A single page from the September 1919 issue of Needlecraft magazine with the reader-question column 'Answered by the Editor'. It gives instructions for afghan stitch and pineapple stitch in crochet, a method of needle-tatting with a darning needle, and replies on selling contributed designs and on reproducing patterns from other publications. A reference list, 'Directions for Stitches in Crochet', defines chain, slip, single, double, treble and longer treble stitches. The page is surrounded by period advertisements.

A 1919 Needlecraft magazine page on embroidered centerpieces, describing three designs: an oval grape-and-leaf (vintage) piece in padded satin stitch, cording and seed stitch, a Madeira-style piece with eyelets and scalloped edge, and a summery green and blue diamond-motif piece with French knots and lazy-daisy flowers. It also gives advice on working buttonholed scalloped edges, and lists pattern numbers and prices for stamped patterns. The page also includes a short unrelated column of home remedies and several advertisements.

A single magazine page from Needlecraft (September 1919) with instructions for a batiste dressing-jacket and boudoir cap trimmed with crocheted lacet insertion and appliqued, embroidered wild roses. It gives the dimensions of the pieces, the embroidery method, and row-by-row crochet directions for the insertion and the cap band, plus pattern numbers and prices. Two short items share the page: dyeing field grasses for hat trimming and laundering embroidered table linen. The top of the page carries skin-care and sales advertisements.

A one-page 1919 Needlecraft article by Mrs. Bertha Knorr giving row-by-row crochet directions for a collar worked in antique (spiderweb) filet. It starts with a chain of 98 stitches, widens to the shoulder points, and narrows toward the front, using No. 30 cotton. The page also carries the end of 'Two Designs for Yokes in Filet-Crochet', with buttonhole and edging directions and a reader's tip on adapting yoke patterns for children with finer thread. A mail-order clothing advertisement shares the page.

A one-page item from the Needlecraft magazine of September 1919 combining a reader question-and-answer column with a glossary of basic crochet stitches. The column gives directions for afghan and pineapple stitch in crochet, explains how Needlecraft helps contributors sell their work, and describes making needle-tatting with a darning needle. The closing section defines the chain, slip stitch, single, double, treble, half treble, long treble, double treble and triple treble crochet stitches.

Two pages from Needlecraft, September 1919, giving row-by-row instructions for a filet crochet pillow-cover with a Quartermasters' Corps emblem, by Mrs. L. M. Higgason. The pattern starts on a chain of 278 stitches and works 91 spaces across for 67 rows. It also gives an optional matching border and a picot-style edge. The pages also carry a knitted lace edging pattern (No. 3, For Grace McGregor) and advertisements for Corticelli yarns, Nadine face powder, Pepsodent and a pencil premium.

A 1919 Needlecraft magazine article by Grace E. Macomber describing a set of summer-home embroideries (pillow, scarf, centerpiece and tray-cover) worked with a vase-and-tulip motif in blue, green, black and yellow on butcher-cloth. It gives the stitches used (satin stitch, outline stitch, long-and-short stitch, French knots) and written crochet instructions for a narrow edging in coarse cotton. Pattern numbers and prices for stamped goods and floss are listed. The page also carries a short unrelated piece on wearing and caring for veils and a reader tip on substituting sewing thread for crochet cotton.

A single magazine page from Needlecraft (September 1919) with crochet instructions by Angeline L. Townsend for a yoke made of novelty braid medallions joined with filet crochet. It gives row-by-row directions for the front, back, shoulder straps and corner filler pieces, plus lazy-daisy forget-me-not embroidery. The page also carries the end of 'A New Collar in Filet-Crochet', a reader tip on buttonholing scallops, and advertisements for a Harold Bell Wright novel and an aluminum cookware set.

A one-page crochet pattern by Vera Best for an Italian lace made of petal-shaped medallions joined with filling rows and finished with picot edging and a heading. Written directions are given in ten numbered rounds or rows. The page also carries a reader "Requests" column asking for patterns (knitted shell bedspread, filet crochet, tatting) and advertisements for shoes, a mail-order style book and a rag rug premium for Needlecraft subscriptions.

Two-page article from Needlecraft, September 1919, by Lillius Hilt, giving row-by-row written instructions for three knitted lace edgings (Nos. 1, 2 and 3), each named for a dedicatee. Photographs show the finished edgings. The scan also includes the end of a filet crochet pillow-cover pattern and several advertisements.

Issue No. 16 of the Needlecraft journal, published by the Manchester School of Embroidery, is the second point lace series. It introduces point (Renaissance) lace made by filling braid designs with needle stitches, covering materials, braids, linen thread rings, and how to tack, join, finish, and tint the work. It illustrates about 60 numbered stitches (Point de Bruxelles, Point de Venise, Point Turque, Sorrento, spider and ladder stitches, picots, and buttonhole bars). It also gives some 20 lace designs with working notes: handkerchief, fan, table covers, sleeve, collars, tie ends, insertions, and Honiton butterflies. The last pages carry period advertisements.

Issue No. 21 (First Series) of the Needlecraft journal, published by the Manchester School of Embroidery, devoted to Irish crochet lace. It opens with a short history of the lace, credited to Mademoiselle Riego de la Blanchardiere, and covers materials such as padding thread, cork-handled crochet hooks, meshes and Emerald-green foundation cambric. It then gives row-by-row crochet instructions for a collar band, a large Irish lace collar, flowers, stars, a passion flower, filling stitches with picots, a shamrock border, spiral and other edgings, a vine leaf with grapes, and a pomegranate sprig, illustrated with 24 photographs. The issue ends with advertisements for threads, wools and embroidery supplies.

Issue No. 27 of the Needlecraft journal, published by the Manchester School of Embroidery, is the second series on Irish crochet lace. It introduces the Clones knot and gives written round-by-round directions for a coat collar built from five sprigs, a baby's dress trimming, a dress trimming with scrolls, a deep border design, a necktie end, and a dessert d'oyley or pincushion top. It is illustrated with 26 photographs of the finished lace, and it opens with notes on materials and tools. The last pages carry advertisements for threads, wools and needlework supplies.

Row-by-row written instructions for a small filet-crochet collar worn across the back of a coat or waist, by Mary E. Fitch. It starts with a chain of 218 stitches, uses 7 spaces to the inch, and is worked in trebles and spaces with narrowing for the neck edge. A photograph and a filet working-pattern chart of a scroll-and-leaf border accompany the text, and the article concludes with notes on adjusting the narrowed edge and finishing with picots.

A single page from the September 1919 issue of Needlecraft with Mary Card's filet-crochet pattern for the Statue of Liberty, shown as a full-page chart. The instructions call for No. 60 mercerized cotton and a No. 12 or 13 needle, with a finished size of 28 by 12 inches. The piece is worked in blocks and spaces with lacets for the window openings, and the foundation chain is 266 stitches. The page also carries unrelated short pieces on trousseau lingerie and on converting old bureaus into other furniture.

A 1919 Needlecraft magazine page giving instructions for tatting edgings and medallions worked in two colors (pink and blue crochet cotton) for centerpieces, doilies and breakfast or luncheon sets. It describes sizes of round and 'three-in-one' sets, written directions for the edge, a six-point medallion, and a five-pointed star centerpiece, and is illustrated with photographs of the finished pieces. The page also carries an unrelated housekeeping article, 'The Card-Index in Housekeeping' by Leslie Gordon.

Row-by-row filet-crochet instructions from Needlecraft, September 1919, for two yokes (No. 1 and No. 2) by Mrs. L. B. Hague. They cover fronts, backs, shoulder straps, joining, buttonholes and picot edgings, worked in No. 30 crochet cotton at about 7 spaces to the inch. The scan also includes a second pattern, a collar in antique (spiderweb) filet by Mrs. Bertha Knorr, plus a reader's tip on adapting yoke patterns for children with finer thread. Advertisements for Mennen talcum and Knickerbocker Mail Order appear on the pages.

A page of reader-contributed household and needlework tips from Needlecraft magazine, September 1919. Items include a breakfast set made from checked toweling with thousand-flower embroidery, a sample book for tatting and crochet, trimming plain white waists, extending table linen with doilies, mending run stockings with a crochet hook, organizing paper patterns, and removing iodine stains. The page ends with a short list of knitting stitch abbreviations and directions, plus advertising for the Hamilton Garment Co. and hair pins.