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The child's rainy day book (1905)

White, Mary, 1869-1952 · New York : Doubleday, Page and Co. · leaf 83

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esame way. Lay twelve strands of raffia evenly together.Bend them to find the middle, or middle them,as the sailors say. Lay theshort end of another piece ofraffia on the middle of the twelvestrands, with its tip turningtoward the left, and wind thelong end round and round fromright to left,… … Fig. Knots with Raffia and Cord 59 then have twenty-four ends to knot together, twoand two, as the knots in the bag were made. Pinthe loop on the cushion of a chair or tie it to a lowhook or to the doorknob, so that you can pull thestrands taut. The first row of knots is tied abouttwo inches from…

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