d together and place the
threads in position as shown in fig. 150. The next step is shown in fig.
151, which is the index finger of the left hand bringing the darker
thread through the loop. Fig. 152 shows this thread looped on the
finger, the cord held in the left hand instead of the right, and the
right hand in process of drawing the lighter thread, which was the last
loop, tight. The next move, fig. 153, shows the right-hand first finger
making the new loop with the lighter thread, and fig. 154 shows the
loop on the finger, the cord passed over to be held in the right hand
again, and the left hand this time pulling the last loop tight. Continue
making the cord by following out the last four positions consecutively.

[Illustration: Fig. 153.]

[Illustration: Fig. 154.]

A very usual finish to an edge is a fringe. This can be made either by
fraying out the material or by adding a detached fringe, either knotting
it in or attaching it in some other way. If the fringe is to be a
frayed-out one, the best way to do it is to first draw out a few warp
threads where the head of the fringe is to come, then hem stitch the
upper edge of this, see the right-hand end of fig. 155; this makes the
heading of the fringe secure, after which the remainder of the warp
threads can be withdrawn. When fringing a square in this fashion, it is
well to save some of the frayings out to knot in at the four corners
where otherwise there would be gaps.

[Illustration: Fig. 155.]

To knot an added fringe into the border is a very simple matter. Begin
by cutting the threads that are to compose it all to one length, about
double that of the required fringe. Take a few together to form a bunch
and double it in half. With a stiletto make a hole near the edge of the
material; then bring from the back a crochet hook through this hole, and
draw the loop formed by the doubling of the bunch a little way through,
then take the ends of the bunch through the loop and draw them tight in
order to make the knotting firm.

[Illustration: Fig. 156.]

There are many ways of patterning a plain fringe, sometimes a change of
colour in the knotted-in threads is sufficient, as shown in fig. 156.
Another very usual way is to divide the bunches and refasten them
together in some way to form a pattern. Fig. 157 is an example of this;
they may be either knotted together, as in the first half of the
diagram, or bound with thread as in the second half, the needle reach