Fig. 490. Single or half knots. Small josephine picot.
Fig. 491. Single or half knots. Large josephine picot.
Fifth position of the hands (fig. [492]).—When the second knot forming the double knot has been made, the two hands resume the position shown in fig. [487]. Fig. [492] reproduces the same and shows us a few finished knots as well.
Fig. 492. Fifth position of the hands.
Position of the hands for making a picot (fig. [493]).—Picots are introduced into tatting patterns as they are into knitting and crochet. They also serve to connect the different parts of a pattern together and render a great many pretty combinations feasible.
