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 161
This niesk is formed by twisting two bobbins twice on each side of it, crossingtheir central pairs, placing a pin beneath the cross to support it, and againtwisting the pair now at the right-hand and the pair now at the left-hand, twiceeach to begin a new mesh. a. 158 A LACE GUIDE FOR MAKERS AND… … Each spider requires six pairs. In this sample each pair has been twistedthree times between spiders. Pins are used in the center of the spider bodiesonly. These centers should be raised to give an arched effect. This is done afterthe first half of the spider body is woven, by holding the pairs…
Lace and lace making
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