Identifier: treatiseonlacema03brad (find matches)
Title: A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Bradford, Mary E Barbour Brothers Company
Subjects: Lace and lace making Embroidery
Publisher: (New York) : Barbour Brothers Co.
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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rming a rib, carry the 9ththread across, diagonally, to left, and wind 8 preceding threadsaround, also around 2d horizontal cord, 5th peg below 1st; repeatacross, then make a row of collecting knots, which are simplySolomons knots around 4 threads instead of 2 ; make a whole knot,and a half; then a rib 6th peg below last; then 3 rows of mosaicwork, made as follows : 1 half-knot (Solomons), then a single knotin centre threads, close to half-knot, then a whole (Solomons), knot.Repeat across. Next row, miss 2 threads, and next row take themin, in order to bring the work in diamonds. Next, a horizontal rib,then a row of collecting knots, which resemble drawn-work, thenanother rib. This pattern is rapidly worked and very effective. Itmay be varied as preferred. In the Macrame Lace Book publishedby the Barbour Brothers Company, will be found more than twentybeautiful patterns, fully described and illustrated, suitable for thevarious purposes to which this work is applied. MACRAME FRINGE. 71
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Macrame Fringe, MACRAME FRINGE. Materials : Barbours flax macrame, 5-cord, No. 16, and patent lacedesk. Run a horizontal cord across top of desk. Cut threads 3 2 inches 72 BARBOURS PRIZE NEEDLE-WORK SERIES. long, double them, and knot on the cord. Run a single cord acrossdesk i peg below the ist. Beginning at the left, carry each threadaround this cord twice, allowing the threads to lie under the cord.This will form a horizontal rib. Now, run another horizontal cordacross the desk 4 pegs below the last; take the left thread, bring itdiagonally across, twisting around lower cord, and fasten to side ofdesk, pass 7 threads or three knots, take right thread of next knot,and carry it diagonally to the left, fastening in same way. Thesethreads form the leaders. Taking each thread in succession,carry down, winding or twisting twice around each leader and thehorizontal cord below. To fill the space between diamonds, link right thread in left.When this row is com-pleted, make 3 rows ofSolomons

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