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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
t is in allrespects the same asdirected for whole stitch;but the fewer threads thatare tied at the edge thebetter, as it is so difficultto cut the ends close off. In Close Trefoil there isno new stitch to learn,but it will give an oppor-tunity of practising allthose which have beendescribed, and… … Fig. 7. Close Trefoiland Leaf in Lace Stitch, with Gimp, 18 HONITON LACE-MAKING. Commence at the end of the stem. Work straight up it (the leaf will bedone afterwards) and round the inner circle of the flower, making a sewingwhere you cross the circle. We now come to the petals, which are donein…

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