Materials: Braid; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No.
16 or 24, according to the fineness required.
This lappet is exceedingly pretty. It is composed of the following
stitches:--Point d'Alençon, point de tulle, English rosettes, Sorrento
bars, d'Alençon bars, dotted Venise bars, and the fancy stitch point
d'Anvers, which is not a true point lace stitch, but which is much
employed in modern point.
[Illustration: 497.--Point Lace Lappet.]
[Illustration: 498.--Point d'Anvers.]
[Illustration: 499.--Point Grecque.]
Point Grecque is another useful variety of fancy stitch, and so easily
worked as to be a favourite stitch with beginners.
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[Illustration: 500.--Letter A in Point Lace.]
[Illustration: 501.--Letter A Enlarged.]
_500 to 502.--Alphabet in Point Lace. (See endpapers.)_
Materials: Point lace cord; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg
thread No. 36.
This alphabet is useful for marking pocket-handkerchiefs, and for
initials for sachets, &c. The cord is laid upon the pattern and pricked
out by passing a thread up through a hole over the cord, and back
through the same hole; then pass on to the next hole, and repeat. The
holes should be about an eighth of an inch apart, or nearer when the
pattern is finely convoluted. The letters are worked in point de
Bruxelles, point d'Alençon, and dotted Sorrento bars. No. 501 shows the
letter A greatly enlarged, to show the mode of working.
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TABLE OF THREADS SUITED TO VARIOUS
ARTICLES WORKED IN POINT LACE.
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|Caps | 36 " " |
|Collars | 30 " " |
|Couvrettes | 2 4 6 |
|Cravats | 18 30 " |
|D'Oyleys | 8 10 12 |
|Dress Trimmimgs | 22 30 " |
|Edgings | 14 30 " |
|Handkerchiefs | 30 36 40 |
|Insertions, coarse | 6 8 12 |
| " fine | 24 30 " |
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
Point lace cord runs about twelve yards to the hank.
Point lace edged braid runs thirty-six yards on cards.
Plain linen twelve yards in each hank.
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