Fig. 554. Macramé shuttle.
Fig. 555. Slanting bar and the return of the cord. Working detail of fig. [553].
On both sides, and with the 4 outer threads: 4 flat double knots, fig. [516], detail d; 2 more bars on the right and left, but in the opposite direction, and knotting all the threads even to the last one, fig. [555]. Take the 4 middle threads and make 6 flat double knots and then turn the bars of knots inwards; the return of the cord is indicated as before in fig. [555].
Macramé borders (figs. [556], [557], [558], [559]).—Length of the single threads for No. 6 of Coton à tricoter D.M.C: 50 c/m.
Knot the threads on for both these borders in the ordinary way, followed by a single horizontal bar of knots. For fig. [556], make a triple slanting bar of knots, with 4 threads, slanting one from right to left and one from left to right; then make a single horizontal bar and add another series of triple bars slanting the opposite way; complete the pattern by a vertical bar, lay another cord and make a horizontal bar upon it on the wrong side of the work and finish by tying the threads together, two and two, as shown in fig. [558], detail a, cut them, detail b, and push the knot upwards, detail c.
