Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls

can fray it out into soft, pretty tassels. You can make it into a decorative wood-basket, a grille for an open doorway, fringe for curtains and portières, or de

small, down to the ordinary heavy twi

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78). From an old broom-stick cut four rounds one inch thick for the feet (Fig. 79), and fasten one round to each corner underneath the boar

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ose to another until it is completely covered. Cut off the rope when it reaches the end of the hoop and nail it down as you did the first end of the rope in beginning. Fa

of the small rope to t

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y loops as are required to reach across the end of the bottom. Wrap and tie one row of the loops to th

he other side, then carry the end down and fasten underneath the bottom eight inches from the end of the board (see illustration). Wrap and tie the top loops of the end piece to the top rope as shown in illustration. Finish the other end of the basket in the same mann

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ille in an open doorway, or of lighter rope for

nds upon the size of the rope how far apart the nails should be placed. For a heavy rope there mu

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ll brass curtain or embroidery ring (Letter A, Fig. 83). Push the ring up to within four inches of the line of nails if the nails are four inches apart. If the distance between the nails is three inches the ring must be three inches

on a small bra

r C, Fig. 83). Bring the third and fourth strands together with a ring, the fifth and sixth, continuing the original pairing of the strands until the row is complete. The third row of rings

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where it is tied and fray it out until it becomes fluffy. Make the head of the tassel by wrapping close

s convenient to handle, for when one part of the netting is finished i

t or, if sewed on cloth, for a hanging. By studying the design you ca

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