LANDING GEAR NETTING 81 



termination, and with the mesh stick in the hand carry 

 the cord round the stick, thread through the loop of 

 string and tighten to hold the cord in position. The 

 most convenient way is to work on to a piece of 

 string carried round the left foot under the heel. On 

 to this string attach a smaller loop of string to slide 

 along. The thumb of the left hand is placed on the 

 cord and mesh stick, and the cord carried round the 

 stick from behind, as shown in Fig. III., the needle 

 passing by the first loop but through the second 

 one. Draw the cord up tight, and the first knot is 

 complete. 



In making the knot, the thumb must hold the cord 

 on the mesh stick firmly, and not be released too 

 soon, and the thumb will assist in tightening the knot 

 when completed. Otherwise, if allowed to slip, a 

 sliding hitch will result instead of a proper netting 

 knot. The first mesh (as Fig. IV.) having been com- 

 pleted, the mesh stick can be pulled out, and the next 

 stitch commenced and knotted beneath it, as at A, 

 Fig. V., and others in succession (B, c, D, E, F), until 

 a chain of twenty meshes or so has been completed. 

 The chain can then be taken off the loop of string. 

 Since this first loop made will be of different size, it 

 can be untied and the loop cut off. 



The meshes A, B, c, D, E, F, should now be 

 threaded on to a piece of string and tied together to 

 form a loop, which can be put round the foot on 

 the floor while another row of meshes are worked 

 (s, T, u, v, w, x, Fig. VII.). The mesh stick itself can 

 now be left in position, and not taken out at the 

 completion of each stitch. The completed stitches 

 being slipped along the stick to the left, as they are 

 completed on the right-hand side, make the same 



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