Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . pattern(125n, Figs 81B, 82) of raised chain stitch effect is formed. The appearance of a line of knots may be given by interrupting the twine towind the back twining weft round the front one and through to the back again(125o). The ornamental bulbs on top of South Sotho hats sometimes show a decor-ative change of stitch and the ridge at the widest circumference may beaccentuated by tucking each warp under the next before moving each of themone or two warps to the left or right (55, 125p, Fig. 44). Close twined work may h
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . pattern(125n, Figs 81B, 82) of raised chain stitch effect is formed. The appearance of a line of knots may be given by interrupting the twine towind the back twining weft round the front one and through to the back again(125o). The ornamental bulbs on top of South Sotho hats sometimes show a decor-ative change of stitch and the ridge at the widest circumference may beaccentuated by tucking each warp under the next before moving each of themone or two warps to the left or right (55, 125p, Fig. 44). Close twined work may have open bands with the warps crossed (125r,Fig. 81D). Sleeping-mats composed of long warps held together by rows of opentwining, allow of decoration by alternating bands of twining with free spaces(125q), by bands of crossed warp (125s), or by twining a pattern in betweentwo pairs of straight rows (125t). In one example from Natal, the fabrichas been doubled in thickness by overlaying the warps. But this is hardly adecoration. 150 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM B. Fig. 80. A. Band of split-warp twine on plain twine, 125c. B. Band of chain stitch twine onplain, 125e. C. Band of several twined weaves on plain, 125h. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 151
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