A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads . DRESS TRIMMING. 129 DRESS TRIMMING. [Contributed by Mrs. James E. Burgess, Madison, Wis.] Materials : Barbours cream flax thread, No. 40, 3-cord, 200-yardsspools, brass rings about one-half inch in diameter, beads as desired,and steel hook large enough to carry the thread nicely. String thebeads on the thread. 1. Cover ring with 42 dc, fasten 1st to last Dress Trimming. 2. Ch 3 for 1 tc, 1 tc in next st, ch 1, miss 1, 2 tc in next 2 sts,repeat around the ring, making 12 groups of 2 tc, each separated by1 ch,
A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads . DRESS TRIMMING. 129 DRESS TRIMMING. [Contributed by Mrs. James E. Burgess, Madison, Wis.] Materials : Barbours cream flax thread, No. 40, 3-cord, 200-yardsspools, brass rings about one-half inch in diameter, beads as desired,and steel hook large enough to carry the thread nicely. String thebeads on the thread. 1. Cover ring with 42 dc, fasten 1st to last Dress Trimming. 2. Ch 3 for 1 tc, 1 tc in next st, ch 1, miss 1, 2 tc in next 2 sts,repeat around the ring, making 12 groups of 2 tc, each separated by1 ch, fasten 1st to last. 3. Put hook in 1 ch between groups of tc, slip up bead, make 1ch, then 1 ch without bead, 1 ch with bead, fasten between tc, andrepeat all around. 4. Make 1 dc, 1 tc between beads of 3d row, 1 ch with bead, 1tc and 1 dc between beads in 3d row; repeat. These wheels may be put together in a great variety of idea of using flax threads in this way is original with me, as Iwished to trim a cream serge dress, and could not find such trim-ming as I wanted. This is easily made and very dainty. EXPLANATION OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS USEDIN BARBOURS PRIZE NEEDLE-WORK SERIES. TERMS USED EST KNITTING. K, knit plain. O, over; thread over needle, forming an extra stitch. O 2, oveitwice. N, narrow ; knit two stitches together. P, purl (or seam) ; knit with thread before needle. SI, n, and b, slip, narrow, and bi
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