A single page from Needlecraft Magazine, August 1922, with the "Answered by the Editor" reader-question column. The editor explains treble, double and single crochet stitches, how to knit a two-color check or basket-weave scarf, and corrections to a shamrock edging and an insertion pattern. The page also carries the ends of two articles, on twisted hemstitch and picot table linens and on an Italian filet buffet scarf with row-by-row directions, plus an advertisement for Reelastic elastic.

Four pages from the November 1913 issue of Needlecraft magazine, covering general needlework and home sewing. Content includes a subscription-premium notice, a reader's account of the Deerfield 'Blue and White Society' embroidery enterprise, gift-making ideas from a sewing club (netted shopping-bag, felt baby shoes, memorandum block), dressmaking and embroidery hints, a Madeira embroidery piano-scarf by Leona Bush, a reader-tips column, bridal and flower-girl dress patterns, and the editor's answers to reader questions. No weaving content.

Two pages from Needlecraft magazine with instructions for a bonbon doily and a medallion and insertion in novelty or coronation braid and crochet. The pages also hold directions for a tatted collar (continued from and concluded on other pages) and a knitted Francesca lace pattern with row-by-row instructions. Short notes on a stand-cover pattern, mending, and a transfer-pattern coupon appear as well.

An article from Needlecraft Magazine offering ideas for handmade Christmas gifts in embroidered linen. It describes a twine-holder, pincushion, triple toilet-article bag, handkerchief and jewel case, double handkerchief bag, shoe bag, and brush-and-comb case, with dimensions, stitches (solid, eyelet and satin-stitch embroidery) and colors. It ends with prices for perforated stamping patterns, transfer patterns and pre-stamped linen.

Crochet instructions by Olive F. Ashcroft for a Cluny lace edging and a matching insertion, each with directions for turning a corner. Written row-by-row in abbreviated crochet notation using mercerized crochet cotton No. 10 or 15, with an optional scalloped edging worked along the lace. Suggested uses include teacloth trim, curtains, centerpieces and bedroom sets.

A one-page article from Needlecraft Magazine, November 1912, by Estelle de Lamond on embroidered gift items. It discusses handkerchief, glove and napkin cases made of linen with scalloped and punched embroidery, plus a baby's pillow, and adds short tips on a lace watch-fob, scrim bureau-sets, lazy-daisy embroidery and buttonhole-couching. The page also carries period advertisements and subscription premium offers.

A 1913 Needlecraft Magazine article describing two embroidered table-covers: a one-yard-square tea-table cover in solid and eyelet work (Madeira style) with a scalloped edge, and a 40-inch stand-cover in a clover design on gray crash with a lace border. It gives technique advice on working eyelets, padded satin stitch and French knots. The scan's second page also carries a crochet and coronation-braid medallion and insertion, a knitted Francesca Lace pattern, and a short mending hint.

Scattered pages from the November 1912 issue of Needlecraft Magazine, centered on women's fashion columns. They include pattern-based descriptions of an apron/dress (No. 5630) and a housewife's dress (No. 4650), and a passage on coats, furs, sport-coats and peplums from "The Trend of Fashion." Also present are a description of an eyelet and French embroidery table-set, a fiction fragment, and several advertisements.

Pages from the November issue of Needlecraft Magazine, 1912, with a fashion section of commercial sewing patterns for women, girls, boys and children. Each entry gives a short description of the garment, suggested fabrics, available sizes, yardage and the 10-cent pattern price. The pages also include a table-set in eyelet and French embroidery, a fashion trend column, and many period advertisements for hair goods, dress forms, mail-order millinery and dressmaking instruction.

A November 1912 Needlecraft Magazine article by Mary B. Hazleton suggesting embroidered gifts for men, made on crash or linen. It gives directions for a shirt case, tie-rack, traveling-case, stick-pin case, collar-bag and razor-case, with notes on colors and stitches such as satin stitch, outline stitch, punchwork and French knots. The page also carries a short piece on washable lace sofa pillows, a household hint, and advertisements.

A 1922 Needlecraft Magazine article by Anna Cornelius McKee giving instructions for making a beaded handbag from satin or silk, trimmed with cut-steel beads and a beaded basket-and-flower design. It lists materials, cutting dimensions, beading methods (outlining, lattice basket, fringe, couching), and how to make the ring handles and inside pockets. Pattern numbers and prices for a perforated stamping pattern and a transfer pattern are given.

A one-page article from Needlecraft Magazine (November 1912) describing heavy embroidery worked in coarse floss and couching thread. It gives instructions for a scarf with diamond-shaped couched motifs, a guipure or relief rose design with buttonhole-stitch petals, a pillow worked in bird's-eye (lazy-daisy) stitch, and a centerpiece with fleur-de-lis in Oriental couching. It also covers edging a centerpiece with lace or fringe and lists stamping and transfer patterns with prices.

A single page from Needlecraft Magazine with instructions by Mrs. Ruth Bell for a round medallion and a strip of insertion worked in coronation braid combined with tatting-style double knots, rings, chains and picots. Suggested uses include blouse trimming, towel ends, scarf borders, cushion covers and hand-bags. The page also includes a knitting pattern for Francesca Lace (Lillian Hilt), the end of a tatted collar pattern, a mending hint, and a transfer-pattern coupon.

A 1922 Needlecraft Magazine article by Mrs. C. J. Kucera on making small table linens for luncheon and breakfast. It gives instructions for a place-mat and runner set with railfence hemstitch, satin-stitch embroidery and cloverleaf tatted edging, and for an all-white bridge cloth and napkins with twisted hemstitch, Hedebo-style cutwork squares and woven picots. The scan also includes the end of a filet crochet buffet-scarf pattern (rows 64-87) and an editor's question-and-answer column on crochet and knitting.

A short fictional narrative from Needlecraft Magazine in which members of the Mendon Merry Christmas Club share inexpensive handmade gift ideas. It gives crochet instructions for a ribbon-threaded needlebook, a hat-shaped needlebook, a rose needlebook, a pin-case and a wishbone thimble-holder. Other projects include a wishbone pen-wiper, an embroidered memorandum-block, a netted shopping-bag with Solomon's knot handles, felt baby shoes and a butterfly sachet. Page 2 closes with short columns on home dressmaking and embroidery hints, plus period advertisements.

An article from Needlecraft Magazine (August 1922) by Elinor Haviland describing handmade collar, cuff and vestee sets for house and afternoon dresses. It gives directions for piqu\u00e9 and gingham Puritan collars, blue linen with satin-stitch embroidery, gray linen with ladder hemstitching, and a pongee collar with drawn-in colored threads and bullion-stitch rambler roses. Stitch instructions for loop-stitch and bullion-stitch are included, along with stamped-pattern prices. The second page also carries the end of a crocheted Cluny lace and insertion pattern with corner, plus advertisements.

August 1922 issue of Needlecraft Magazine (Vol. XIII, No. 12), a women's needlework periodical published in Augusta, Maine and New York. It features crochet, filet, Cluny lace and tatting instructions, including a Horn-of-Plenty scarf-end and lace, an Italian filet buffet scarf, Overall-Boys filet panels, and a tatted rose doily. It also has Madeira white embroidery, rose appliqué bedroom linens, a Japanese-style embroidered luncheon set, a beaded bag, neckwear, a tea-cosy, dress patterns, a recipe article and many advertisements and subscription premium offers.

Two pages from the "Needlecrafters' Own Page" department of Needlecraft Magazine, November 1912, with reader-contributed lace patterns in written instructions. They include a tatted wheel collar for a child, a crocheted doily with a star border, wave-braid insertion and lace, filet-crochet insertions (Fleur-de-lis and Walls of Troy), and an Irish-point Triple-Leaf Lace. Each pattern is illustrated with a photograph, and the pages also carry period advertisements.

A two-page cooking article by Mrs. Sarah Moore from Needlecraft Magazine, August 1922, with recipes for the month's produce. Dishes include corn chowder, baked corn in a rice shell, baked stuffed cucumbers, corn baked in tomatoes, creamed carrots, cucumber and beet salad, tomato-salmon jelly salad, baked cabbage, and peach desserts (Bavarian cream, cake, bread pudding). The scan also includes surrounding advertisements, among them an offer of Oneida Community silverware in exchange for magazine subscriptions.

Row-by-row filet crochet instructions for a set of 'Overall-Boys' panels, beginning with the Color-Bearer figure (No. 1), from Needlecraft Magazine, August 1922. The text suggests uses such as bedspread borders, scarf ends, pillow panels and curtain edgings, and gives sizes for different thread gauges. The scan also includes the conclusions of a filet crochet Wild-Rose tea-cosy (with a shell border) and a tatted rose-motif medallion collar, plus period advertisements.

A one-page article from Needlecraft Magazine (1913) by Leona Bush describing a Madeira embroidery piano scarf, 18 by 20 inches with a two-inch hem and ladder-hemstitched border. It explains how to work eyelets (running, whipping, punching with a stiletto, overcasting) and padded solid embroidery, and lists pattern prices. The page also carries a reader-hints column on sewing, embroidery, buttonholes, crochet lace and garment care.

A two-page article from Needlecraft Magazine (November 1912) on crocheting novelties with ivory rings for holiday gifts. It gives row-by-row instructions for a handkerchief-bag with a dahlia center and acorn pendants, two finger-purses, a curtain-band or napkin-rings, a hexagon hat-band, and several neckwear bows and velvet slides, many using the pineapple motif. Photographs illustrate the finished pieces.

Two scanned pages from Needlecraft Magazine presenting row-by-row instructions for several lace patterns. Knitted patterns are a clover-design ruffle, crossbarred lace, daisy-and-fern lace and Francesca lace. A coronation-braid and crochet medallion and insertion pattern is also included. Photographs illustrate each piece, and the pages also carry a short mending hint and period advertisements.

Row-by-row crochet instructions by Anna Ferrari for an 85-inch buffet scarf in Italian filet, worked lengthwise from a chain of 1023 stitches in 87 rows using spaces and trebles. The directions suggest thread sizes (linen No. 25 or crochet cotton No. 10), ways to widen the scarf, and a method of working across from a charted paper pattern. The scan continues on page 2 with the end of the instructions, the concluding section of a hemstitched linen article, and the editor's answers to readers' questions about treble stitch, knitted checks and corrections to earlier patterns.

A single-page 1922 Needlecraft Magazine article describing a rose-themed bedroom set in pink chambray applique and embroidery on unbleached muslin. The set includes a bedspread, bolster-cover, pincushion, dresser-scarf, table-cover and pillow. The text gives instructions for the double five-petal roses, buttonholing the edges, French knot centers, outline and satin-stitch stems and leaves, and double scalloped edges. Stamped pattern numbers and prices are listed, and a reader tip suggests rose powder-puffs for bazaars.

A 1922 Needlecraft Magazine article by Irene Card giving written instructions for tatting a rose medallion with a cloverleaf border. Uses include a water-set doily, buffet and luncheon sets, a camisole top with a daisy-tatting border, and a round yoke or collar made from a second medallion. It also gives a reader's tip on washing tatting. The scan also includes the magazine's advertisements and continuations of filet-crochet and tea-cosy patterns.

Pages from the August 1922 issue of Needlecraft Magazine with Edward Ellis Ford's filet crochet instructions for a scarf-end, inset, lace and insertion in a horn-of-plenty design, given as row-by-row written directions in trebles and spaces. The scan also holds two other needlework articles: Grace Eastman Macomber's piece on white Madeira-style solid-and-eyelet embroidery for a dining-room set, and a design for an Oriental (Japanese-style) embroidered luncheon set with a crocheted edging. Pattern numbers and prices for stamped goods are listed, and suggestions for using the crochet pieces are included.

Three pages from Needlecraft Magazine, November 1912, led by a tatting article giving written instructions for round and shell-pattern tatted collars (wheels, four-ring figures, double-ring insertion, clover-leaves, cuffs and a matching jabot), with advice on basting a cloth pattern to guide assembly. The pages also include instructions for a bonbon doily in novelty braid and crochet, an insertion and medallion in coronation-braid and crochet, and a knitted Francesca Lace edging. A short household hint on mending, a table-cover pattern note and many advertisements are also present.

Filet-crochet instructions by Blanche Kendall-Job for a tea-cosy with a wild-rose design, matching a triangle and border from the previous month's issue. It gives a foundation chain of 326 stitches and row-by-row directions of spaces, treble stitches, lacets and bars through row 80, followed by a shell border with picots, padded lining and ribbon finish. The scan also includes the conclusion of a filet-crochet pattern, the end of a tatted rose-motif collar article, and period advertisements.

A 1922 Needlecraft Magazine article describing an embroidered luncheon set (a cloth about one yard across and twelve-inch napkins) with a Japanese-style design of lanterns, cherry blossoms and characters. It gives the stitches and colors, instructions for machine or hand punchwork hemstitching, and a crochet edging. The page also carries the end of a crochet scarf-end, insertion and lace pattern (Horn-of-Plenty design) in row-by-row directions, plus pattern numbers and prices.

A 1922 Needlecraft Magazine article by Grace Eastman Macomber on a white Madeira-style dining-room set worked in solid and eyelet embroidery: a centerpiece, pillow, traycloth and buffet scarf. It gives advice on working eyelets neatly, along with stamped-pattern numbers, sizes and prices. The page also carries the end of a filet crochet pattern for a horn-of-plenty scarf end, inset and lace, continued from page 6 and concluded on page 10.