edges of the braid, all the
same size and the same distance apart, and vertically, opposite to each
other.

When these two rows are finished, pick up each loop with Russian stitch,
either single, fig. 704, or twisted, fig. 705. Fig. 708 shows the double
Russian stitch made in each loop; it may be trebled or quadrupled,
according to whether you wish your insertion to be very transparent or
not.

[Illustration: FIG. 709. INSERTION WITH BEAD STITCHES.]

INSERTION WITH BEAD STITCHES (fig. 709).--Join the opposite rows of
loops together by four stitches. The threads of these stitches must lie
quite flat, side by side, and not one on the top of the other. After the
fourth stitch, you wind the thread round the bottom loop and then carry
it on to the next, whence you repeat the four stitches as above.

CLUSTER INSERTION (fig. 710).--Over the middle of two finished plain
bars and one half-finished one, a short distance apart, you make five
buttonhole stitches and overcast the remainder of the third bar. The
first bar of the next cluster must be set quite close to the last.

INSERTION WITH BRANCHES (figs. 711 and 712).--Throw the thread across
the middle of the space between two edges of braid, and lengthways,
from one end to the other, pass the needle horizontally under four or
five threads of the braid, across the insertion; then carry it in a
similar manner, first to the left and then to the right, take up the
same number of threads of the braid and connect the three loops together
by a knot, as is clearly shown in fig. 711.

[Illustration: FIG. 710. CLUSTER INSERTION.]

[Illustration: FIG. 711. INSERTION WITH PLAIN BRANCHES.]

[Illustration: FIG. 712. INSERTION WITH BRANCHES AND WHEELS.]

Fig. 712 represents a similar beginning, and a similar interlacing of
the threads, but ornamented this time with a wheel, added after the knot
has been made over the loops.

[Illustration: FIG. 713. INSERTION WITH LEAVES WORKED IN DARNING
STITCH.]

INSERTION WITH LEAVES IN DARNING STITCH (fig. 713).--Fasten on the
thread where, according to the illustration, the first leaf in the
insertion ought to come, carry it across to the opposite side, draw it
through the edge of the braid and bring it back to the point whence it
started, lay threads across to both sides, like in figs. 711 and 712,
unite them by a knot, such as described in fig. 711, lay the thread once
more round the middle leaf, and finish the leaf in darning stitch,
wo