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 200
stitching the four threads nearest the center, placing a pin belowthe linen-stitch to support it and avoid confusion. Meanwhile one thread shouldbe left idly dangling each side of the joint. These idle, side threads are againtaken up and braided after the joint is finished. The braiding is… … This ground is made in the same way as that described under Line D,Column 1, except that the pricking is not on the diagonal, and the threads runvertically and horizontally instead of obliquely: the horizontal threads beingused as the weavers, working from left to right on one line and from right…
Lace and lace making
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