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Rh A pattern that can be used for the same purpose is worked as follows:

Draw warp and woof threads out so as to form a succession of open squares, leaving sixteen to twenty threads between each. Buttonhole round the outer edge, or if a hem is used as a border, hem-stitch it neatly round. Fasten the thread firmly to the edge, and loop twice into each side of the first square, and

Fig. 76.

when you come to where the threads are left, divide them in half and loop through one half of them. Cross the thread over the undrawn parts, and continue till all the squares are worked round and the left threads are secured. Work three buttonhole stitches into each looped stitch. Join the last buttonhole stitch to the first, thus forming a wheel, and carry your thread on (concealing it as much as possible) to the next square, which work in like manner. Ruffles or flounces worked with two or three rows of this pattern form a beautiful trimming for white dresses, and it also makes a handsome border for linen cambric handkerchiefs, d'oylies, etc. Fig. 72 is a simpler form of this pattern.