How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 75
K Hammock-needle. cut in very narrow strips, three inches long, allowing ten ortwelve strips to each tassel. Commence your tennis net byfirst threading the needle ; take it in the left hand, and use thethumb to hold the end of the cord in place while looping itover the tongue (see Fig. 18); pass…