form a round, is fastened to the knee with a pin, or passed
over the foot, or on the hook sometimes attached to a work cushion for
the purpose. The end of the thread on the needle is knotted to this,
the mesh being held in the left hand on a line with it. Take the
needle in the right hand; let the thread come over the mesh and the
third finger, bring it back under the mesh, and hold it between the
thumb and first finger. Slip the needle through the loop over the
third finger, under the mesh and the foundation thread. In doing this
a loop will be formed, which must be passed over the fourth finger.
Withdraw the third finger from the loop, and draw up the loop over the
fourth, gradually, until it is quite tight on the mesh. The thumb
should be kept firmly over the mesh while the stitch is being
completed. When the necessary number of stitches is made on this
foundation, the future rows are to be worked backwards and forwards.
To form a _round_, the first stitch is to be worked into immediately
after the last, which closes the netting into a circle.

1828. Round Netting.

Round Netting is very nearly the same stitch. The difference is merely
in the way of putting the needle through the loop and foundation, or
other stitch. After passing the needle through the loop, it must be
brought out, and put _downwards_ through the stitch. This stitch is
particularly suitable for purses.

1829. Square Netting.

Square Netting is exactly the same stitch as diamond netting, only it
is begun at a corner, on one stitch, and increased (by doing two in
one) in the last stitch of every row, until the greatest width
required is attained. Then, by netting two stitches together at the
end of every row, the piece is decreased to a point again. When
stretched out, all the holes in this netting are squares.

[ONE KIND WORD MAY TURN ASIDE A TORRENT OF ANGER.]

1830. Darning on Netting.

Square and diamond netting are the most frequently used, and are
ornamented with patterns darned on them, in simple darning or in
various point stitches. In the latter case it forms a variety of the
sort of work termed _guipure d'Art_.

1831. Grecian Netting.

i. Do one plain row. First pattern row. Insert the needle in the
first stitch, and, without working it, draw through it the second
stitch, through the loop of which draw the first, and work it i