538 _and_ 538_a_.--_Squares in Guipure d'Art_.

Materials: 2 squares of netting of 8 holes; Messrs. Walter Evans and

Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 10 or 16, according to the fineness

required.

[Illustration: 538.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]

These squares are very pretty for cravat ends, cuffs, or handkerchiefs.

They are worked on netting with very fine cotton in the usual manner,

beginning on two stitches in one corner The different stitches of the

guipure darning can be distinctly seen in illustration, and are point de

feston, point de reprise, point de toile, and point d'esprit on No. 538,

and the same stitches surround a wheel in No. 538_a_.

[Illustration: 538_a_.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]

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[Illustration: 539.--Guipure d'Art Insertion.]

539.--_Insertion in Guipure d'Art_.

Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread Nos. 8 to

16; strip of netting length, required.

This insertion is worked in point de toile, and wheels worked in point

de feston. The ground in point d'esprit.

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