shoppe

me a grassho

ot 'nough to do 'thout mak

can make them for myself. I'll watch

w I has to, but don't yo' come pes

l 'em up slow like, then they'll come out nice and smooth, an' leave they ole rough skins behind, just like a eel

best that-a-way. Can't forgit the feeli

around your middle fing

e next grass ac

ack the ends of

e next grass ac

the second grass

tween yo' fingers just like that (Fig. 64). Put the next grass across yo' hand (Fig. 65), an' take up the second grass-ends, bendin' 'em back to keep company with first grass-ends. That makes another bar (Fig. 66). Now yo' do it an

s just above these here blossom ends (see illustration). There now, yo' done made a

pper-houses, by the old colored "mammies." They are funny little cages, and, of cours

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quiet occupation for restless little fingers. Sitting in the orchard, nestling like little partridges amid the tall

l's H

hem together a

of the grasses and

ie them al

of the second row one

ass ha

appears to spring directly from the root, and it is smooth and pliable. You may find orchard-grass a

ed them all in pairs (Fig. 69). Make the second row by separating the pairs of the first and tying one grass of one pair to the neighboring grass of the next pair, making the knots one inch below the first row. This leaves the first and last grasses hanging loose (Fig. 70). On the third row the first and last grasses are tied in once more (Fig. 70). On the fourth they are left again, and so they alternate unti

baby in th

ry p

uet-

In this you may carry the most delicate wild flowers an

der made of

together the se

under one spoke, over the next, under the third, over the fourth, going around and around spirally until the end of the weaver is reached, then tie it to one of the spokes. Keep forcing the spokes farther and farther apart as you weave until the holder is shaped like a cone. As you see in the illustration, the weaver never pass

s Napk

an be made by weaving o

napkin

blade from each bu

over A and D un

t-hand grass C over A, and the right-hand grass D under B and over C (Fig. 73). Next weave the left-hand grass E under A and over D, then the right-hand grass F over B, under C, and over E. Weave the remaining four grasses in the same way, taking first from one side, then from the other. When your work has reached the stage shown in Fig. 74, ta

remaining grasse

rass A under, and w

ou Hav

tie the opposite ends together in two knots. The groups G and G in Fig. 77 form one knot, the groups H and

the opposite

ust not be old enough to shed their seeds into your eyes. When dry most grass is quite brittle and will break if you att