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Rh 1st row: Plain netting.

2nd row: Net the second stitch, then the first, next the fourth, then the third and so on throughout the row.

3rd row: Plain.

4th row: Net a plain stitch; begin the pattern by netting first third stitch, then the second, next the fifth, then the fourth, end with a plain stitch and continue to the end of the row. Repeat from the first row.

Fig. 44. Fig. 44 is a very pretty border combining the last two patterns with plain netting. The rows of honeycomb are alternately of fine and coarse material, or of silk and wool, in order to bring out the pattern. The scallop pattern is worked with heavy silk doubled or trebled.

1st row: Plain netting with small mesh.

2nd row: Work four plain stitches, work four loops into the fifth stitch. Repeat to the end of the row.

3rd row: Work three plain, work the clusters of two loops together. Repeat from beginning of the row.

4th and 5th rows: Plain.

6th row: Like second row, beginning with two plain stitches to alternate the position of the clusters.