A lace guide for makers and collectors; with a bibliography and five-language nomenclature, profusely illus. with halftone plates and key designs (1920)
Whiting, Gertrude · New York, E.P. Dutton & company · leaf 110
This sample requires twenty pairs, four to each braid. The picot just below the lower joining of each two braids, is made withthe left-hand thread in the same manner as usual. The threads should betwisted before they are crossed, as crossing would push the picot up the sideof the braid. The braids… … —n— ;—\ This pretty ground is very quickly and easily made. Pour passive or vertical pairs besides the weaver are required in the makingof each spot. These four pairs are each twisted once. The two center onesthen cloth-stitch and are twisted once: a pin is placed and closed by linen-stitch-ing;…
Lace and lace making
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