A lace guide for makers and collectors; with bibliography and five-language nomenculture, profusely illus. with halftone plates and key designs (1920)
Whiting, Gertrude · New York, E.P. Dutton & company · leaf 184
h-out pinning and finishes the square. Each square requires two pins directlyopposite each other, causing the weaver to run a little uphill in returning fromthe left toward the right. The solid squares follow each other diagonally, theworkers always travelling from the right towards the left, and… … This filet was made with seven, hanging pairs and a working pair. Eachpair is twisted twice between joints. The joints are made by cloth-stitching.Pins are placed under the joints to keep them in place; but an upper line ofpins is removed as soon as a lower line is reached in order that no gaping…
Lace and lace making
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