of the braid, one or two threads
before the foundation threads of the bar, to prevent the bars being of
unequal width, or getting twisted at the beginning.

BUTTONHOLE BARS WITH PINNED PICOTS (figs. 697 and 698). After covering
half, or a third of the bar with buttonhole stitches, pass the thread
without making a loop, under the foundation threads, and fasten the loop
with a pin, fig. 697, then slip the needle, horizontally from right to
left, under the 3 threads and tighten the knot close to the last
buttonhole stitch.

[Illustration: FIG, 696. PLAIN BUTTONHOLE BAR.]

[Illustration: FIG. 697. BUTTONHOLE BAR WITH PINNED PICOTS.]

[Illustration: FIG. 698. BUTTONHOLE BAR WITH PINNED PICOTS.]

[Illustration: FIG. 699. BAR WITH LACE PICOT.]

Fig. 698 shows a picot made in the same manner, but with several
buttonhole stitches inserted between the loop and the buttonholed bar.

BAR WITH LACE PICOT (fig. 699).--Here the picot is made by bringing
the thread out through the loop and beginning the buttonhole stitches, 4
or 5 in number, according to the size of the thread, quite close to the
pin, so that they entirely cover the loop. The pin must be stuck in the
width of 4 stitches, distant from the bar, and the foundation threads
should be completely hidden under the bar.

BAR WITH PICOT MADE IN BULLION STITCH (fig. 700).--Put the needle
halfway into the last buttonhole stitch, twist the thread ten or twelve
times round it from left to right, draw it through and tighten the
thread, so that the spiral on the thread form a semicircle, then
continue the bar (see also for the bullion stitch figs. 179 and 661).

BAR WITH BUTTONHOLE PICOT (fig. 701).--Cover rather more than half the
bar with buttonhole stitches, carry the thread three times to the 6th
stitch and back, then buttonhole these threads that are attached to the
bar in the same way as the bar itself and finish the bar in the usual
way.

These buttonhole picots are generally used for edging lace; they may in
their turn be adorned with small pinned picots to produce a richer
effect.

[Illustration: FIG. 700. BAR WITH PICOT MADE IN BULLION STITCH.]

[Illustration: FIG. 701. BAR WITH BUTTONHOLE PICOT.]

[Illustration: FIG. 702. BAR WITH TWO ROWS OF KNOTS.]

BAR WITH TWO ROWS OF KNOTS (fig. 702).--Over two foundation threads,
make double knots, far enough apart to leave room for the knots of the
next row between.

These double knots consist, in the first place,