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No. 452.--POINT DE TULLE.--This stitch
is used as a groundwork for very fine work, and is worked in rows
backwards and forwards in the same stitch as open point d'Espagne,
page 457. When this is completed the work is gone over a second time,
by inserting the needle under one twisted bar, bringing it out and
inserting it at *, and bringing it out again at the dot. This produces
a close double twist which is very effective.
No. 453.--MECHLIN LACE (Mechlin
Wheels).--This is one of the prettiest stitches in point lace, but
also one of the most difficult to work correctly. It is thus
worked:--Work a number of diagonal bars in button-hole stitch on a
single thread in one direction, then begin in the opposite side the
same way, and work 5 or 6 stitches past the spot where the two lines
cross, pass the thread round the cross twice under and over the thread
to form a circle. Work in button-hole stitch half one quarter, make a
dot by putting a fine pin in the loop instead of drawing the thread
tight, and work 3 button-hole stitches in the loop
held open by the pin, then take it out, and continue as before.
Beginners will do well to omit the dot, leaving the loop only on the
wheel. Mechlin wheels are also worked in rows upon horizontal and
parallel lines of thread.
No. 454.--ESCALIER LACE.--This useful
lace may be varied in pattern to any extent by placing the open
stitches in any desired order; it then takes the name of diamond or
Antwerp lace, according to the design. True escalier lace is made by
working nine button-hole stitches close together; then miss 3--that
is, work none in the space that 3 stitches would occupy--work 9, miss
3 as before to the end of row, begin the 2nd row 3 stitches from the
end, to cause the open spaces to fall in diagonal lines--a succession
of steps or stairs (escalier), which gives name to this
stitch.
No. 455.--SPANISH POINT LACE is
adorned with highly-raised scrolls, flowers, &c. This is effected by
working over an underlay of coarse white thread or over fine white
linen cords. The wheels are worked by winding soft coarse linen thread
round pencils or smooth knitting-pins of various sizes, and working
over the circle thus obtained a succession of close button-hole
stitches. These wheels are sewn on to the lace when completed. The
groundwork of Spanish lace is usually worked in what are called
Raleigh Bars,
but this lace has sometimes for groundwork point de Venise. An easy
mode of working this handsome lace is to trace the design upon very
fine good linen; raise the thick parts as above directed, and
embroider the whole in fine thick scalloped button-hole stitch; fill
the ground with Raleigh bars, or, as shown in illustration No. 455, in
treble point de Venise, and cut away the linen from beneath the
ground-work.
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