How to Make Battenberg and Point Lace - Cutting the Braid

Cutting the Braid

Where the ends of a braid meet at a corner, or other place having no other braid to hide the juncture, fold the end of the under braid up and the end of the upper braid down, and lay the one upon the other. Overcast them together at the end of both braids. The beginning of the basting of the braid to the design, as well as the joining of two ends, should occur at the crossing of two braids.

Pass the second braid over the end of the first, and when you again reach that point in the design put the second end under the overlying braid with the first. This makes the upper side the right side.

If it is desired to have the under side of the work, or the side next the pattern, the right side, the manner of procedure should be reversed, and the two ends placed over the other braid. These ends should be either turned over and hammed down neatly, or very carefully overcast to the other braid, that no ragged edges may be seen on either side.

The folding over of the ends makes the work a little thicker just at that point, and is more easily noticed than the other finish, which, if carefully done, is hardly visible, and is especially fitted for the finer laces.

Tutorial 1 === Battenberg and Point Lace Selection of Materials

Tutorial 2 === Basting and Overcasting

Tutorial 3 === Turning Corners

Tutorial 4 === Scallops and Loops

Tutorial 5 === Overcasting

Tutorial 6 === Cutting the Braid

Tutorial 7 === Basting the Rings

Tutorial 8 === Fastening the Thread

Tutorial 9 === Preparing a Sampler

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