In the middle of two opposing groups of bars, make a flat double knot
with 2 of the right threads and 2 of the left.
When the second horizontal bar is finished, turn the work round, and go
on working on the wrong side, making plain double knots, as in fig. 571,
turned in one row, all from right to left, and in the next, from left to
right.
When you have worked 10 such rows of knots, begin to make one knot less
on either side of a group, so as to form pointed scallops of knots which
you finish off with a plain bar.
Tassels are then made with the threads that issue from each scallop, and
when these are sewn up, turn the work round to the right side, where the
knots, made on the wrong side, will present the appearance indicated in
fig. 572.
[Illustration: FIG. 573. MACRAMÉ FRINGE.
MATERIALS: Coton à tricoter D.M.C No. 6, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3
to 25, or Fil à pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30.[A]
COLOURS: Écru, Rouge-Turc 321 and Rouge-Grenat 358 or Violet-Mauve 315
and 316, and Vert-Bouteille 494.[A]]
MACRAMÉ FRINGE (fig. 573).—Entire length of the threads for No. 6 of
Coton à tricoter D.M.C: 65 c/m.
Knot on double threads, as in figs. 517 and 524, to count as single in
the working directions = * 1 thread of red, colour 358, 3 of écru, 1 of
red, colour 358, 1 of red, colour 321, 3 of écru, 1 of red, colour 321,
and repeat from *.
1st row—6 chain knots made with every 4 threads.
2nd row—a single horizontal bar of knots.
3rd row—collecting knots, fig. 530, made with the écru threads over the
4 dark and the 4 light red ones, and flat double knots over the 4 écru
threads.
4th row—collecting knots over 4 écru threads with 4 red and 2 écru
threads.
5th row—collecting knots in the centre of the groups, with the écru
threads.
6th row—similar to the 4th.
7th row—similar to the 5th.
Then take the red threads on the right and left and twist them, each
cluster separately, from left to right between the thumb and forefinger,
as you do in making a cord, then unite them together, twisting them from
left to right. Fasten off the cord by a knot, beneath which the ends of
thread form a little tassel. Collect all the écru threads together and
make them into a heavy tassel with the aid of supplementary threads.
[Illustration: FIG. 574.