[Gutenberg 42549] • Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls

Indoor and Outdoor RECREATIONS FOR GIRLS BY Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard

New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1914

Copyright, 1904, 1906, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO NEW EDITION

Since the publication of this volume two years ago as "Handicraft and Recreation for Girls," it has occurred to us that "Recreations" alone much more accurately defines the contents, for the handicrafts represented are only those that in effect are recreations. Therefore we have thought it best to drop the word Handicraft and issue the new edition under the more appropriate title, "Recreations for Girls."

Lina Beard, Adelia B. Beard. September, 1906.

PREFACE

This book, like a girl's life, is divided into two parts: occupation and amusement, or handicraft and recreation.

It is not equally divided, for handicraft is so much more like play than work, and is so entertaining in itself, we find difficulty in drawing a distinct line between that and recreation. The one insists upon blending with the other and the book, after all, is a book of entertainment.

With the old handicrafts coming back into favor and new ones constantly being brought forward, a girl's life may be full of delightful employment. To work with joyous enthusiasm and self-reliant energy, as well as to play with light-hearted enjoyment, cannot fail to make her sensible, wholesome, and happy, and it is with this end in view that we have written and illustrated the book. Our wish is to help our girl friends to make the most of their girlhood and to enjoy it to its fullest extent.

We have had practical experience in the actual working out of all the various handicrafts and recreations, and therefore give only that which we know can be well and easily done by the average girl.

Thanks are due to the Delineator, Harper's Bazar, Woman's Home Companion, and Good Housekeeping, for their courtesy in promptly returning for this work the original drawings and material used in their respective magazines.

The Author. Flushing, August 2, 1904.

CONTENTS

PART I HANDICRAFT

CHAPTER I. Spinning 3

The Spinning-Wheel, 4; The Spindle, 5; The Distaff, 7; Thoroughly Cleaned, 8; The Band, 8; To Adjust the Band, 9; The Flax, 10; Practice, 11; How to Spin, 12; When the Thread Breaks, 12.

CHAPTER II. Weaving on a Home-made Loom 15

The Pin Loom, 16; The Heddles, 17; The Shuttle, 19; To Adjust the Warp, 19; The Woof, 20; How to Weave a Miniature Navajo Blanket, 20; Blankets for Dolls' Beds, 26.

CHAPTER III. A Ball of Twine and What May Be Made of It 27

Making a Little Hammock, 27; How to Tie the Twine, 29; A School-Bag, 31; Twine Curtains, 34.

CHAPTER IV. An Armful of Shavings, and What to Do with Them 36

Selecting the Shavings, 36; A Soft Little Basket, 36; How to Prepare the Shavings, 37; How to Weave the Shavings, 39; Bind the Edges, 40; The Handle, 40; A Handkerchief Case, 41.

CHAPTER V. Primitive Reed Curtains 43

The Reeds, 43; Raw Material, 43; The Twine-Stick Weave, 44; The Finished Curtain, 46; Curtain-Bee Frolic, 48; Door-way Screens, 49.

CHAPTER VI. Things to Make of Common Grasses 53

A Grasshopper House, 53; A Doll's Hammock, 56; A Bouquet-Holder, 58; Weaving a Napkin-Ring, 59.

CHAPTER VII. Possibilities of a Clothes Line 62

Adapted to Decoration, 62; Rope Wood-Basket, 62; Rope Net Fringe, 65; The Tassels, 65.

CHAPTER VIII. How to Weave a Splint Basket 68

The Material, 68; The Spokes, 68; The Weavers, 70; Weaving the Basket, 71; Binding Off, 71; Trimming, 73.

CHAPTER IX. Modelling in Tissue-Paper 75

Modelling a Chicken, 75; A Turkey, 81; The Sturdy Little Elephant, 83.

CHAPTER X.