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148 Woodcraft Birch Bark Roll the cover removed and the two long sides cut down to about half the original height. Cut slots into the two short sides, the distance apart depending on the size of the beads to be used. Drive a nail into the bottom of the box at one short side, and peck a hole into the middle of the other short side. Cut a wooden peg to fit the hole. Cut one more thread than the number of beads to be used in the width of the band, and about 12 inches longer than the finished band is to be. Tie all these strings together at one end, and secure the bunch on the nail which you drove in at one end of the box. Pass the threads through the slots which you cut into the tops of the short sides of the box, one thread in each slot. When all are in, gather them together, roll them into a rope, slip the end through the hole in the side of the box, and fasten there with the wooden peg. If the finished band is to be 15 or 16 inches long, the loom may be threaded differently, and the hole at one short side eliminated. Fasten to the nail one end of a thread from a spool. Draw the thread through the far slot, across the top of the loom, through the near slot, around under the box, up through the slots again; and so on till the required width is obtained. As the beading progresses, move the whole band of threads until it is long enough, then cut across the threads, releasing the band. | If the finished band is to be longer than twice the length of the loom, another device must be employed. In this case, a cigar box is not desirable, though still possible with rein- forcement. The best plan, I take it, is to make one’s loom out of solid pine boards. Herewith I offer a plan that is quite satisfactory. JI made this loom in one hour—could do it in less time if all ma- terial was ready at hand. The baseboard (A) is of 34 inch stuff; 1.e., dressed inch. The roller (G) is 3 inches of a broom handle, with a small hole bored right through the long way, and four small holes at right angles to this to receive nails that hold it fixed after the bead work is rolled. The slot (E) is nailed on the two arms so that the nails may rest against it as a lock. The roller has a short strong nail in the middle to secure the bundle of warp strings. ° The first bridge (C) has saw cuts at intervals determined by the size bead to be used. This bridge is nailed on to the