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The Honiton lace book (1875)

Devonia, pseud · London : Bazaar · leaf 28

An illustration from The Honiton lace book, 1875, leaf 28
, pass this pair round the others, sew to the next hole, pass the pairround again, and so on until you reach the leaf, when disentangle thebobbins, and hang on two pair if you work in lace stitch, three if in wholestitch. Work down the leaf, connecting to the first petal at the nearestpoint of… … Fig. 10. Pearl Edge Trefoil. the following flowers, when you come round the third petal, you sew twiceto the preceding flower where it touches. If you wish to continue thisedge, you must move the bobbins in the following manner: turn tho flapof the cover cloth over them, and pin the doubled cloth…

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