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 187
that of the square-meshed Vals:see Line A, Column 7. After the braided sides have been made, one shouldweave the linen-stitch as in the square-meshed Val, not twisting these twopairs before cloth-stitching; but twisting them both once after the linen-stitchis made, before beginning the new braid.… … As A. Penderel Moody says, Either name refers to the working of thestitch, no pins are necessary, and the same worker is swung from each cutworkto the one below. Although Moodys book on Devon Pillow Lace suggestsmaking this stitch from the right to the left, it seems perfectly easy to followthe…
Lace and lace making
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