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Title: The Honiton lace book
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Devonia, pseud
Subjects: Lace and lace making
Publisher: London : Bazaar
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

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ractice for the centre fibre, a process which it will be best tomaster thoroughly before commencing tracery, which will form one ofthe succeeding lessons. Commence at the small curled frond, hanging oneight pair at the centre tip ; work round, sewing to one edge as long as thecurl lasts ; hang on another pair where the spray turns at the bottom ; pearlone edge to the place where the small leaves begin to unfold; then makeboth edges plain and work round to the centre of the frond, cutting threepair off by degrees ; when you reach the middle, return with the smallopening leaves, making the first one plain, and doing the others with raisedwork. Make a very neat beginners plait between each of the tiny leaves,and be careful to sew to the edge at the beginning and end of each; youmust also fasten the tip of the leaves to the. opposite edge. When youhave finished the leaves, tie up and cut off. Now hang on six pair at theplace where the narrow stem of the smaller leaf commences, work to the
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SPEAY OF FERN. LESSONS IN TRACERY—EMPEROR BUTTERFLY. o( tip; as you approach the end of the leaf, hang on another pair, and in orderto work it in without increasing the width of the stem, pass the extrathreads between the pair you are working with, without making a stitch.At the end, turn the pillow, sew a pair to the last hole in order to makethe third working pair, and come back in whole stitch, sewing to thecentre fibre as you work across one way, but not to the return row. Thesix small leaves at the end are done in halves, the remainder of theleaves with the fibre. As they grow larger and require more pairs, cast ontwo or three in the process of working the stem, passing the threadsthrough as before directed ; any other pairs that may be required must behung on at the edge in the usual way. The largest leaves will requireabout thirteen pairs, as the beauty of the spray depends on the closenessof the work. Plait the threads very neatly between each leaf, cutting offto six pair, o

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