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

Fig. 62. Spanish Poiht.
ried back to the
left side of the
space by passing
the needle once
through each loop
of the first row
and drawing the
thread up tight.
Only one stitch
can successfully be
taken up by the needle at a time, as putting the
needle through several loops and then drawing
the thread is very apt to pull the stitches out
of place, and so make them slant instead of
maintaining the desired vertical position.
When the working thread has reached the left
side of the space, it is carried down the edge of
the braid and the second row of loop stitches
worked.
Spanish Point.
A very pretty variation of this stitch is formed
by placing the stitches in groups. See Fig. 53.
Three Spanish point stitches are worked at
regular, somewhat close intervals, as in the
former stitch. Space enough for two stitches
IS omitted, and the first stitch of the next group
of three stitches is »placed just where the sixth
stitch would have been worked had not the
stitches belonging to the fourth and fifth spaces
been omitted.
Fig. 63. Spanish Point.
These groups of
three stitches are
continued across
the space and the
working thread
entered into the
braid. The needle
is then thrust once
through each of the
two smaller loops
and twice through
the longer loop that separates the groups of
stitches. When the thread has been brought
clear across the space, it is entered into the
braid and carried by overcasting stitches the
necessary distance along the edge of the braid.
The second row of the groups of stitches is then
begun. The first stitch of the first group is placed
in the loop between the first and second stitches of
the row above. The second stitch is placed in the
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other or following loop, and the third or last stitch
of the group is placed on the long loop just beyond
the third stitch of the row above. This is contin-
ued across the space. The thread is carried back
to the left side of the space as before by thrusting
it through the loops of the last row.
Each succeeding row is begun by placing the
first stitch to the right of the first stitch of the
preceding row, and the result is a series of
diagonal lines of stitches in groups of three,
• extending from the upper left corner of the
space toward the lower right corner.
Another combination consists of a group of six
Spanish point stitches set close together, followed
by a space wide enough for four stitches. See
Pig. 54. Another group of six stitches is worked
and followed by another space the size of the
former one.
This is con-
tinued until
the braid at
the opposite
side is
reached. The
thread is then
carried in the
regular way
back to the left side of the space. A stitch is
worked in the loop following the second stitch,of
the first group of six stitches of the row above.
This is followed by a stitch in each of the two
following loops, and results in a trio of stitches
directly under the middle of the group of six
stitches above.
Fig. 54. Spanish Point.
Three other stitches are worked in the open
space or long loop, and these are followed by
another trio of stitches worked under the middle
of the second group of six stitches above. This is
continued to the end of the space. The third row
is like the first and the fourth is like the second.
Another arrangement of the Spanish stitches
is shown in Fig. 55. The first row consists of
stitches placed closely together at regular inter-
vals across the space. At the completion of each
row the working thread is overcast back to the left
side of the space. The second row consists of
four stitches placed in each of the first four loops
between the stitches of the preceding row. One
loop is omitted and another group of fcur stitches
worked. This is continued across the space. The
third row consists of groups of three stitches