The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 209
in modern Point Lace. It requires to be workedwith the finest thread. To work : Cross the space in onedirection with a number of closely twisted Bars, a littleway apart, but equal in distance *. Then, under these Barspass a thread in the opposite direction, and secure it to thebraid, twist it to… … Fig. 338. English Lace. threads cross, work in the same manner, and repeat from *,as shown in Fig. 388. Another way of working thisstitch is : Place the lines diagonally across the space, andradiate them, by making them farther from each other atone side than the other; work the spots over the…
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