A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads . Fig. 2. No knots are used, and there is no wrong side. Begin the sidesof the apron 2\ inches from the bottom, and let the work extend towithin 3 inches of the top. The number of repetitions depends onthe fineness of the meshes, and the size of the apron. In the modelthe design (Fig. 1) was repeated 7 times. Be sure that the sides 90 BARBOUR S PRIZE NEEDLE-WORK SERIES. both begin the same number of rows from the bottom. The 2rows of stars at the bottom of the design extend in regular orderacross the apron, and it i
A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads . Fig. 2. No knots are used, and there is no wrong side. Begin the sidesof the apron 2\ inches from the bottom, and let the work extend towithin 3 inches of the top. The number of repetitions depends onthe fineness of the meshes, and the size of the apron. In the modelthe design (Fig. 1) was repeated 7 times. Be sure that the sides 90 BARBOUR S PRIZE NEEDLE-WORK SERIES. both begin the same number of rows from the bottom. The 2rows of stars at the bottom of the design extend in regular orderacross the apron, and it is well to work these after darning one side,so as to get them to come in the right Fig. 3. The edges of the strings are turned down once and finished byrunning 2 parallel threads of floss through them. A deeper hem isturned in the same way at the ends of the strings, and finished with3 zigzag rows of floss. The ruffle (Fig. 2) is worked across, beginning with the lowestrow. In cutting the points, use carefully a small, sharp pair of scis-sors, leaving a row of meshes below the lowest thread. The head-ing is finished with parallel threads, like the edges of strings, anddrawn up sufficiently to fit the apron, to which it is sewn with finewhite flax thread. The edge should not be cut until the lace iscomplete. The frill or heading of the apron is f inch wide, and shirredwith 3 parallel rows of the floss, drawn up to gather it strings are then sewed on. The lace is extremely pretty for trimming drapes or anything ofthe kind. If desired, colored floss, size 8 or 00, may be used fordarning for this purpose. This work is coming into more decided favor, the
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