“How will you make the strings, My Lady?” asked Sir Bodkin.
“Oh, I’ll turn over tiny hems on the sides and a larger one on the ends and they’ll be stitched on the machine. Then I can easily sew the strings to the ends of the band. And I’ll put a tiny pink bow on the pocket,” cried Margaret eagerly.
“Very fetching, and a lovely gift for a grandmother. She’ll like it, I’m sure,” said the King.
“Maybe she’ll want me to sew some of her tatting around the edge ’cause she makes yards and yards of it in her spare time,” said Margaret.
“That would be pretty, too,” agreed the tiny King. “It is a matter of choice for:
“Some like them trimmed,
Some like them plain,
Whichever they are,
They are useful just the same.”