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.