The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . acrame twine and bril-liant coloured beads, arranged so as to make6hort blinds and curtains. These curtains areuseful screens for an open door, such as agreenhouse or French window. Landingwindows also are much improved when drapedand covered with these bead blinds, the entirelength and width being covered, hiding, per-haps, an untidy or dilapidated outlook. Thebeads should be chosen to harmonise wi-,li theroom generally; the macrame can be had inall possible shades and sizes. For curtains avery strong thread is required, while the shortblinds c
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . acrame twine and bril-liant coloured beads, arranged so as to make6hort blinds and curtains. These curtains areuseful screens for an open door, such as agreenhouse or French window. Landingwindows also are much improved when drapedand covered with these bead blinds, the entirelength and width being covered, hiding, per-haps, an untidy or dilapidated outlook. Thebeads should be chosen to harmonise wi-,li theroom generally; the macrame can be had inall possible shades and sizes. For curtains avery strong thread is required, while the shortblinds can be made with a much finer one;there is not the same amount of strain on theblind. : Brilliant and transparent beads have a muchprettier effect, and last quite as long. Thef reed has always played an important partin bead fringes, but now the thread is knottedto keep the bead in position, ~and the effect isdecidedly lighter. When a rich and strikingappearance is desired, small beads are used tokeep the large rounds and other different beads. FIG. 1.—BEAD WORK. at regular distances, the reed tends to makethe effect heavy and clumsy. A bamboo rod sufficiently strong to sup-port the curtain or blind is required, and issecurely fixed by means of strong hooka. Illustration I. we have a deep fringe or blindsuitable for a window or fanlight. ^ar£?loops are formed, and the strings are placedon at regular distances. Each string is sepa-rately made and finished; small knots are re-quired to fix and keep in position the largebeads;-sometimes a small bead immediatelybeneath the large one looks well, and theknot below to keep the two m order finishesthe design, then comes the short length oftwine. Alternate strings of different patterns givesatisfaction, and is not so monotonous to work. Illustration II. is somewhat similar theheading in this case, however, differs fromIllustration I. A narrow border is crocheted,and forms a band sufficiently wide to allowthe beaded threads to be laced
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