Make a piece of foundation of 9 stitches, and join your silk in the first.
1st round (small mesh). 1 stitch in every stitch of the foundation.
2nd: The same.
3rd: 2 stitches in every one of the previous round.
4th: A stitch in every one of the last round.
5th: X 2 stitches in the first, and one in the second, X 8 times.
6th: A stitch in every stitch.
7th: Increase eight stitches in the round, by doing two in one eight times, taking care that the stitch increased is the one which precedes the increased stitch of the last augmented round.
8th: Like 6th.