Netting in Magazines - Peterson's Magazine (1870-1879)

Most of the netting patterns included in this ten-year span deal with darned netting, sometimes called net embroidery or lacis.  There are a few patterns which include directions for net borders or give directions as to how to make a circle, octagon, or square-mesh netting.  The only one that contained no darning or embroidery was "Cloud Netting" from the year 1876.  From the instructions I would guess that a cloud is some type of shawl or scarf.

I found no netting in the 1879 volumes.

1870 (Vol. 57-58 )

1. page 409 Tidy in Square Crochet or Darned Netting

1871 (Vol. 59-60 )

1. page 237 Counterpane in Crochet, Netting, etc. - illustration
2. page 292 Counterpane in Crochet, Netting, etc.

1872 (Vol. 61-62 )

1. page 248 Design for Darning Netted Tidy - illustration
2. page 296 Tidies in Darning or Crochet    
3. page 74 Netted Curtains - with illustration    
4. page 75 Netted Curtains - continued    
5. page 89 Bed Quilt in Crochet or Darned Netting    
6. page 146 Round Netted Tidy    
7. page 216 Octagon Antimacassar    

1873 (Vol. 63-64 )

1. page 369 Tidy in Darned Netting    

1874 (Vol. 65-66 )

1. page 79 Insertion in Darned Netting    
2. page 360 Designs for Darned Netting    

1875 (Vol. 67-68 )

1. page 161 Darned Netting - illustration    
2. page 215 Antimacassar Netting    

1876 (Vol. 69-70 )

1. page 77   Cloud Netting   
2. page 449 Square Net Antimacassar    

1877 (Vol. 71-72 ) 

1. page 245 Pattern in Darned Netting - illustration    
2. page 308 Border in Darned Netting    
3. page 309 Curtain in Darned Netting    

1878 (Vol. 73-74 )

1. page 107 Guipure Darning on Square Netting    
2. page 113 Guipure Darning on Square Netting    
3. page 227 Design for Darning on Netting    
4. page 225 Guipure Netting    

1879 (Vol. 75-76 )

Netting in Magazines - Peterson's Magazine (1860-1869)

I was able to find all the years from 1860 to 1869 of Peterson's Magazine on-line.  I am grateful that so many libraries and schools have scanned in many of their public domain holdings.

There are some terms used that are not commonly used today.

1. ruche: A ruffle or pleat of lace, muslin, or other fine fabric used for trimming women's garments.
2. doyley, d'oyley, mat: any small, ornamental mat, esp. one of embroidery or lace.
3. resilla: Resilla usually refers to a head ornament with a fishnet-like design. Fine wires or cords were inter-spaced with pearls, coral, jet and sometimes gemstone beads and secured on the hair with a jeweled comb or other hair ornament. The term comes from the French résille which translates net, network or netting.
4. tidy: A decorative protective covering for the arms or headrest of a chair.
5. escallop: Variant of scallop.

1860 (Vol. 37-38)

1. page 85 Netted Undersleeve 
2. page 161 Netted Net for the Hair - with an illustration 
3. page 247 Anti-macassar in Netting and Darning 
4. page 230 The Resilla - with front view illustration 
5. page 231 The Resilla - with back view illustration 
6. page 309 Netted Tidy 
7. page 478 Netted Window Curtain 

1861 (Vol. 39-40)

1. page 77 Baby's Knitted Shoe and Sock [with net trim] 
2. page 259 Netted Curtains 
3. page 287 To be Darned on Netting 
4. page 345 Lady's Netted Work-bag 
5. page 347 Netted Bed Fringe 
6. page 424 Netted D'Oyley for Tartlet 
7. page 306 Antimacassar 

1862 (Vol. 41-42)

1. page 147 Netted Escallop Borders 
2. page 148 Netted Escallop Borders - illustration 
3. page 149 Opera Hood 
4. page 150 Netted Tidy                                                   

1863 (Vol. 43-44)

1. page 223 Netted Pin-cushion 
2. page 468 Anti-macassar in Netting and Darning 

1864 (Vol. 45-46)

1. page 15 Border in Netting and Darning - illustration 
2. page 76 Border in Netting and Darning 
3. page 156 Hair-Net with illustration 

1865 (Vol. 47-48)

1. page 161 Sleeping Cushion for Back of Chair 
2. page 322 Opera Hood - illustration 
3. page 378 Opera Hood 

1866 (Vol. 49-50)

1. page 274 Netted Night-Cap 

1867 (Vol. 51-52)

1. page 69 Netted Opera Hood 
2. page 304 Hood in Knitting and Crochet [with Ruche of Netting ]

1868 (Vol. 53-54)

1. page 74 Cravat of Knitting and Netting 

1869 (Vol. 55-56)

1. page 337 Darned Tidy 

I would love to see the Netted Under-Sleeve in use.  I wonder how it was fastened to the outer sleeve.  Did it show at all or was it completely covered.

I wonder how many people made the Sleeping Cushion for Back of Chair and how comfortable it was.  

Netting in Magazines - Peterson's Ladies' National Magazine (1850-1859)

I was able to find most of the volumes to Peterson's Ladies'National Magazine between 1850 and 1859 on-line.  The only year I could not locate was 1850 (Vol. 17-18).  There were two years that did not have any netting patterns in them:  1851 (Vol. 19-20), 1853 (Vol. 23-24)

1852 (Vol. 21-22)

1. page 56 Netted Handkerchief

1854 (Vol. 25-26)

1. page 406 Gentleman's Long Purse in Netting
2. page 219 Pincushion for Toilet Table
3. page 281 Netted Music Stool Cover
4. page 126 Net for the Hair

1855 (Vol. 27-28)

1. page 375 Octagon Antimacassar
2. page 314 Jewel Box
3. page 166 Darned Netted Window Curtains

1856 (Vol. 29-30)

1. page 392 Netted Scarf for Evening Wear
2. page 335 Design for a Music Stool Cover
3. page 277 Design for a Music Stool Cover - illustration
4. page 413 Netted Anti-Macassar
5. page 166 Darned Netted Window Curtains

1857 (Vol. 31-32)

1. page 132 Short Purse in Netting
2. page 85 Short Purse in Netting - illustration
3. page 78 Darned Netted Window Curtains
4. page 314 Gentleman's Netted Neck-Tie

1858 (Vol. 33-34)

1. page 79 Netted Window Curtain
2. page 80 Netted Window Curtain - continued
3. page 81 Netting [stitches]
4. page 81 Plain Stitch
5. page 81 Square Stitch
6. page 81 Oblong Stitch
7. page 81 Round Stitch
8. page 82 Honeycomb Stitch
9. page 82 Long, Twisted Stitch
10. page 82 Grecian Stitch
11. page 82 Ground Stitch
12. page 82 Spotted Stitch
13. page 82 Diamond Stitch
14. page 82 Large Diamond Stitch
15. page 82 Spotted Diamond Stitch
16. page 82 Leaf Netting
17. page 82 Netting terms and definitions
18. page 82 Pendant Fly Cage
19. page 238 Netted Mat
20. page 239 Netted Mat [illustration]
21. page 239 Netted Mittens
22. page 239 Netted Mittens - [illustration]
23. page 365 Anti-macassar

1859 (Vol. 35-36)

1. page 364 Knitting Bag [top portion]
2. page 458 Netted Hood with Daisy Fringe
3. page 459 Netted Hood with Daisy Fringe - illustration
4. page 363 Silk Net for the Hair
5. page 165 Gentleman's Neck Tie
6. page 166 Gentleman's Neck Tie - illustration

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Last week I needed to make a simple net project.  It needed to use thread rather than yarn, consist of only the plain netting stitch, be fairly quick to make (not to many knots), and I also wanted it to be something that could be used.  My husband gave me the perfect answer: a bookmark.  I know I'm not the only one that still likes to hold a paper book in my hand.  

Since it was so plain and basic I decided to use some variegated size 10 crochet thread and a 3/8" mesh stick.

Would you use a bookmark?  Which one would you prefer - the narrow or the wide one?

 

Netting in Magazines - Peterson's Ladies' National Magazine (1842-1849)

Charles Peterson started publishing his Ladies' National Magazine in 1842 as a competitor to Godey's Lady's Book.  It was merged into another magazine in 1898.  There is more on the history of this magazine here and here.

I was pleasantly surprised to find most of the volumes of the magazine available online.  The missing volumes were 1-2 (1842), 3-4 (1843), 9-10 (1846), 97-98 (1890), and 102-114 (1892-1898).

Not all of the magazines contained information on netting.  Between 1842 and 1849 there were three years I could not find on-line; however, of the remaining five years, only two years contained netting instructions.

1845 (Vol. 7-8)

1. page 34 Plain Netted Gentleman's Purse
2. page 34 A Lady's Purse
3. page 34 Seam Purse with Beads
4. page 106 Plain Netting

1849 (Vol. 15-16)

1. page 108 Cover for Sofa
2. page 183 Net for the Hair
3. page 148 Netting -- Lady's Nightcap
4. page 148 Cover for Tassel or Window Blind

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This week I remade one of my grandmother's smaller doilies. It was the first one she gave me to duplicate. The only instructions I had was the doily.  All the other times I've made it, I've neglected to note how much thread it used. This time I checked.  It used 32 yards of DMC 12 crochet thread.  

It measures about 9.75 inches in diameter.