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172 PYRAMID STITCH. Fig. 57 gives the manner of working this stitch with two divisions: Tie the thread on with a knot, carry it as far as the middle of the outer netting thread of the pattern, fasten it for a triangle again

Fig. 57. to the middle hole returning. Winding the last thread backward, the point of the triangle is reached, and the bars must now be closely worked in point de reprisé. The stretched thread can be carried along the netted thread forming the base of the triangle as far as the middle, and is then carried up to the point. This makes the finished work show three divisions.

MUSHROOM STITCH.

Fig. 58.