A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . , tc under next, ch 5, thread over 5times, dtc in 1st unoccupied spoke of next wheel, catch in centreof 12 ch, work off remaining st, ch 5, and repeat from first of row. 11. Tc, with 2 ch between. 12. 13. Dc in each st. 14. Tc in 1st st, * ch 3, tc in top of tc just made, miss 2 st, tcin next, and repeat. The squares may be used for tidies or joined for any purposedesired. The lace would be beautiful for finishing a centre-piece,as a corner may be nicely turned, and for this purpose should bemade of No. 50 Barbours Ir
A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . , tc under next, ch 5, thread over 5times, dtc in 1st unoccupied spoke of next wheel, catch in centreof 12 ch, work off remaining st, ch 5, and repeat from first of row. 11. Tc, with 2 ch between. 12. 13. Dc in each st. 14. Tc in 1st st, * ch 3, tc in top of tc just made, miss 2 st, tcin next, and repeat. The squares may be used for tidies or joined for any purposedesired. The lace would be beautiful for finishing a centre-piece,as a corner may be nicely turned, and for this purpose should bemade of No. 50 Barbours Irish flax thread. FLORIDA SHELL LACE, FOR HANDKERCHIEF. [Contributed by Satie J. Campin, Orlando, Florida.] Materials : Barbours Irish flax lace thread, No. 250, 2-cord, 200-yards spools, steel hook size 000, or the finest you can obtain, ayard of Honiton insertion, and 8-inch square of fine linen size desired may be used for the centre, but the smaller the FLORIDA SHELL LACE. 17 daintier. The lace edge, complete, is 3 inches wide, but may benarrower if JFiS PRIZE N£ WORK, BOQlC Florida Shell Lace, for Handkerchief. Draw 6 threads one inch from edge of lawn, all around, turn hemneatly and hemstitch. Width of hem may, of course, be left to onesown taste. Sew the insertion around this square, fulling at thecorners. Begin lace by drawing thread through outer edge of in-sertion and fastening well. The 1st row of shs is made around 18 barbours prize needle-work series. the insertion about ]/^ inch apart; no exact rule can be given forthis, as there are no picots on the edge. Simply make the shseven, and not too full. Fasten in near a corner: i. Ch 3, 3 tc in same place,* ch i, miss a space, sh of 6dtc each separated by i ch, ch i, miss a space, smaller sh of 4tc, and repeat from *. In the large shells draw the middlestitches up longer; all should be drawn out longer than ordinarilyand worked quite loose, to give the fluffy, dainty appearance. Theshells
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