Second row.—Pass the thread back to the left side, work 3 button-hole stitches in each loop, taking up the line of thread with the loop, as seen in the engraving.

No. 7.—Point Brabançon.—This stitch is worked as follows from left to right:

First row.—Make 1 long, loose point de Bruxelles, and 1 short loose one alternately, to end of row.

Second row.—Make 7 tight point de Bruxelles in the 1 long, loose stitch, and 2 short, loose point de Bruxelles in the short, loose stitch on previous row, and repeat across the row.

Third row.—Same as first.

No. 7.—Point Brabançon.

No. 8.—Point de Valenciennes (Valenciennes Stitch).

No. 8.—Point de Valenciennes, or Valenciennes Stitch.—This stitch appears complicated, but is really easy to work. Begin at the left hand and work 6 point de Bruxelles stitches at unequal distances, every alternate stitch being the larger.