[Illustration: “Crow Shay always talks too much”]
“Oh,” said Mary Frances, “I know what you wish to do! You want to give me secret lessons in crocheting and knitting just as the Kitchen People gave me lessons in cooking, and the Thimble People gave me lessons in sewing! I’ll put you all back in the bag and carry you upstairs this minute, and I do hope that you will begin the lessons right away!”
[Illustration: “I know what you wish to do”]
[Illustration: “Hush!” warned Wooley Ball.]
MARY FRANCES opened the bag on the sewing table.
“Is this the whole family?” she asked as she lifted the Yarn Baby, Wooley Ball and Crow Shay out.
“Oh, no, indeed! Oh, no indeed! Wait till the rest of us You’ve see’d,”
“‘See’d,’ indeed! ‘See’d,’ indeed! Do be more polite, Crow Shay!” she exclaimed. “Use correct grammar and give some one else a chance to speak!”
Then she explained to Mary Frances about the large family of Crocheting and Knitting People who were so anxious to help her.
“Oh, I can’t wait to begin!” cried the delighted little girl. “What do I do first?”
“First you will a slip knot make; Then in your right hand me you’ll take—”
“Now, now,” exclaimed the Yarn Baby. “There you go again!”
“Oh, he loves to crow—” said Wooley Ball, laughing.
“You mean that I love to crochet, Wooley Ball!” Crow Shay turned toward Wooley Ball.
“Well, I think that Wooley Ball means that you love to crochet so much that when you get a chance, you love to crow about it!” said the Yarn Baby. “You do not wait to give anyone else a chance to talk. Now, the very first person to explain lessons in crocheting and knitting is Wooley Ball.”
“Because she can tell so many yarns!” giggled Crow Shay.
Wooley Ball looked up at Mary Frances with a broad smile.
“Do not mind him,” she said. “If you are quite ready, we will have a little talk about—
There are many different weights and sizes of woolen yarns. We shall need to know about only a few of these.
All yarns are made of twisted strands of thread. The weight depends upon the number and size of the strands that are twisted together.
If two strands are twisted together, the yarn is two-fold.
If three strands are twisted together, the yarn is three-fold.
If four strands are twisted together, the yarn is four-fold.