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The Honiton lace book (1875)

Devonia, pseud · London : Bazaar · leaf 20

An illustration from The Honiton lace book, 1875, leaf 20
is that only one bobbin works across the leaf Ieach time. You treat the bobbins in pairs, but the working pair is con-tinually changing, therefore one thread runs straight across, and the othersslant down the work cross-wise. The stitch itself is as follows : Make thewhole or streak stitch, put the… … ON LACE STITCH, HANGING ON BOBBINS, AND FALSE PINHOLES. 17 the left; bring the next pair forward ; middle left-hand over middle right,one twist with both pairs, and so on until you come to the streak pair; make a whole stitch without twisting (asat first), twist thrice and make plainedge; then…

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