A 1951 wrap book from American Thread — Stoles and Shawls, Star Book No. 86, issued from 260 W. Broadway, New York 13, printed Copyright 1951.

Sixteen pages of Dawn nylon, worsted, baby yarn, and fine-cotton wraps for “movies, church suppers, Grange meetings, the theater and the senior prom.” The cover line is accurate: hairpin lace, knitting, and crochet.

Featured designs in this volume:

• Cover hooded shawl (instructions p. 14) — hairpin lace on a 4" staple in Dawn Pompadour, Baby Yarn, or Infants Wool
• Cover standing stole — lace wrap shown in pale gray
• Striped knitted wrap — Canary / Beige / Wood Brown strips, needles No. 5, crocheted edge
• Fine-cotton knot-stitch stole — Gem or Star cotton size 20, hook No. 5; dipped in thin starch and blocked
• Open knitted stole — 114 stitches on needles No. 10 in Buttercup
• Worsted knitted wrap — Scarlet Dawn Knitting Worsted with Star accents
• Crocheted color-block stole — National Blue and Sand with Star Rayon in Buttercup, Red, and Black
• Two-color hairpin stole (p. 12) — Scarlet and National Blue on a 2" staple
• Heavy white crocheted wrap — 20 oz. Dawn Knitting Worsted

Plus knitting abbreviations and a back-page list of other Star books. A complete Book 86 for collectors of early-1950s Star wrap patterns.