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RERAMIC STUDIO 
below which should be a tassel of white beads, witb one yellow 
bead after every five white ones. 
Design No. 4 is verj^ pretty and was called m colonial 
times the "Rosebud" pattern. The warp threads are of grej- 
purse silk with grey sewing silk for the woof. The design may 
be made up in various combinations. Red buds, green leaves, 
and a white background would be prettj^ or a backgroiuid of 
milk white beads, pink buds and leaves of blue make an effec- 
tive combination if the colors are chosen so as to harmonize. 
If the chain is to be used for a watch it should be 52 inches 
long and finished with a silver catch. 
Design No. 5 can be made either three or five beads wide 
using green in the background and pale yellow or white for 
the design. 
Attractive chains are made bj? combining the woven and 
.strung work as in illustration No. 3. Green and blue were the 
colors used with a dash of Indian yellow. For the warp take 
eight threads of black linen, each i^ yards long, leaving at 
least five inches of the warp for finishing. Weave in the 
design No. 6 which will make a space inore than one inch in 
length. The background is of dark blue, the diamond green 
and the center bead yellow. When the design has been 
woven take the work from the loom and on one outside thread 
string 24 blue beads, 4 green, i yellow, 4 gr., 24 bl., 4 gr., i y., 
4 gr., 24 bl. beads. Pass the second strand through these 
same beads^ making one beaded string on two threads. On 
the third thread string 38 bl., 4 gr., i y., 4 gr., 38 bl. and pass 
the fourth thread through them. The third beaded strand 
should be strung like the second and the fourth lil<;e the first. 
These strands should be exactly even when finished and as the 
beads vary in size, it maj^ be necessary? to add or subtract a 
bead or two to even the ends. When the work is replaced in 
the loom weave in the same design as before. Carry the woof 
thread through one of the outside strung threads as it is better 
not to break the thread when it can be avoided. Make eleven 
of the woven spaces and eleven strung spaces. The ends are 
joined without any finish by weaving the threads liack and 
forth. It might be well to make but half the design at the 
beginning and complete the figure at the end. 
In design No. 7 the beads used were a beautiful deep 
iridescent blue, combined with gold lined beads. The woven 
section was seven beads wide, so use eight threads in the warp. 
On each of four warp threads string a few blue beads, after 
a few sections are made you can decide as to the whole number 
needed. On two other threads string a few gold lined beads 
and on one of the remaining threads string quite a quantity of 
gold beads. The eighth thread should be passed through the 
thread just strung, making one double thread. 
When fastening the work in the loom enter first a thread 
containing blue beads, then gold, then blue next the double 
thread of gold, then the remaining blue, gold, and blue threads. 
Push the beads along and weave in the design, making the 
border and cross of gold lined beads and the foundation of the 
blue beads. When the first woven space is completed take 
two blue beads on the needle and weave into the first three 
threads. Push up I bl., I gl., I bl. beads, after which weave 
in two more bli;e beads. This makes a flower like figure or 
forget-me-not as it is called. Repeat this figure nine times 
and make nine similar figures on the other side of the chain. 
(See sample for this design, illustration No. 4.) Push up 
enough gold beads on the double thread to equal in length 
the figures either side of it and weave in another solid space. 
Gold and blue beads were combined with an occasional larger 
blue bead in the tassels. Each tassel was headed with a haiid- 
some blue and gold bead. 
WATCH FOBS 
Watch fobs are usually made about 5^ inches long includ- 
ing fringe and about an inch wide. Some of the fobs are 
straight across the bottom with a fringe for a finish. These 
are usually pointed at the top where the catch is joined, they 
are also made straight across the top, and pointed at the lower 
edge, with a fringe below. Of course the warp threads cannot 
be of purse silk in such a short piece. Use twist, coarse or 
fine, or linen to suit the size of the beads. No. 80 linen is a 
good No. for the warp. Allow several inches of extra lengtli 
for it is exceedingly difficult to string the fringe and fasten 
the ends if the threads are short. 
Illustration No. 8 could be made of fine white beads with 
the design in silver or color or with a black background and 
design in steel or gun metal. 
Use ])ursc silk for the foundation of all l)clts and as coarse 
a sewing silk as the l)eads will carry for the woof. If the belt 
is to be waist length only, allow not more than six or seven 
inches beyond the required length and join the ends with a 
buckle. Man3^ of the belts are made long enough to cross in 
front, the ends falling ten or twelve inches below the waist line. 
The long belts often measure a yard and a half and are far 
more attracti\'c than the short ones. It is an excellent plan 
AUSS G. POMEROY lUus. No. 5 
to line anj' of the belts with a piece of silk or ribbon and put 
hooks and loops on the crossed belts to fasten. 
In design No. 3, it is better to arrange the warp on the 
loom so as to begin in the center of the belt and weave in 
the figure shown in the upper part of the design. This figure 
will not be repeated but the following figure will be until the 
belt reaches three inches below the waist line after the ends are 
crossed. The warp should then be divided into two parts and 
the small figure woven into the length of five or six inches in 
each part. When the narrow ends have been woven on one 
end of the belt readjust the work in the loom and weave the 
other half. Each narrow end should be finished with a tassel, 
headed by a large bead. Beads twice the size of the beads 
used in weaving could be put in occasionally when making the 
tassel. The background was of opaque white beads, the bor- 
der, rectangle, and diamonds of blue with a touch of Indian 
yellow and green as indicated below the design. Each section 
should be separated by the bars of blue, green, and yellow. 
In the design the effect of a rectangle and diamonds is not 
brouglit out as the beads elongate any design to a marked 
degree. 
The clover-leaf design for a belt still in process in the loom 
(dlus. No. 3), was made with a black backgroiuid and lavander 
figures; this is also eft'ectiA'e worked out in black' and white or 
