S: Rouge-Cardinal 347, or Jaune-Rouille 364, or Brun-Marron
406.[A]]

HAIRPIN LACE (fig. 452).--When, by making two half trebles in each
loop, you have got the necessary length of hairpin crochet, join the
loops two and two, by means of a coloured thread which makes a good
contrast with the thread of which the hairpin crochet is made. Work 1
plain stitch joining 2 loops on the right, 2 chain, 1 plain joining the
2 loops on the left; then 2 chain and come back to the right, and so on,
until you have taken up all the loops. This forms the zig-zag in the
middle.

1st row--join 3 loops by: 1 plain, 5 chain.

2nd row--on the 5 chain stitches: 1 plain, 1 half-treble, 3 trebles, 1
picot, made with 5 chain (for the chain picots, see p. 237), 1
half-treble, 1 plain. The footing of this lace is made like the one in
fig. 451.

[Illustration: FIG. 453. HAIRPIN FRINGE WITH TASSELS.]

HAIRPIN FRINGES (figs. 453, 454, 455, 456).--Fig. 453 is made with a
fork composed of one branch and 3 or 4 rulers, round which the thread is
wound in succession, so as to form loops of different lengths. You may
use for this, either a single very coarse thread, or else several fine
ones, used together as one.

The heading of the fringe is plain, and heavy tassels are fastened into
the loops. The tassels are made as follows: take a thick skein of the
same thread the fringe is made of, pass it through the loop, leaving
just the length required for the tassel, at one end, thread a needle
with the same thread and twist it round the skein, the right distance
from the top to form the head of the tassel and then cut the ends even,
at the bottom. As the loops are of different lengths, the tassels will
hang in steps and the fuller and heavier they are, the handsomer the
fringe will be.

[Illustration: FIG. 454. HAIRPIN FRINGE WITH TASSELS.

MATERIALS: Coton a tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 16.[A]

COLOURS: Ecru and Jaune-Rouille 363, 368, or Gris-Tilleul 331 and
Rouge-Cornouille 449 and 450, or three other shades.[A]]

Fig. 454 represents another pattern of fringe, the first part of which
is made with the same fork as the preceding one. Instead however of
winding the thread round the several prongs in succession, you pass it
alternately round the two first and the fourth, thus making loops of two
lengths only. Tassels of a length, suited to the purpose the fringe is
intended for, depend from these loops and may be varied in the second
row by balls made t