Dainty yokes, collars, baby caps, and tie ends can be made of a few yards of braid and two or three different kinds of stitches.
Another decoration I would like to tell you a little about is Limerick darning. It is often used with fine lace work on a background of fine net.
The lace thread is used for the darning. The most common of the stitches is the plain darning taken up over one hole and under the next of the net. The next row is worked close to the first.
Fig. 196. A buttonholed bar
Darning on net is a decoration that is often used by itself. Smart little turn-over collars and cuffs are most attractive darned in heavy white floss or colour if preferred. Pin cushion covers and other dainty articles that every girl loves to have in her bedroom may be darned to good effect.
One of the most simple forms of lace work is Connemara lace. It gets its name from the Irish county of that name.
The materials required are Brussels net of any size desired, lace braid of a width to correspond with the net, heavy lace rings, a ball of Renaissance thread No. 60 or linen spool thread No. 25, as well as a spool of coloured cotton.
Connemara lace is used extensively for curtains, bed spreads and in fact, on any large piece, when the effect is desired and yet not much work. A good design for Connemara lace is shown in [Figure 197].