Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 20;
netted squares of 7 and 8 holes.
[Illustration: 554.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]
These two small squares are suitable for ornamenting cravats, lappets
for caps and lingeries. They are worked in darning and linen stitch. The
centre part of the square, No. 554, is a small wheel covered with raised
stitches.
[Illustration: 555.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]
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556.--_Square in Guipure d'Art_.
Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 12.
The centre of this square is worked in point de feston as well as the
border; point de toile forms the groundwork of the square in the
centre, round which a row of button-hole stitch is worked.
[Illustration: 556.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]
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557.--_Insertion in Guipure d'Art_.
Materials: Strip of netting of 4 holes in width; Messrs. Walter Evans
and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 12.
The ground of this simple pattern is worked in point d'esprit, square
wheels are worked in the centre of the strip.
[Illustration: 557.--Insertion in Guipure d'Art.]
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558 _to_ 563.--_Different Strips of Insertion, Rosettes and Lace, in
Guipure d'Art_.
Materials: Fine white cotton; Messrs. Waiter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg
thread Nos. 16 and 20.
These strips of insertion, rosettes, and borders are very suitable for
ornamenting lingeries, cravats, &c. The ground of insertion, Nos. 558
and 560, is worked with fine white cotton over a fine steel
knitting-needle, in slanting netting, and darned with thread in the
manner seen in illustrations. The ground of each strip is 11 rounds
wide, and worked with button-hole stitch along the edges; the darned
patterns can be worked from illustration.
[Illustration: 558.--Insertion in Guipure d'Art.]
[Illustration: 559.--Insertion in Guipure d'Art.]
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[Illustration: 560.--Rosette in Guipure d'Art.]
For the rosette, No. 560, cast on 6 stitches over a fine
knitting-needle, and join the stitches into a circle; in the 1st round
work 2 stitches in every stitch. In the 2nd--5th rounds work 2 stitches
in every increased stitch of the preceding round, and in every other
stitch 1 stitch. In the 6th round take a steel knitting-needle double
the size of the first, and work over it 1 stitch in every stitch of the
preceding round. Then work the 7th round over the fine needle as
follows:--
[Illustration: 561.--Border in Guipure d'Art.]
Draw always the second stitch of 2 stitches through the first, and work
1 stitch in the stitch which has been drawn through the first, and then
1 stitch through the other stitch. In the 8th round work always 2
stitches in the stitch between the 2 crossed stitches, 1 stitch in all
the other stitches. Lastly, darn the rosette, from illustration, with
fine glazed cotton.
For the ground of the rosettes, illustrations Nos. 562 and 563, cast on
6 stitches, join the stitches into a circle, and work then in the 1st
round 2 stitches in every stitch; in the following 8 rounds 2 stitches
in every increased stitch, in all the other stitches 1 stitch. The last
(10th) round is worked without increasing. Then darn the rosettes, from
illustrations, with thread in darning stitch, linen stitch, and point
d'esprit. The edges of the two rosettes are worked round in button-hole
stitch; in every selvedge stitch work 3 button-hole stitches. These two
rosettes can be joined together for small couvrettes.
[Illustration: 562.--Rosette in Guipure d'Art.]
[Illustration: 563.--Rosette in Guipure d'Art.]
The ground of the border, No. 561, is formed by a strip of straight
netting 9 squares wide, cut out in vandykes on one side, and worked
round in button-hole stitch, as seen in illustration. This ground is
darned, from No. 561, in darning stitch, point d'esprit, linen stitch,
and ornamented with bars and wheels (See illustration).
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[Illustration: 564.--Corner Border in Guipure d'Art.]