Button-hole bars with pinned picots (figs. [697] and [698]). After covering half, or a third of the bar with button-hole stitches, pass the thread without making a loop, under the foundation threads, and fasten the loop with a pin, fig. [697], then slip the needle, horizontally from right to left, under the 3 threads and tighten the knot close to the last button-hole stitch.
Fig. 697. Button-hole bar with pinned picots.
Fig. 698. Button-hole bar with pinned picots.
Fig. [698] shows a picot made in the same manner, but with several button-hole stitches inserted between the loop and the button-holed bar.
Bar with lace picot (fig. [699]).—Here the picot is made by bringing the thread out through the loop and beginning the button-hole stitches, 4 or 5 in number, according to the size of the thread, quite close to the pin, so that they entirely cover the loop. The pin must be stuck in the width of 4 stitches, distant from the bar, and the foundation threads should be completely hidden under the bar.
