5th: X eight close over every five, X repeat.
The above are the principal stitches found in Old Point Lace.
DEEP POINT LACE EDGING.
MATERIALS..—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Mecklenburgh Threads, No. 1, 7, 100, and 120.
Draw the pattern from the engraving, a section of it being given the full size. The paper must then be lined with alpaca. Should a short piece only be required, the pattern should at once be made of the full length; if not, several may be drawn. From the closeness of the work it is impossible to work twice over the same paper.
The border of each pattern is formed of seven small scallops. It is worked in braiding-stitch, that is, four threads are laid on, parellel with each other, and formed into a braid by darning them backwards, and forwards, putting the needle always under two together. As it is not desirable to have any break in the outline, it will be advisable to take, for each of the four outline threads a needleful sufficiently long to answer for the whole piece of lace.
