The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work .. (1860)
Hartley, Florence · Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley · leaf 203
d on three,four, or more threads, according to the shape of the space intended to be filled.Begin by making a Sorrento bar across the space, from one point to the opposite;then a second one, slipping the needle under the first in going, and over it in L98 POINT LACE. twisting back; then do a third,… … STITCHES. slip it under two, the first of which is always the last of the previous two, untilyou have made the spot a sufficient size, when you finish the last bar, by twist-ing down to the braid, and fastening off- The size of the space must be the guidefor that of the rosette; but from six to ten…
Fancy work · Embroidery · Needlework · Decoration and ornament
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