thread, with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and
8th thread.

[Illustration: FIG. 553. GIMP MADE WITH MACRAME SHUTTLES.

MATERIALS: Coton a tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 16, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C
Nos. 1 to 10, Fil a pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, or Fil a dentelle D.M.C
Nos. 25 to 50.[A]

COLOURS: Bleu-Indigo 311 and Brun-Marron 406.[A]]

[Illustration: FIG. 554. MACRAME SHUTTLE.]

On both sides, and with the 4 outer threads: 4 flat double knots, fig.
516, detail _d_; 2 more bars on the right and left, but in the opposite
direction, and knotting all the threads even to the last one, fig. 555.
Take the 4 middle threads and make 6 flat double knots and then turn the
bars of knots inwards; the return of the cord is indicated as before in
fig. 555.

MACRAME BORDERS (figs. 556, 557, 558, 559).--Length of the single
threads for No. 6 of Coton a tricoter D.M.C: 50 c/m.

Knot the threads on for both these borders in the ordinary way, followed
by a single horizontal bar of knots. For fig. 556, make a triple
slanting bar of knots, with 4 threads, slanting one from right to left
and one from left to right; then make a single horizontal bar and add
another series of triple bars slanting the opposite way; complete the
pattern by a vertical bar, lay another cord and make a horizontal bar
upon it on the wrong side of the work and finish by tying the threads
together, two and two, as shown in fig. 558, detail _a_, cut them,
detail _b_, and push the knot upwards, detail _c_.

[Illustration: FIG. 555. SLANTING BAR AND THE RETURN OF THE CORD.
WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 553.]

[Illustration: FIG. 556. MACRAME BORDER.]

[Illustration: FIG. 557. MACRAME BORDER.

MATERIALS: Coton a tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 10, Fil a pointer D.M.C Nos.
10 to 30, or Fil a dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 70.[A]

COLOURS--For fig. 556: Bleu-Lapis 342 or Bleu-Gentiane 480--For fig.
557: Rouge-Turc 321 or Rouge-Cerise 3318.[A]]

For fig. 557 take 8 threads for a group of knots. Make all the bars
slanting from right to left first, fig. 559, then take the 5th thread,
counting from left to right, for the cord, fig. 559 again, and begin the
second series of bars of knots, slanting from left to right. Fasten off
the threads as already explained in fig. 558.

The same pattern can also be used as an insertion: bags for instance,
look very well made of alternate stripes of this insertion and stripes
made of flat knots. The openwork stripes must be wider than the close
o