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[NEW ORLEANS] DAILY PICAYUNE, April 2, 1864, p. 2, c. 4
Southern Handiwork.—The Commercial, of Cincinnati, has been shown a specimen of the handiwork of a Southern lady, that was remarkable for its novelty as well as for the skill and industry displayed. It was a pair of knit pantaloons crotchet work. The work was firmly and neatly done. The pants are seamless, and though worn for a year, are as good as new. The artist was Mrs. W. H. Makin, of Columbus, Ark. During the blockade in that region the lady's husband needed a pair of pants, and as there was no cloth to be procured, she took up her crotchet needle, and with plenty of home spun yarn got up an article superior to any thing a merchant tailor could turn out—genteel in appearance, and good for "three years or the war."
Vicki Betts
vbetts@gower.net
Southern Handiwork.—The Commercial, of Cincinnati, has been shown a specimen of the handiwork of a Southern lady, that was remarkable for its novelty as well as for the skill and industry displayed. It was a pair of knit pantaloons crotchet work. The work was firmly and neatly done. The pants are seamless, and though worn for a year, are as good as new. The artist was Mrs. W. H. Makin, of Columbus, Ark. During the blockade in that region the lady's husband needed a pair of pants, and as there was no cloth to be procured, she took up her crotchet needle, and with plenty of home spun yarn got up an article superior to any thing a merchant tailor could turn out—genteel in appearance, and good for "three years or the war."
Vicki Betts
vbetts@gower.net