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196 a ready described, only reversing the direction of the leaves. SOLOMON'S KNOT. This is the second of the two knots used in Macramé and can easily be worked from the illustration. Take four threads, hold the two centre ones straight; it is more convenient to tie the two centre strands in a slip knot and fasten it to one of your dress buttons or pin it in place, so as to hold it firm; pass the thread at the left side loosely over these. Take the thread at the right side, pass it over the first thread and under the centre ones, and up through the loop at the left side; draw this knot up tight. Then take the right hand thread, pass it over the two centre ones loosely; take the left thread, pass it over this, under the centre ones, and up through the loop at the right side; draw it up tight to meet the first part of the knot. This forms one completed knot. To make a raised picot, which is generally used between two leaves, work six Solomon's knots with two threads from either leaf, using the centre ones as leaders, and the outside strands as working threads. Pass the two centre threads back through the opening between the two leaves; take one of these threads and knot it once to the thread at the left side, take up the other and knot it once to the remaining thread at the right side. PICOT HEADING. Place two double strands round a large pin and make two Solomon's knots; then put on a leader. This can be varied by working a double chain instead of the knots for a heading.

To work a spiral cord, work one half of a Solomon's knot continuously over the centre strands.