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A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads (1892)

Bradford, Mary E, Barbour Brothers Company · [New York] : Barbour Brothers Co. · leaf 101

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in depth of these wee circles in a point,and two rows of them. Outline these points with the linen floss,which has a gloss like silk, then below the points, using again thevery fine linen, work over i mesh of the lace, exactly followingthe points, leaving i row of meshes above and below.… … Darned Net Insertion. lowest circle of the diamond above; follow the weave of the lacefor the other circles. Twelve of these make an exact diamond. Fillin the centre of these diamonds, diagonally, working over i mesh ofthe lace net, the same as in the long rows; 4 rows fill the centre.Then outline…

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