d third clusters, and connect these by means or six darningstitches to and fro; join the first and second clusters in the same way by twelvestitches, and finish by twisting the silk five times round the remaining length of thefirst cluster. The second half of the open-work figure is carried out in… … Fig. 27. Open-work Insertion. Each of the middle figures combines three clusters of the two figures above it. One ormore shades of silk may be used. The engraving shows the work done in two colors. Open-work Insertions (Figs. 28, 29 and 30).—For each of these draw out
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