SPOTTED LACE (No. 28). This very light and pretty lace is done thus:—
1st: X two close button-hole stitches, miss the space of four, X repeat to the end, without drawing the thread too tightly.
Begin the next row, and all following, at a little distance from the one preceding, and do two close stitches on every loop of thread.
VENETIAN SPOTTED LACE (No. 29). This lace consists of a series diamonds, formed by Venetian bars crossing each other diagonally, in each of the sections of which, four spots of English lace are to be worked. The foundation threads of the Venetian bars are first laid; then the English lace spots are worked, and the button-hole stitch of the Venetian bars is done the last. This lace is well suited to fill up large spaces.
OPEN ANTWERP LACE (No. 30). For this lace a new stitch is required, called the double Brussels. Instead of a simple button-hole stitch, the needle is twisted once in the loop, so that when drawn up, it has a longer appearance than the ordinary Brussels. The stitches are to be worked quite close to each other.
1st row: X eight close double stitches, miss the space of six, X repeat, without drawing the thread very tightly across the missing space.
2nd: X five double over the eight, two double on the loop of thread, X repeat.
3rd: X two double on the five, five over the two, X when five stitches are worked over two, one goes between the two, and two on each side of it.
4th: X eight double over five and miss the space over the two, leaving the loop rather loose, X. Repeat from the second row throughout the space.
OPEN DIAMOND (No. 31). 1st row: Five close Brussels, miss the space of two, X eight close, miss the space of two, X to the end of the row.