When this pattern is to be used for an insertion or a gimp, the threads should be fastened off, as indicated in fig. [558].
Macramé border (figs. [580], [581], [582]).—Wind the threads on shuttles and knot them on, as in fig. [515], in the following order: 2 threads of, either colour 334 or Chiné d’or (blue and gold), 2 of colour 330, 2 of colour 392, 1 of colour 432, 1 of colour 310, 2 of colour 430, 1 of colour 310, 1 of colour 432, 2 of colour 392, 2 of colour 330, 2 of colour 334, or of Chiné d’or blue and gold.
Fig. 580. Macramé border.
Materials: Coton à tricoter D.M.C Nos. 15 to 30, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, or Fil à dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 50 and Chiné d’or D.M.C[A]
Colours: Noir grand teint 310, Gris-Tilleul 392 and 330, Brun-Cuir 430 and 432, Bleu-Indigo 334 or Chiné d’or D.M.C, Bleu et Or.[A]
Begin with the open work on either side of the crossed bars, figs. [581] and [582], with 4 blue threads and by 4 changes of the threads outwards and 3 inwards = the same with 4 light green threads with 3 changes outwards and 2 inwards = then with the dark green threads, with 2 changes outwards and 3 inwards = over the 4th dark green thread, 1 double knot with the 1st dark green thread with the 4th light green one and with the 4 blue.
Fig. 581. Crossed bar slanting to the left. Working detail of fig. [580].
Fig. 582. crossed bar slanting to the right. Working detail of fig. [580].