A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . flaxthread, i spool each of No. iooand No. 150, and 6 yards oflinen hemstitch braid, narrow-width. Use No. 150 for whippingcurves and felling angles, andNo. 100 for rings and lace-stitches. For the rings, windthread 6 times around a pencil,slip off, and buttonhole stitches are so clearly shownthat no description is necessary,particularly as this has beengiven in No. 5 and No. 6. Theloop, between groups of 3 rings,is filled with cloth or darningstitch and the space just abovewith plain point de
A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . flaxthread, i spool each of No. iooand No. 150, and 6 yards oflinen hemstitch braid, narrow-width. Use No. 150 for whippingcurves and felling angles, andNo. 100 for rings and lace-stitches. For the rings, windthread 6 times around a pencil,slip off, and buttonhole stitches are so clearly shownthat no description is necessary,particularly as this has beengiven in No. 5 and No. 6. Theloop, between groups of 3 rings,is filled with cloth or darningstitch and the space just abovewith plain point de this are the buttonholeor Raleigh bars, and below thenet stitch, which is especially ef-fective for large spaces. Carrythe thread from point to pointacross, at even distances, and allone way, twisting back on eachthread and whipping along theedge of the braid to next point;Y^ inch is a good distance forordinary work. As a lace-maker of much ex-perience, I may say that I con-sider Barbours Irish flax threads,in the various numbers, superiorfor this work. ROSE DOILY. 90. Rose Doily. ROSE DOILY. [Contributed by Ermelinda C. Noble, Anniston, Ala.] Materials: Barbours Irish flax lace thread, No. 250, 2-cord,200-yards spools, 7 yards plain point lace braid, 1^2 yards purling,and 5-inch square of fine linen lawn. Description of work is unnecessary, as full directions have sooften been given in the Prize Needlework Series, notably in Nos. 5 L. of C 100 BARBOUR S PRIZE NEEDLE-WORK SERIES. and 6. This design may be adapted very readily to a handker-chief by adding one or more side figures, according to size use as a doily, many will prefer to use Barbours Irish flaxthread, No. 150, 3-cord, 200-yards spools. No. 250 is about equalto the ordinary No. 1200 thread, but is a pure linen and worksbeautifully. This doily is extremely dainty, and suitable for holdinga rose-bowl especially. HANDKERCHIEF, IN THREAD LACE. [Contributed by Mrs. Mary J. Clarke, 1408 E. Spruce Street, Sea
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