--Carry the thread upwards from below, over a
bar of the net, then pass it horizontally under another bar and carrying
it downwards, pass it under a diagonal bar and cover the other three. In
the second row, your loops must be turned the opposite way. When the
whole foundation is finished, run a thread over the whole surface and
overcast it. A good effect is produced by using white and unbleached
cottons, in alternate rows.

[Illustration: FIG. 122. NET PATTERN.]

NET PATTERN (fig. 123).--This pattern consists of one row of
overcasting, one of stitches like those described in fig. 114, and one
of cross-stitch, as in fig. 39, running diagonally across the stuff.
Besides the cottons already mentioned, washing gold thread (Or fin D.M.C
pour la broderie), may be used for the overcasting. Dead gold introduced
into simple needlework of this kind enlivens it extremely.

[Illustration: FIG. 123. NET PATTERN.]

NET PATTERN (fig. 124).--Three kinds of stitches are required for this
pattern. In the first row the stitch lies crossed underneath the net; in
the second, 3 stitches are made over one mesh, the first and the last of
which are carried across three meshes. In the third row, button-hole
stitches are carried from right to left over two diagonal bars, in such
a manner that the thread is drawn through the mesh facing the loops, and
the next stitch comes out under the loop of the preceding one.

[Illustration: FIG. 124. NET PATTERN.]

NET PATTERN (fig. 125).--Fill in every other diagonal row of meshes
with chain stitch, inserting the needle into the same mesh it came out
of, so that the thread lies in front of the needle, in a loop. The rows
of chain stitch may be made with two or three rows of meshes between
them. Even the diagonal lines by themselves, make a very pretty
foundation for other stitches.

[Illustration: FIG. 125. NET PATTERN.]

NET PATTERN (fig. 126).--The first row worked from left to right,
consists of three loop stitches upwards and three downwards, each over
one bar. In the second row, divided from the first by one row of
stitches, the inner loops must be turned towards each other; in the
third, the outer ones. Any of the stitches, already described, can be
introduced into this pattern to enliven it.

[Illustration: FIG. 126. NET PATTERN.]

NET INSERTIONS (figs. 127 and 128).--These two, as well as the
subsequent patterns, are most of them worked in darning stitch and
simple overcasting.

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