Fig. 235.—Make a hook of another hairpin.
Fig. 236.—Fasten the hook to the string.
Instead of making one complete blackbird at a time, it will be much quicker and easier to make a pattern and cut out all your blackbirds first; then ink or paint them all, and continue working on them in this way until all are finished about the same time. It will not take long when once you have the pattern enlarged, and you can make the pattern the proper size by the system of squares, large and small, as explained in [Chapter XIV].
Fig. 237.—Blackbird with package ready for pie.