The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-06-22, Page 22Page 8—Crossroads—June 22, 1983
Craft talk
By Louisa Rosh
Its a zipper into a
cardigan can be a tricky
business for a beginner, so I
thought this week I would
give a few suggestions to
help you_
When measuring for your
zipper, lay the fronts of your
cardigan flat for measuring.
Pat the edges into shape and
take the length with a tape
measure. Measure to within
1 cm or half an inch of both
the top and bottom of the
cardigan. U the zipper is
taken right to the neck and
lower edge, it tends to curl
over. Perhaps you have seen
this happen on some hand
knit sweaters_
Pin the edge of the cardi-
gan to the closed zipper,
working from the wrong
side, in other words you will
be pinning through the tape
of the zipper_ You'll find this
easier and your pins will not
get "lost" in the knitting
This I admit takes a little
time and patience, as you
want to be sure that the edge,
of the knitting is touching at
the centre of zipper, but in no
way overlapping_
Watch that the top of the
waist ribbing is even either
side and of course, the pat-
tern. For instance on the
very heavy sweaters, where
there is a sharply defined de-
sign such as a duck, make
sure that their bills are even
and not one up and one down.
Now again, working from
the wrong side, baste the zip-
per in position, using strong
thread which is in a contrast-
ing color to which you will be
using on the sewing
machine, in order to have it
show up. Machine stitch 5
mm or a quarter of an inch
from the metal part of the
zipper. You'll Fuld that there
are guidelines you can follow
on the tape.
Be quite sure that the zip-
per is free and does not catch
in the knitting when worked
up and down_ Mitre the top
and bottom of the tape and
cut off any excess.
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Crochet a tennis dress for
fun in the sun_ They are
quick to crochet, much
admired and are acceptable
wear for any outdoor activity
during the summer months.
Small, medium and large
sizes are all given on the one
leaflet_
To order Leaflet No. 8157
send 75 cents, plus a stamped
self addressed return envel-
ope. If you do not have an en-
velope or stamp please en -
dose an extra 50 cents to
cover the cost of handling
and pint your name and ad-
dress. Send to: Louisa Rush,
"Craft Talk", 486 Montford
Drive, Dollard des Ormeaux,
H9G 1M6. Please be
sure to state pattern num-
bers correctly when ordering
and to enclose your stamped
return envelope for faster
service_
Airrskea I_ivirtgstom daughter of Ross arrct roan. 1.1
towel:
There are some people
who don't care if they ever
see a dusty country road_
They were born and raised in
the city, and they like it
there.
Then there are others like
Joe Reeve and his wife Tina
who get fed up with the
hustle and bustle of city life
and want to feel the good
earth, smell the fresh air and
raise their kids in the
country.
Until 10 years ago, Joe was
a film director. He travelled
the world and did some
award -whoring work. But the
lure of tha land got to him_
He and Tina bought 90 acres
near the village of Marlbank,
north of Napanee, and
started a tree farm_ They
called it Golden Bough
Farm, and went back to -old
fashioned" fruit varieties
which they budded on to
standard or full-sized under -
stocks. This made a larger
but hardier tree than tae
currently popular dwarf
trees.
Joe says the dwarf or
semi -dwarf trees are fine if
you live in the Golden Horse-
shoe area, but they can't
take the tougher climate of
places like the Georgian Bay
district, Eastern Ontario and
the Maritimes, or Western
Canada.
As a result, the Reeve
family sells lig Wolf Rivers,
Russets and Duchess that
used to grow on Ontario
farms in the old days. They
put them back on the mail
order market, and now ship
them all over Canada In ad-
dition, they're developing
the old fashioned varieties on
new tough Russian root-
stocks, which make robust
trees that bear fruit earlier.
It's not just the trees that
make The Golden Bough an
interesting place_ When we
were there recently there
were four workers trans-
planting trees out in the
fields. They didn't look like
laborers. They looked like
intellectuals_ And they were_
One was from Cape Town,
another from Glascow, an-
other was a professor from
Harvard, and the fourth was
an artistic type with a culti-
vated English accent who at
one time called Harlem his
home.
Joe said they were people
he'd met at one time or an-
other who just wanted to get
away from it all for a month
or so.
We had a rare day with the
Reeves_ They obviously love
the life, and seem to have a
good thing going with The
Golden Bough, as well as ful-
filling their dream of getting
back to the good earth.
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