Fig. 694. Plain twisted bar.
Fig. 695. Double twisted bar.
Double twisted bar (fig. [695]).—Throw three foundation threads across the space to be filled and overcast them loosely, so that they remain visible between the stitches.
Plain button-hole bar (fig. [696]).—Throw three threads across and cover them with button-hole stitches, made from right to left.
Fig. 696. Plain button-hole bar.
In making this and the subsequent bars, we recommend turning the needle round and holding it as it were the reverse way, so that the eye not the point passes first under the threads; strange as it may seem, it is easier in this manner to avoid splitting the threads. The working thread should always issue from the edge of the braid, one or two threads before the foundation threads of the bar, to prevent the bars being of unequal width, or getting twisted at the beginning.