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172 7th row s Like third row, working the clusters in their proper places.

8th and 9th rows: Plain.

Five rows of honeycomb pattern are now to be worked.

Work three rows plain netting. Two patterns of rose netting; and for the edge one row a larger mesh and the two strands of the working material.

In making joins in the thread, as when refilling the needle, or if in silk netting the colors are varied, always manage to have the knot come at the outer edge. Tie a firm flat knot.

Netting is darned by passing the needle under and over the stitches of the foundation about five times, taking care to follow the lines of the pattern. The silk, cotton or thread, used in darning must be of a size proportioned to that used in the netting.

Round netting as for purses, etc, is worked by passing the needle through the first stitch, while keeping the last three or four on the mesh, moving the mesh as the work requires. VANDYKE NETTING. Make one loop on foundation; net two loops in this. Increase one loop in every row until there are five loops in a row. Then increase at the end of every alternate row until there are nine loops in the row, taking particular care to always increase on same side of the work.

In the next row leave four loops unworked on the side which has not been increased, work the other five loops and repeat. FLY NETTING. Wind on the needle a strand of wool and one of silk, so that they will unwind together. Net as with a single thread, and when the netting is done, cut the woolen thread round every knot, fluff it up so as to conceal the knot and make a little ball. Be very careful not to