32. Watch fob--may be made of three or more strings or
ribbons. Four strings are used in this case. Take two shoe
strings and double them. Tie thread around them, about two
inches from the loops. Hold the loops in the left hand,
with the ends up. Name them A, B, C, D, as is shown in
the drawing. First, bend A to the right; bend D over A,
and away from you; bend C over D, and to the left; bend B
over C, and toward you, and slip the end under the loop of
A. Second, take string A and double it back to the left;
bend B over A, and away from you; bend C over B, and to
the right; bend D over C, and toward you, and slip the end
under loop at A. The third step is like the first, and the
fourth like the second. When finished, slip the loops thru
your watch-ring, open the two loops and slip the watch fob
thru them. The charm is neatly fastened to the finishing
ends.
33. Banister bar--is made by tying the overhand knot over a
core of any desired thickness.
34. Banister bar, continued--the process of tying this knot
is as follows: Hold the left strand horizontally behind
the core; reach under it at the right of the core and take
the right strand, bring it forward and to the left across
the front of the core, and then back at the left of the
core, thru the loop formed by the left strand. Continue by
repeating this process.
35. Solomon's knot--this is started like the banister bar,
but, instead of tying all the knots alike, the tying is
done, in turn, first with the right-hand strand, then with
the left. Each strand will thus remain on the same side of
the core as at the start. The strand in front of the core
is used continually for tying the knot by the left and
right hand, alternately, as the strand moves from side to
side. It is a series of left and right overhand knots over
a core.
36. Four-strand round braid--is very pretty, and well
repays any difficulty in mastering it. It is not as easy to
illustrate, by drawing, the process of making a round braid
as a flat one; however, by carefully following the movement
of each strand in the illustration, while manipulating the
four strings, one will soon gain success and also much
satisfaction.
First, hold the four strands in the left hand, as in the
beginning of the flat braid, but, instead of taking the
right strand, reach in, just in the left of the right
strand, and, from behind, take the left strand, bring it
forward and across in front from right to left. Second,
exchange the places of the words, right and left, and
repeat the above-described process.
Referring to the drawing, reach in at B, and from behind at
the right, below x4, take C; bring it forward and across B,
at x7. Next, hold the braid in the left hand and, with the
right, reach in at D and take A from behind, and bring it
forward and across C, at E, as is shown by dotted lines.
Braiding with three strands, or as many more as desired,
may be done with ropes, strings of beads, rich-colored
cords and ribbons, or basketry materials, for making many
useful and beautiful articles, such as chains, belts,
hangings, bags, portieres and wicker work for baskets, lamp
shades and chairs.
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