"That's exactly what you do; and the ends you can leave flying to join in with the fringe."
"Can we weave now?"
"Go ahead. When you've made the cushion square, if you want it square, go around the three remaining sides and tie a break-water, so to speak, so that the weaving won't ravel out. Trim your fringe even and there's one side of your pillow."
"One side would be enough for a pincushion."
"If you want to make a big sofa cushion—a grown up one—you'll have to make a wide plait of raffia—a four strand or six strand braid—or else you'd never get it done."
"The unbraided would be too delicate. I hate to make things that wear out before you can get used to them about the house."
"You'd have to have a bigger loom for something that size."
"It's no trouble to make. Roger nailed mine together," said Ethel Blue.
"Any one want the dimensions?" asked Roger. "Take two pieces of narrow wood twenty-three inches long, and nail two other pieces of lighter stuff each twenty-five inches long on to their tops at the ends. These bits are raised from the table by the thickness of the first piece of lumber. See?"
Tom and James, who were examining Ethel Blue's loom, nodded.