Old point lace and how to copy and imitate it (1878)
Hawkins, Daisy Waterhouse · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 20
OLD POINT LACE. i7 space being filled entirely with button-hole- stitch. Attach a needleful of thread firmly to the outline threads or cord at the right- hand side, carry it tightly across the space to … the left-hand side and attach it there, then work a row of button-hole-stitch very small and even, taking each stitch through the out- line of the scroll, and including in it the thread that is fastened across. Continue to work other rows in the same manner until the scroll is filled up. Observe…
Lace and lace making
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