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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  PISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [78] 
  

  

  If 
  desired, 
  a 
  rest 
  may 
  be 
  provided 
  for 
  another 
  finger 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  hand 
  

   underneath 
  the 
  board. 
  In 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  board, 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  plate 
  

   set 
  therein, 
  are 
  perforations, 
  in 
  any 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  inserted 
  the 
  two 
  

   ends 
  of 
  a 
  holder. 
  This 
  holder 
  is 
  formed 
  of 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  wire 
  doubled 
  upon 
  

   itself 
  in 
  such 
  maimer 
  that 
  one 
  end 
  will 
  extend 
  across 
  the 
  board 
  at 
  right 
  

   angles 
  thereto 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  diagonally, 
  giving 
  a 
  tapering 
  form 
  to 
  the 
  

   holder, 
  while 
  the 
  ends 
  are 
  bent 
  downward 
  to 
  fit 
  into 
  the 
  perforations 
  to 
  

   hold 
  the 
  device 
  in 
  a 
  plane 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  board. 
  The 
  loop 
  cud 
  of 
  the 
  

   holder 
  is 
  bent 
  slightly 
  rearward 
  and 
  upward 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  meshes 
  

   from 
  accidentally 
  slipping 
  therefrom 
  in 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  knitting. 
  The 
  

   forward 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  board, 
  or 
  that 
  end 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  net, 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  

   a 
  recess 
  for 
  giving 
  sufficient 
  room 
  to 
  the 
  needle 
  or 
  shuttle 
  in 
  tying 
  the 
  

   knots; 
  and 
  a 
  hook 
  is 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  board 
  near 
  the 
  recess 
  for 
  holding 
  

   the 
  thread 
  while 
  the 
  knot 
  is 
  being 
  tied. 
  The 
  perforations 
  are 
  formed 
  

   on 
  a 
  graduated 
  scale, 
  whereby 
  the 
  holder 
  may 
  be 
  so 
  adjusted 
  that 
  the 
  

   meshes 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  any 
  given 
  size. 
  The 
  operation 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   After 
  a 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  is 
  made 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  meshes 
  are 
  en- 
  

   gaged 
  with 
  the 
  holder 
  D, 
  and 
  the 
  thumb 
  of 
  the 
  hand 
  holding 
  the 
  board 
  

   is 
  placed 
  upon 
  these 
  meshes 
  to 
  hold 
  them 
  in 
  position. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  un- 
  

   derstood 
  that 
  the 
  net 
  should 
  be 
  secured 
  to 
  some 
  stationary 
  object, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  operator 
  can 
  hold 
  the 
  meshes 
  taut. 
  The 
  needle 
  is 
  then 
  to 
  bo 
  

   passed 
  back 
  toward 
  the 
  operator 
  to 
  engage 
  the 
  thread 
  with 
  the 
  holder 
  

   D. 
  This 
  operation 
  is 
  facilitated 
  by 
  the 
  rearward 
  and 
  upward 
  curve 
  or 
  

   bend 
  at 
  the 
  loop 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  holder, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  by 
  the 
  rounded 
  and 
  bev- 
  

   eled 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  board, 
  which 
  serves 
  to 
  guide 
  the 
  thread 
  to 
  the 
  

   holder. 
  The 
  needle 
  is 
  then 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  next 
  adjacent 
  mesh, 
  

   engaging 
  the 
  thread 
  therewith, 
  and 
  the 
  thread 
  is 
  drawn 
  toward 
  the 
  

   operator 
  until 
  the 
  said 
  mesh 
  is 
  drawn 
  into 
  such 
  engagement 
  with 
  the 
  

   hook 
  F 
  that 
  the 
  hook 
  will 
  prevent 
  the 
  thread 
  from 
  slipping 
  while 
  the 
  

   knot 
  is 
  being 
  tied. 
  The 
  thread 
  is 
  then 
  passed 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  over 
  the 
  

   meshes 
  on 
  the 
  holder, 
  and 
  the 
  needle 
  is 
  passed 
  from 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  up 
  

   through 
  the 
  recess 
  E, 
  thereby 
  forming 
  a 
  knot, 
  which 
  is 
  completed 
  by 
  

   drawing 
  the 
  thread 
  toward 
  the 
  operator. 
  The 
  mesh 
  engaged 
  with 
  the 
  

   hook 
  is 
  released 
  in 
  drawing 
  the 
  knot, 
  and 
  is 
  passed 
  under 
  the 
  thumb, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  held 
  while 
  another 
  mesh 
  is 
  being 
  formed. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  A 
  knitting-board 
  for 
  making 
  nets, 
  having 
  a 
  holder 
  for 
  the 
  meshes 
  

   and 
  a 
  hook 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  thread 
  from 
  slipping 
  while 
  the 
  knot 
  is 
  being 
  

   tied, 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described. 
  

  

  "2. 
  A 
  knitting-board 
  of 
  nearly 
  semicircular 
  form, 
  having 
  a 
  perfora- 
  

   tion 
  through 
  which 
  a 
  finger 
  of 
  the 
  hand 
  may 
  be 
  inserted, 
  in 
  combination 
  

   with 
  an 
  adjustable 
  holder, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described, 
  and 
  a 
  hook 
  se- 
  

   cured 
  to 
  the 
  board 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  thread 
  in 
  tying 
  the 
  knot, 
  as 
  shown 
  ami 
  

   described." 
  

  

  