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 230
See Line G, Col. 7. The sides of these meshes are plaited three times: theinner joint pairs are twisted twice before and twice after the linen-stitch: theidle, outside pairs are also twisted twice between tresses. It may be interestingto compare this ground with that under Line B, Column 5. =o… … H ■ M ■ r This higgledy-piggledy net requires very little explanation for the makingand must be left partly to the eye of the maker regarding the distribution ofthe spots. One suggestion is to work the first row alternately with net stitchand spot; the next row all net, and the third again…
Lace and lace making
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