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

large loops.
The fourth
row consists,
like the
second, of
the large
loops placed
Fig. 111. Bkussbls Net.
each time on
the middle
loop of the group of stitches above. The
fifth row, like the third, consists of four button-
hole stitches on each of the loops above.
Diamond Stitch in Brussels Net.
The diamond arrangement of Brussels net
stitches shown in Fig. 112 is very showy and ef-
fective for filling in large spaces. Groups of six
rather closely set buttonhole stitches are worked
at regular intervals with a space between the
groups equal to
the width of one
of them, and with
the loop kept long.
The second row
consists of a group
o f three buttonhole
stitches worked
into the three
middle loops of each group above and three
buttonhole stitches worked on each long loop.
The third row is composed of groups of six
stitches worked under each three of the preceding
row, two stitches to the left of the first stitch
above, one on each loop and two to the right of
the last or third stitch. The loops between the
groups are left long and the next row, like the
second, consists of three stitches in each long
loop and three below the groups of six.
Spanish and Brussels Net.
Figure 113 is a simple combination of Spanish
and Brussels net stitches. As the Spanish net
stitch is always worked more
Fig. 113. Spanish
and Brussels
Net.
112. Diamond Stitch in
Bbdssels Net.
easily from left to right the
work is begun at the left and
a single row of the Spanish
net stitches (Fig. 58), T^orked
across the space. The second
row consists of a single Brus-
sels net stitch (Fig. 38),
worked in the loop between
eadh of the Spanish net stitches
above. These rows of Spanish and Brussels net
are worked alternately until the space is filled.
Ringed Raleigh Bars.
This is one
of the richest
and most
beautiful o f
the lace
stitches and
will greatly
add to the
beauty of any
piece of lace
in which it is
used ; see Fig.
114. The
rings may be
the fine
Fig. 114. Ringed Raleigh Baes.
Flemish machine-made variety or they may be
made by the worker. When this is preferred the
foundation of each- ring is prepared by winding
the thread a sufficient number of times around a
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ring gauge (Fig. 1) or other suitable cylindrical
implement. These windings are held together by
overcasting them with the working thread, and
the rings, not yet buttonholed, are basted into
position on the pattern. They may be spaced
regularly and the bars arranged in a geometrical
design as shown in the illustration or they
may be placed without regard to design and the
bars put in according to necessity—:either ef-
fect is good. After the rings have all been se-
curely fastened to the pattern by means of a
sufficient number of stitches to hold them se-
curely the bars are worked. The thread is fas-
tened to the braid at any point, carried across
to the nearest ring, and through it, and the bar
so made covered closely with buttonhole stitches
back to the braid. At any given point in the
bar a picot
may be
p
1 a c e d .
This i s
made by
working
three close
button -hole
stitches be-
t w e e n the
Fig. 115. Insertion
last two on the bar and then continuing the
buttonholing, until the bar is completed. Often
these bars must be from ring to ring and not