length of the threads for No. 3 of
Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C: 75 c/m.
1st row--Knot on the threads as in fig. 527, succeeded by a double
horizontal bar of knots.
2nd row--twisted or waved knots with 4 knots, fig. 531.
3rd row--double horizontal bar of knots.
4th row--with 6 threads: 1 double bar, slanting from left to right, and
1 bar, from right to left, joined together by the last threads.
5th row--with the 4 threads coming from the groups of bars: 1 single
chain, fig. 545, with 4 crossings of the threads, quite close to the
point where the groups meet, and 1 single chain with 7 crossings, made
with the outside threads.
6th row--similar groups of bars to those of the 4th row, but set the
reverse way and terminating in a horizontal bar. For the tassels, add a
thick bunch of threads to each group of 6 threads that issues from the
work.
[Illustration: FIG. 563. FRINGE WITH MOSAIC BORDER.
MATERIALS: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 8 to 30, or Fil a dentelle D.M.C
Nos. 25 to 50.
COLOURS: Ecru, Brun-Acajou 401 and Rouge-Cardinal 347.]
[Illustration: FIG. 564. KNOT OPEN.
WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 563.]
[Illustration: FIG. 565. KNOT SHUT.
WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 563.]
FRINGE WITH MOSAIC BORDER (figs. 563, 564, 565).--Entire length of the
threads for No. 8 of Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C: 75 c/m.
1st row--knot the threads on, as in fig. 515, one ecru and one brown
alternately, succeeded by a single horizontal bar of double knots.
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th row--4 rows of knots, such as are seen in fig.
564, in process of being made, and in fig. 565, finished, and succeeded
by a flat knot. The colours alternate in the knots; in the 2nd and 4th
row the knot is set in the light colour, in the 3rd and 5th, in the
dark.
6th row--1 horizontal bar of double knots over a fresh cord.
7th row--lay down another cord, make another horizontal bar of knots and
between every second of the light double knots, loop on 1 red thread;
the loop, that fastens it to the cord, taking the place of the knot.
8th row--lay down a third cord, and make 2 double knots with the red
threads between the knots of ecru thread.
9th row--lay down a fourth cord, make a half knot with every red thread.
10th row--lay down a fifth cord, then make a horizontal bar of double
knots, as in the 6th row; the red threads are taken to the wrong side
and passed over. Knot the ends of the threads together in clusters of 6,
about 15 m/m. below the last
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