRAe0JnqcRpxpCEesksl2ppaHwYiWfebzKzfQl-7YtyC19I1dqtc/s1600/PlainAndFancyNeedleworkNov1917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeZF0jedd1qoN3KCh726omEBbXc5k7rReTMfUG4tAiwD8FOG_XyhB_dlP568iHRpDIRqN4WZlGaRSJOsB9eqET_HQFRAe0JnqcRpxpCEesksl2ppaHwYiWfebzKzfQl-7YtyC19I1dqtc/s1600/PlainAndFancyNeedleworkNov1917.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"If you have no one in particular to give them to, send them to the National Surgical Dressings Committee of America, 845 First National Bank Building, Chicago, Ill."</b></div><br />

Make Warm Knee Caps for Our Soldier Boys

From 'Plain and Fancy Needlework', November 1917, this pattern shows how to crochet Knee Caps. They only take one half hank Germanto...

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