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these up close, and repeat until you have ﬁve a the stitches. This forms the pearl when the loops. Leave a space of not more than an inch, glonp is drawn up; all that is required is that and make ﬁve more, and so on, for any length 3 they should be regular. that may be required. These loops having beeni There is no doubt that the tatting with the thus made, require to be arranged in the form we g pearlcd edge is much more ornamental than the have given, by means of a needle and rather ﬁuc ; plain, but. it is attended by its own disadvan white cotton. The continuous thread which i tnges. If each pearl is not pulled out carefully holds them together does not show, if kept regu- i by the laundress, its beauty is entirely destroyed. larly on behind the under parts which are thus Some ladies even take the pains of opening these joined together. In our pattern we have given with tho point of a stiletto, but this involves so

the pearled edge, but this can be either adopted serious a labor that many others are content or rejected, according to pleasure. Many ladies with the simple tatting, which is not subject to use the pin in producing this pearl, but a little this drawback. practice renders this quite unnecessary. 1t cnni If adopted, the pearl may be introduced at be done equally well by pressing the thumb upon 2 every third or ﬁfth stitch, according to the taste the cotton, so as to leave a little interval between ‘ of the worker.

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