A lace guide for makers and collectors; with a bibliography and five-language nomenclature, profusely illuswith halftone plates and key designs . The wavy, upright lines of the spider are made of four pairs, untwisted inthe spider-body itself, though each pair is twisted once between intersections inthe open part of the pattern. All the joints are linen-stitched. The two pairscoming from the upper left cloth-stitch in consecutive order through those comingfrom the right, and a pin is placed to support the upper apex of the the horizontal pairs weave through the body, and the spider


A lace guide for makers and collectors; with a bibliography and five-language nomenclature, profusely illuswith halftone plates and key designs . The wavy, upright lines of the spider are made of four pairs, untwisted inthe spider-body itself, though each pair is twisted once between intersections inthe open part of the pattern. All the joints are linen-stitched. The two pairscoming from the upper left cloth-stitch in consecutive order through those comingfrom the right, and a pin is placed to support the upper apex of the the horizontal pairs weave through the body, and the spider is closed byrepeating in the reverse direction the process just outlined for beginning base of each spider is supported by a pin, and the horizontal pairs arealso supported by pins where they cross in the center of the spider. Throughthe body proper run four horizontal bands or pairs. These are twisted oncebetween spiders and once in the open center of the spider, forming a river or n= 172 A LACE GUIDE FOR MAKERS- AND COLLECTORS ---•??-- -Q a LINE E, COL. 14—Continued Italian Spiders with 4 Twisted, Horizontal Bars. open ey


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