Fig. 197. A good design for Connemara lace
The net can be white, ecru, or black.
Draw a simple yet bold design on a piece of stiff paper or better still a piece of pink or blue paper muslin.
The rings can be bought all ready for applying, for a couple of cents per dozen but they can also be made at home. Take a pencil and wind around one end of a thread about as many times as you would judge from the illustration of the button or ring half worked ([Figure 198]). Slip the threads from the pencil and carefully and closely go over them with buttonhole stitches till all the loose threads are completely covered.
Fig. 198 Button half worked
Baste your net over the design, then baste the braid along the design. With a fine thread secure the braid on the extreme edge to the net only with fine running stitches. Sew one side of the braid entirely around the design then sew the other side down.