Wheels and rosettes are used to fill up spaces, or in combination, to
form lace.
NO. 25.--ROSETTE IN RAISED POINT D'ANGLETERRE.--This rosette is worked
in a manner similar to the English wheel, the difference being that
after each stitch is passed round and under the bars, the thread is
passed loosely around in the reverse direction, as shown in the
illustration, before proceeding to make the next stitch.
[Illustration: No. 25.--Rosette in Raised Point d'Angleterre.]
NO. 26.--MECHLIN LACE WHEELS.--This is one of the prettiest stitches in
point lace, but also one of the most difficult to work correctly. It is
made thus: Work a number of diagonal bars in button-hole stitch on a
single thread in one direction, then begin at the opposite side in the
same way, and work 5 or 6 stitches past the spot where the two lines
cross; pass the thread round the cross twice, under and over the thread
to form a circle. Work in button-hole stitch half of one-quarter, make a
dot by putting a fine pin in the loop instead of drawing the thread
tight, and work 3 button-hole stitches in the loop held open by the pin,
then take the pin out and continue as before. Beginners will do well to
omit the dot, leaving the loop only on the wheel. Mechlin wheels are
also worked in rows upon horizontal and parallel lines of thread.
[Illustration: No. 26.--Mechlin Lace Wheels.]
NO. 27.--ENGLISH WHEEL.--This is worked in the same manner as Sorrento
wheels, but instead of _winding_ the thread over and under the bars, the
needle is inserted under each bar, and brought out again between the
thread and the last stitch; this produces a kind of button-hole stitch,
and gives the square, firm appearance possessed by this wheel.
[Illustration: No. 27.--English Wheel.]
NOS. 28 AND 30.--SORRENTO WHEEL.--This is worked by fastening the thread
in the pattern to be filled up, as indicated by the letters. Fasten it
first to the place _a_, then at place _b_, carrying it back to the
middle of the first formed bar by winding it round; fasten again at _c_,
carrying it back again to the center by winding it around the bar, and
so on to all the letters; then work over and under the bars thus formed.
[Illustration: No. 28.--Sorrento Wheel.]
[Illustration: No. 30.--Sorrento Wheel.]
NO. 29.--CLOSE ENGLISH WHEELS.--These wheels may be used in open spaces
and may be very easily made from the engraving. They are much like the
wheels used in drawn work--indeed, many of the stitches used in lace are
identical with those used in drawn-work.
[Illustration: No. 29.--Close English Wheels.]