The Priscilla Battenberg and point lace book; a collection of lace ...

each intersection, is very effective. Closely worked
networks may
Fig. Way of Working QcateeFoil
IN Bullion Stitch.
be embellished,
with good ef-
fect, as shown
in Pig. 15. The
needle in this
case is passed
down through
the completed
network at the
point wjiich is
to be the centre
of the figure,
and it reap-
pears through
the network at the point which is to be the outer
end of the figure. The thread is then coiled
around the point of the needle a sufBcient num-
ber of times to fill the space between the disappearance
and reappearance of the needle. The
thumb is placed upon the coil, and the needle and
thread drawn through until the coils are closely
held together, but in a straight line. The needle
is then thrust through the point where it made its
former disappearance, and the coil lies on the network
like a tiny leaf. Clusters of three or four of
these coils meeting at a common centre are very
effective.
The rounded bullion picot may also be worked
upon a completed network, and when it is desired
Fig. 15. Tbefoils in Bullion
Stitch Worked on Buttonholed
Foundation.
stem attached, make a
See Fig. 15.
to have it lie flat, a
stitch may be taken
through the network
and the under-side of
the picot, thus fasten-
ing the coiled loop se-
curely to the network.
Three bullion picot
coils meeting at a cen-
tre, and with a worked
very pretty clover leaf.
Branched Bars, or Buttonholed Bars.
When it is desired to fill with bars spaces too
wide to admit of the use of any of the bar stitches
already given, branched bars will be very appropri-
ate. They may be used with good effect, also,
in filling in backgrounds. A piece of lace
whose background is filled
with branched buttonholed
bars presents an especially
rich appearance, and the
extra time and labor neces-
sary to accomplish this back-
ground is fully repaid by
the beauty of the result.
The usual foundation of
three threads is laid loosely
across one corner of the
space to be filled. These
foundation threads are then
closely buttonholed for about
Fig. 16. Bkanched Buttonhole
Bars.
half their length, when the working thread is car-
ried to the point selected for the end of the next
loop. A second and third passing of the thread
supplies the new foundation for this next loop,
which is then buttonholed for half its length^
when a third foundation is prepared.
This is continued until the spacing of the bars
is accomplished. When in the placing of these
bars it is necessary to complete the buttonholing
of an unfinished bar before another is begun, it
should be done, but the work should be so planned
that the thread need never be broken, but will
pass in a continuous circuit from bar to bar.
All the bars being placed, the work of comJ)let-
ing the buttonholing of them is begun. The com-
pletion of one loop brings the working thread to
the next unfinished bar awaiting completion, and
so, one by one, the buttonholing of the bal-s is
completed.
Bar with Lace Picot.
The lace picots are formed somewhat differently.
See Pig. 17. The pin is placed as for the open
pinned picots, and the thread passed around it
and over and behind the foundation threads as
before, but reappears in-
side or between the sides of
the loop. The pin should
be far enough from the bar
to allow four buttonhole
stitches to be set snugly
upon the loop. The first
one should be placed as
near the pin as possible,
in order to cover entirely
„ .„ „ „ the foundation loop. The
Fig. 17. Buttonhole Bab _
^
WITH Lace Picot. other three stitches should