Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . gs by the Directrice of the BrusselsSchool of Design, Mme. Lucie Paulis FROM the point of view of technique, alllaces are divided into two groups; lacesmade with the needle, and laces madewith bobbins. /.—Laces Made with the Needle All needle lace is executed in the same , the design of the whole is divided into de-tails sufficiently small to allow of their beingeasily held and turned by the worker. The de-sign of each of these details is reproduced on aspecial kind of black paper by means of
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . gs by the Directrice of the BrusselsSchool of Design, Mme. Lucie Paulis FROM the point of view of technique, alllaces are divided into two groups; lacesmade with the needle, and laces madewith bobbins. /.—Laces Made with the Needle All needle lace is executed in the same , the design of the whole is divided into de-tails sufficiently small to allow of their beingeasily held and turned by the worker. The de-sign of each of these details is reproduced on aspecial kind of black paper by means of tinypricked holes that follow all its lines. The lace worker sews this pattern (or piqure)to a piece of double white cloth, which gives itsolidity. She is then ready to begin the traceor outlining process. A strand of two or threethreads is appliqued along all the contours ofthe pattern by means of a very fine needle andvery fine thread, which catches the cloth belowthe black paper, passing and repassing througheach of the holes of the pattern, thus holding the279 BOBBINS OF BELGIUM. o APPENDIX 281 outlining strand in a sort of embrace. When allthe contours of the drawing have been traced,the second part of the work begins, the executionof the points that are to fill in the spaces. All the points or stitches of needle lace areloops, simple or twisted, formed by a needlecarrying a single thread. (The worker holds theneedle with the base instead of the point, for-ward.) The first row of loops is attached to thethreads of the outlining strand. Arriving at theextremity of the space she is working, the lace-maker begins a second row of loops running inthe opposite direction, attaching each loop to thecorresponding loop of the first row. At the endof this row she fastens it to the outlining strandby one or two stitches and starts on the thirdrow, repeating this operation until her space iscompletely covered. The points or stitches most frequently em-ployed are: I. The plat (sketch
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