No. 13.—Rose Border.
No. 13 shows a rose border, worked with 7 pairs without cottons, 8 pair with, commencing at the stem.
No. 13.—Rose Border.
To Take Up a Sewing.
To perform this delicate operation a needle-pin is required; this needle-pin is a fine long needle placed in a wooden handle. The real Devonshire needle-pin is said to be a No. 8 needle stuck in a lucifer-match.
With the needle-pin draw the thread through the edge of the lace, pass the nearest bobbin through the loop thus formed, tie, and work on as before.
Throwing and Tying.
These terms are used to express the mode of finishing off any part of a sprig or design. To effect this:—Take up two leaders and tie them in a plain knot, lay them out right and left, throw all the bobbins in between them again, tie in a plain knot, and either cut off the bobbins or work on as directed.