Fig. 557. Macramé border.
Materials: Coton à tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 10, Fil à pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, or Fil à dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 70.[A]
Colours—For fig. [556]: Bleu-Lapis 342 or Bleu-Gentiane 480—For fig. [557]: Rouge-Turc 321 or Rouge-Cerise 3318.[A]
For fig. [557] take 8 threads for a group of knots. Make all the bars slanting from right to left first, fig. [559], then take the 5th thread, counting from left to right, for the cord, fig. [559] again, and begin the second series of bars of knots, slanting from left to right. Fasten off the threads as already explained in fig. [558].
Fig. 558. Working detail of figs. [556] and [557].
The same pattern can also be used as an insertion: bags for instance, look very well made of alternate stripes of this insertion and stripes made of flat knots. The openwork stripes must be wider than the close ones.
Fig. 559. Working detail of fig. [557].
Macramé fringe (figs. [560] and [561]).—Entire length of the threads, including the fringe, for No. 5 of Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C: 120 c/m.
Fig. 560. Macramé fringe.
Materials: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3 to 25 or Fil à dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 50.
Colours: Brun-Cuir 431 and 432, Bleu-Indigo 31