p:-aerally done ortnitting-off is ber FLORENCE HOME NEEDLE-WORK. 35 Double Crossed Casting on (Fig. 38). — This can be done either with asingle or a threefold thread. In our drawing it is done with the latter. Thefirst stitch is made as we have already described, only that you have to keepthe loop… … Crossed Casting on, forming a Chain (Fig. 39). — Begin by making onesuch stitch as we have described in Fig. 36; for the second and followingstitches, bring the end of the thread to the inside of the palm of the hand,so that it lies between the thumb and the forefinger.