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    The Art of Bobbin Lace - A Practical Text Book of Workmanship - Including Bobbin Lace Supplement
    The Art of Bobbin Lace - A Practical Text Book of Workmanship - Including Bobbin Lace Supplement
    The Art of Bobbin Lace - A Practical Text Book of Workmanship - Including Bobbin Lace Supplement
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    The Art of Bobbin Lace - A Practical Text Book of Workmanship - Including Bobbin Lace Supplement

    By Louisa A. Tebbs

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    “The Art Of Bobbin Lace” is a detailed guide to producing lace, a decorative, open-work fabric formed by looping, interlacing, braiding or twisting threads of various fibres. This vintage guide contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of as much use to needlework enthusiasts today as when first published, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “Important Hints”, “The Art Of Bobbin Lace”, “Preparing The Bobbins”, “The Patterns”, “'Genoese' Lace Edge”, “Doyley In Point De Flandre”, “Applique Trimming In Flandres”, “Point”, “Motifs In Point De Flandre”, “Bolero In Guipure De Flandre”, “'Festoon'”, “'Spider' Web Stitch”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on lace.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 31, 2013
    ISBN9781473389854
    The Art of Bobbin Lace - A Practical Text Book of Workmanship - Including Bobbin Lace Supplement

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      The Art of Bobbin Lace - A Practical Text Book of Workmanship - Including Bobbin Lace Supplement - Louisa A. Tebbs

      THE ART OF BOBBIN LACE

      IMPORTANT HINTS

      A SMALL mushroom cushion is the best for working all these Sectional laces upon (the padding of which must be perfectly even), slightly raised in the centre, tapering towards the sides, with a flat solid foundation, whilst the bobbins should be the shape of the illustrations on page 2, the ivory bobbins taking precedence over the wooden variety as being prettier to look at, pleasanter to handle, and emitting a more decided clicking sound as they glide quickly into place, than the wooden bobbins, though for practical purposes these latter are just as good.

      Nos. 1 and 2 bobbins are suitable for all the different kinds of lace in this book—No. 3 for any of the Fillings or for working entire lace in the No. 4 thread only.

      Lace-makers will find it a great convenience to have an extra set or two of bobbins in reserve wound ready for use, thereby saving a great deal of time and trouble, particularly when working the more elaborate patterns where extra bobbins are required for all the fancy Fillings.

      The Flemish thread, specially soft and strong, is to be recommended in preference to the ordinary linen threads, (which are too harsh for this variety of lace,) the sizes used for the illustrated specimens are Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, with cords to correspond. The pins must be fine and tapering and are silvered to prevent rust.

      Whilst the lace is in progress it should be covered with a transparent linen cover in which a round opening about one inch in diameter has been cut out of the middle—this enables the lace-maker to see the part she is working, prevents the catching of the pins in the parts already worked, and also keeps the lace clean. It is perhaps as well to remark at this point that all Bobbin Lace is worked with the wrong side outwards and the right side next to the cushion—this enables the worker to arrange her commencing, connecting, or fastening-off threads more easily, and keeps the right side perfectly neat.

      A pricker is also a very useful instrument for lace workers, and should be kept handy for stroking and arranging the threads into position occasionally whilst the lace is in progress, undoing knots,

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