THE INVISIBLE KNOT. 



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the doubled part of the line, binding it close 

 and tight at each turn till I have hidden and 

 covered the whole of the doubled line, excepting, 

 of course, the open loop itself. Hand me that 

 long darning needle, that I may finish off with an 

 invisible knot. 



Herb. How is that ? Let me see you do it. 



Theoph. I am now working from the looping- 

 wire towards my fingers, you see ; and having 

 whipped below the loose end of the line, ' I put 

 the needle with its eye towards my fingers 

 alongside it. I then whip the silk downwards 

 towards my hand, over needle and line toge- 

 ther, loosely for four or five turns. Now I put 

 the loose end of the silk through the eye of 

 the needle, and draw the needle and silk 



Fig. 4. 



through the turns, point foremost. Now taking 

 away the needle, and laying the loose end of the 

 silk close to the whipping already completed, 



Fig. 5. 



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