Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages (1920)
Kellogg, Charlotte Hoffman · New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls · leaf 329
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… … U o boc *o 60 so 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…
Brussells Lace Committee · Lace and lace making -- Belgium
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