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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 99

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strip of the linen 3 inches wide. Beginning a half-inchfrom the edge, draw 12 threads the length of the strip, leave 3 98 GUIPURE LACE. threads, draw 12 more, and proceed in this way until you have 7drawn spaces, leaving 3 threads between each. Then draw the short way, a few threads at a time, as… … Guipure Lace. 2 threads across the top, next to the lace, and around the points.After the work is done the linen is to be cut away. The crash must be put in a frame, such as is described on page56, Barbours Prize Series, No. 1, in order to keep it straight whileworking. The stitches given in this…

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