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Encyclopedia of needlework (1890)

Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890 · [Mulhouse (Alsace) : Printed by Brustlein & Co.] · leaf 487

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of thethread the lace is to be made of; for a coarse lace large pointpaper should be used and small, for the finer kinds of lace.The pricking of the pattern beforehand is particularly impor-tant in the case of the common torchon lace, where the realbeauty of the design consists in its regularity;… … Fig. 783. Posit ION AND OVE.MEMTS OF THE HANDS. The holes made by the prickers are to receive the pins,stuck in as you go along, round which you form and by whichthese are kept in their place. The pins must be long, with round heads and of a sizesuited to the thread. When your pattern is ready…

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