. The handbook of point lace : with illustrations and descriptions of thirty-four different stitches and a series of designs. Is made by filHng a given space with threads crossing each other at right angles, about the eighth of an inch apart. Whenall are done, commence making the spots by fastening your thread to the braid, and twisting the needle round the thread untilyou come to where the first threads cross each other, then pass your needle under and over the crossed threads until youhave a spot sufficiently large. It is an improvement to make the centre dot large, and gradually work them s
. The handbook of point lace : with illustrations and descriptions of thirty-four different stitches and a series of designs. Is made by filHng a given space with threads crossing each other at right angles, about the eighth of an inch apart. Whenall are done, commence making the spots by fastening your thread to the braid, and twisting the needle round the thread untilyou come to where the first threads cross each other, then pass your needle under and over the crossed threads until youhave a spot sufficiently large. It is an improvement to make the centre dot large, and gradually work them smaller to theouter edge, or the reverse. No. 18.—OPEN ENGLISH LACE. Is made in the same way as the last, with the exception that four threads cross each other, and the spots are only placedwhere the four actually cross. This has a very beautiful effect if the horizontal and upright threads are considerably coarserthan the other two. No. 19.—HENRIQUE LACE
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