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is thus alternately repeated: Two horizontal loops on one needle, 
a reversal, two horizontal loops on the other needle, and so on until 
the required length of band is reached (WER, m1). 
49. With one hooked needle.—Crochet (pl. 9). Carib, Makusi, 
and other women crochet anklets and armlets, working them on 
the limb itself, or around a wooden cylinder of about the same 
circumference as the ankle or arm which it will subsequently grace. 
The hooked needle employed is a thin tapering wooden pencil, 
though all variations in material and shape approaching the orthodox 
European crochet hook are availed of; on occasion | have observed 
a bent wire used. Starting with one end (s) of the string (A), a 
chain is made of a number of loops (a, a, a) until a length equal to the 
circumference of the ankle is reached; a loop independent of the 
previous one—that is, a free one (f)—is now made and tied to the 
proximal end of the string (s), though for clearness this actual tying 
together is not shown in the illustration. The second row of loops 
(b, b, 6) is next made, not only as before, dependent upon one 
another, but each is also dependent on every consecutive two in 
the first row (B). The third and succeeding rows of loops (c, d, e) 
are made on a plan identical with the second, and thus row after 
row (C) is added until the desired width is obtained. The com- 
pleted article (pl. 9 D), like the next to be described, reminds one, 
in general appearance, of a knitted woollen serviette ring. - By 
sewing together the lower edges of such a ring, a bag (pl. 85 A, B) can 
be made (sec. 388). 
50. With two hooked needles.—Crochet (continued). Warrau 
women will crochet cotton anklets on two delicate hooked slips of 
wood about 24 inches long as follows (fig. 22): Holding one of 
these needles (m) horizontally between the left thumb and fore- 
finger (A) the end (d) of a cotton ball is wound over it, say, seven 
times, so as to form a row of seven coils (a! to a’). The second needle 
(n), now held parallel with and above the first in the right hand, 
catches up (B) the first coil (a'), hooks up a piece of the proximal end (p) 
of the cotton string (C), and passes it outward, so as to complete at the 
same time the first loop of the first row (a) and the first loop (b') of 
the second row (1)). The same needle (n) now catches up the second 
coil (a?) of the first row (E), hooks up another piece of string (F), and 
passes it outward so as to complete at the same time the second 
loop (a) of the first row and the second loop (6?) of the second row 
(G). And thus the process goes on from right to left until the 
operator has two rows (H) each of seven loops (a! to a”) and (5! to 67). 
The lower needle (m) is next pulled away, and the upper (n) with its 
loops turned right round (J), so as to take the place of the former in 
the piece just manufactured; that is to say, m is reinserted and 
catches up from n the first loop (6’) on the right (K), hooks up another 
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