first
, wherever the join is required. When you come to the corresponding part of the
second
loop, draw the thread which goes round the fingers of the left hand through the
picot
with a needle, pulling through a loop large enough to admit the shuttle. Slip this through, then draw the thread tight again over the fingers, and continue the work. In many patterns a needle is used to work over, in buttonhole stitch, the thread which passes from one loop to another. A long needleful of the same cotton or silk used for the tatting is left at the beginning of the work, and a common needle used to buttonhole over bars wherever they occur.
1840. Alternative Picots
Picots are also sometimes made with the needle and cotton in working over these bars.