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 100
No. 1 of the Prize Series, is sup-plemented by the present article. Let it be always rememberedthat the only suitable thread for this work is linen; and Barboursis particularly desirable, being so uniform, free from knots, andlustrous. The implements required are netting needles and meshes… … Fig. i. may be supplemented by knitting needles, size 14 needle beingequal to 3^-inch flat mesh. For very fine netting, or in eventof beginning work upon fabric which will not allow the pas-sage of a filled needle,a long darner may beused. An illustration ofthis method is given inNo. 1. The size of…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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