INSERTIONS.
To be worked in square crochet. The materials, any number of Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton that will be suitable for the purpose. All these square crochet patterns may be done in beads, if desirable.
POINT LACE INSTRUCTIONS.
The outlines of any design in Point Lace are made in braid of various sorts, in thread, or sometimes in linen. The braid used is either French linen or cotton braid, or that now known as Italian braid. French braid is a simple plait, more or less wide; Italian braid is, in fact, a pillow lace insertion, somewhat resembling a tape, but with edges like those seen in all other pillow lace. It enters very much into the composition of Venetian and other valuable Italian lace, whence the name Italian braid has been given to it. Point lace used formerly to be worked on parchment, this, however, being very hard and stiff, is not so pleasant a material to work on as coloured paper, which may be lined with calico or alpaca, according to the word*work intended to be done.