Old point lace : and how to copy and imitate it - University of Arizona ...
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i8 OLD POINT LACE.<br />
ultimate intended pos<strong>it</strong>ion <strong>to</strong>wards the be-<br />
holder.<br />
Another method <strong>of</strong> rendering this filling-<br />
in st<strong>it</strong>ch still more close <strong>and</strong> perfect is <strong>to</strong> be<br />
seen in Fig. 2. After fastening the thread<br />
Fig. 2.<br />
across, <strong>and</strong> working the first row <strong>of</strong> close<br />
but<strong>to</strong>n-hole-st<strong>it</strong>ch over <strong>it</strong>, form the second<br />
<strong>and</strong> subsequent rows by taking each st<strong>it</strong>ch<br />
through the close threads <strong>of</strong> each st<strong>it</strong>ch in<br />
the row above, instead <strong>of</strong> through the loops<br />
between the st<strong>it</strong>ches. This causes the st<strong>it</strong>ches<br />
<strong>to</strong> be more square <strong>and</strong> firm, but in very fine<br />
work <strong>it</strong> adds considerably <strong>to</strong> the time <strong>and</strong><br />
care occupied. It will <strong>of</strong> course be under-<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od that in all these diagrams the st<strong>it</strong>ches
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