FORMATION OF THE KNOTS ON THE WRONG SIDE.
APPEARANCE OF THE KNOTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
In the middle of two opposing groups of bars, make a flat double knot with 2 of the right threads and 2 of the left.
When the second horizontal bar is finished, turn the work round, and go on working on the wrong side, making plain double knots, as in fig. 571, turned in one row, all from right to left, and in the next, from left to right.
When you have worked 10 such rows of knots, begin to make one knot less on either side of a group, so as to form pointed scallops of knots which you finish off with a plain bar.
Tassels are then made with the threads that issue from each scallop, and when these are sewn up, turn the work round to the right side, where the knots, made on the wrong side, will present the appearance indicated in fig. 572.
MATERIALS: Coton à tricoter D.M.C No. 6, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3 to 25, or Fil à pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30.[A]
COLOURS: Écru, Rouge-Turc 321 and Rouge-Grenat 358 or Violet-Mauve 315 and 316, and Vert-Bouteille 494.[A]]
MACRAMÉ FRINGE (fig. 573).—Entire length of the threads for No. 6 of Coton à tricoter D.M.C: 65 c/m.
Knot on double threads, as in figs. 517 and 524, to count as single in the working directions = * 1 thread of red, colour 358, 3 of écru, 1 of red, colour 358, 1 of red, colour 321, 3 of écru, 1 of red, colour 321, and repeat from *.
1st row—6 chain knots made with every 4 threads.
2nd row—a single horizontal bar of knots.
3rd row—collecting knots, fig. 530, made with the écru threads over the 4 dark and the 4 light red ones, and flat double knots over the 4 écru threads.
4th row—collecting knots over 4 écru threads with 4 red and 2 écru threads.
5th row—collecting knots in the centre of the groups, with the écru threads.
Then take the red threads on the right and left and twist them, each cluster separately, from left to right between the thumb and forefinger, as you do in making a cord, then unite them together, twisting them from left to right. Fasten off the cord by a knot, beneath which the ends of thread form a little tassel. Collect all the écru threads together and make them into a heavy tassel with the aid of supplementary threads.