the last picot, fasten off the thread on the wrong side by two or three
stitches.

[Illustration: FIG. 512. SQUARE OF TATTING. MATERIALS: Fil d'Alsace
D.M.C in balls Nos. 30 to 100, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 10 to 60, or
Fil a dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 70.[A] COLOURS: Jaune-Rouille 366 and
Brun-Caroubier 359.[A]]

3rd row--with one shuttle and the dark colour: * 4 double, pass the
thread through the picot above the picot of the small ring, 4 double,
close the ring = leave 10 m/m. of thread, make a second ring like the
1st = leave 10 m/m. of thread, make 6 double, pass the thread through
the long picot, 6 double, close the ring = leave 10 m/m. of thread, make
another ring of 12 knots, fasten it to the same picot, the preceding
knot is fastened to; then make a ring of 8 double knots and repeat 3
times from *.

4th row--with one shuttle and the light colour and worked like the 3rd
row, leaving a rather longer length of thread between; then make: 16
instead of 12 double for the corner rings.

5th row--with one shuttle and the light colour = 8 double, fasten the
thread to one of the corner loops and between 2 rings of the 4th ring: 8
double, close the ring = turn the work = leave a length of thread, 3
double, 1 picot, then 4 times 2 double knots and 1 picot, 3 double,
close the ring. Make the second ring as close as possible to the first,
beginning and finishing the second with 5 double knots = make a 3rd ring
like the 1st, join it to the 2nd ring by the 4th picot = turn the work =
make another ring of 16 knots and join it to the same loop of the 4th
row, to which the two other rings are already joined = turn the work = 1
ring above, with 4 picots, like the first one we described, then a ring
of 12 double knots below.

At the top, 6 detached half rings, placed between 3 connected rings,
which form the corners. The top rings are to be joined after the 3rd
double knot, to the 4th picot of the preceding ring.

6th row--with two shuttles and the dark colour only = fasten the threads
to a picot that serves as a connecting link, take the dark thread over
the left hand and make: 3 double, 1 picot, 2 double, 1 picot, 2 double,
1 picot, 3 double = fasten the thread to the connecting picot and carry
the half rings all round the square.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] See at the end of the concluding chapter, the table of numbers and
sizes and the list of colours of the D.M.C threads and cottons.

[Illustration: MACRAME STRIPE--A