. The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . Fig. 720. Saxony Lace—Simple Twist Bobbins, leave two and take up two, and continue the Plaitto another pinhole, where divide again; work up thethreads left at the pinholes in the same way. Twists.—The Twists are of two kinds, Simple andDouble, and are worked as follows : To form a Simp
. The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . Fig. 720. Saxony Lace—Simple Twist Bobbins, leave two and take up two, and continue the Plaitto another pinhole, where divide again; work up thethreads left at the pinholes in the same way. Twists.—The Twists are of two kinds, Simple andDouble, and are worked as follows : To form a Simple Twistas shown in Fig. 720. In the illustration the Bobbinsthat make the Twist are numbered from 1 to 4. Hold 1and 2 in the left hand, 3 and 4 in the right hand. Simul-taneously pass 2 over 1 with the left hand, and 4 over3 with the right hand. The arrows in the engraving pointin the direction of the Twist, which is not shown accom-. Fig. 721. Saxony Lace—Double Twist and Crossing. plished, but with the Bobbins ready to make it; but theTwist made is shown in Fig. 721 in the first turn of theDouble Twist. To form a Double Twist, the movementdescribed in Simple Twist is repeated, and then theBobbin marked 1 is moved over 2, and Bobbin marked3 over Bobbin marked 4. Fig. 721 not only shows theDouble Twist, but the manner of making a Crossing,the Bobbins being crossed after they are twisted. Turn.—When the edge of the Lace is reached, or thethread turned in a contrary direction to that in whichit started. Wheels.—Form these by taking two Bobbins fromthe Lace wherever the upper lines of the Wheel are each couple together four times, then work the centreround of the Wheel in Cloth Stitch ; divide off theBobbins into pairs again, Twist them four times, and workup into the lace where the lower lines of the Wheel end. Patterns.—To work the Pattern shown in Fig. 722:Prick the pinholes where shown in the u
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