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 35
Wheel Tidy. of laces made with the coarser numbers of the Irish flax thread. Ihave a beautiful lunch-cloth finished with lace and insertion of No.25. We think here that lace is much richer and more effective whenthe coarser threads are used. 32 barbours prize needle-work series, INFANTS BIB.… … Infants Bib. Ch 45 sts, turn. Miss 3, tc in each of 20 sts, 3 in next, tc ineach of 20, ch 3, turn. Make 15 rows in this way, putting tc ineach tc, 3 in middle st, and ch 3 to turn. Catch in back of st tomake ridges. Break thread. Make ch of 3^ inches (for half theneck), attach to narrow side, work…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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