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

the working thread through the edge of the braid,
over and under the two diverging threads, and
through the edge of the braid on the other side
until the half wheel is of sufficient size.
Bars of Point d'Angleterre.
Insertion with big wheels. When a more showy-
insertion is desired, a design with larger wheels
may be used. ' To accomplish this a thread is car-
ried lengthwise across the middle of the space to
be filled and fastened into position in the braid at
the ends of the space. The working thread is
then carried by means of overcasting stitches
along the open edge of the braid to the corner of
the space. A loose loop is then formed across
this end of the space by passing the working
thread through the opposite corner, and leaving
the loop loose enough to form the vertical half of
a diamond-shaped space. The thread is then car-
ried by means of overcasting stitches a sufficient
distance along the braid at the side of the space to
be fiUed.
The needle is then thrust over the former loop,
under the horizontal thread that was first carried
across the length
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again over the
thread of the
loop. It is then
carried to the op-
posite side of the
space and fas-
tened to the edge
Fig. 33. iNSEBTioir WITH Large Wheels.
of the braid at
exactly the same
distance from the corner as is its opposite end from
the other corner. The thread is then carried di-
rectly across the space from one end of this second
or inverted, loop to the other, and just tightly
enough to form a straight line across the space.
This thread is then overcast to the middle of ,the
space, where a wheel of four or more circlings of
the threads is woven with the thread passing each
time over the same threads of the intersection.
Should the circles of the resulting wheels be
prone to slip out of place the needle may be thrust
between the two threads of the twisted length,' but
with careful work this will not be necessary. The
wheel being completed, the thread is carried back
of it to its opposite side, where the other half of
the straight thread is overcast and the needle
passed through the braid. From 'this point a new
loop is formed, reaching from one end of the
straight twisted thread to the other. The thread
is then carried along the braid and the work con-
tinued.
The beauty of this insertion lies in the exactness
with which it is made. The space between the
straight threads must always be exactly the same,
and the loops must all be of the same, length, so
that each diamond may be exactly like its neighbors,
and surround a wheel exactly the size of aU
the other wheels.
Insertion with Branches.
These are two very pretty leaf or branched in-
sertions. They are especially appropriate for. oval
or leaf-shaped openings. The working thread is
fastened to the middle of one end of the space to
be filled and carried to the middle of the opposite
end of the space, where it is carried by the needle
under four or five threads of the open edge of the
braid. This ensures the rounded open shape of
the leaflet. The needle is then thrust, in a similar
manner, under the same number of threads, alons;
the left side of the braid near the upper end of the
space, with the needle pointed upwards; The loop
so formed is left slack or loose enough to form the
loose, open loops at the braid edges, and, for the
middle of the loop, to lie close to the lengthwise
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thread or midrib to which it is soon to be tied.