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 80
and works as smoothly as silk, being — especially forthis purpose — eminently superior to the latter. LACE STITCHES. 1. Old point: Fasten thread in braid, carry across, twist backto centre, carry to other points and twist back, adding morebars as the space requires it, draw thread around twice in… … Lace Stitches.(73) 74 barbours prize needle-work series. over and under threads, the raised wheel formed, after twisting thethreads from point to point and back to centre as directed, bycarrying the thread back over each bar, thus going entirely aroundit and forming a rib. This is sometimes called…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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