How to Make a Bowstring : Page 386

Free the end of the linen thread and push it in the slotat point A. Run the thread across the board, around pointB, down to point C, up to point E, down to point D, and upto the first pin below point A which is at line 1. Make anotherround of pegs and cross at line 2; another round and cross atline 3. Repeat this operation until the board is crossed at line10. Bring the thread around from line 10 and cross it overthe 10 strands at the cut out.

Grasp the 10 threads with thumb and forefinger of theleft hand at the cut out. With a sharp knife or scissors, cutthe cross threads from line 10 all the way up along the centerline.