The Priscilla Battenberg and point lace book; a collection of lace stitches with working directions for braid laces (1912)
Brown, Nellie Clarke, 1861-, Priscilla Publishing Co · Boston, Mass., The Priscilla publishing company · leaf 13
he space to be filled,and carried along theedge of the braid, onestitch to the right. Itis then brought acrossthe length of the spaceand attached to thebraid, the same distancefrom the centre of thespace as it is removedby the overcasting stitchat the opposite end.The thread is then car-ried by… … Fig. 18. PoiST dAxvebs Bab. be perfectly parallel, and drawn tightly across thespace, but not so tightly that they will draw thebraid out of place. Keeping these foundationthreads absolutely parallel, the working thread ispassed in a darning or weaving stitch over andunder them for the desired…
Battenberg lace · Lace and lace making
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