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How to Make Battenberg and Point Lace - Fastening the ThreadFastening the Thread Knots should never appear in any lace, and the worker should aim to have both sides of the work appear equally neat and perfect. -When the completion of a stitch or the limit of a thread permits the fastening to be made at the intersection of two braids, a single buttonhole knot should be made, and the thread passed, by means of the needle, back and forth two or three times between the braids with a tiny backstitch at each change of th edirection of the thread. When a new thread is to be fastened at the intersection of two braids, the needle should be passed between these two braids with the point toward the place at which the thread is to be fastened. The thread should then be carefully drawn through until the end just disappears from sight between the braids. A buttonhole knot should then be made, and back of it a second one guard its predecessor. When, in the course of the work, the end of a used thread must be fastened to a single braid, it may be overcast along the edge of the braid with an occasional buttonhole knot, or a single buttonhole knot may tie the thread to the edge of th ebraid, and the needle may then pass in a eries of tiny running stitches, with an occasional back stitch, along the body of the braid for a short distance. The new thread should then be carried by the needle in a similar manner along the braid from the direction opposite that taken by the retiring thread. At the point where the thread is to be fastened, and the work continued, two buttonhole knots are all that is necessary. It is often well, when filling in with stitches that permit, to begin the new thread on the side of the space opposite the ending of the former thread. This serves to make the place of juncture still less conspicuous. All patterns should be able to be considered as composed of two parts – design and background. The design should be prominently brought out, and, to accomplish this, the network and other showy stitches should be used, keeping the spiderwebs, bars and other open stitches for the background. It is well to put in the background stitches first, as they will hold the curves of the braid in place, and preserve the shape of the design until the work is finished. When working, either side of the lace may be considered the right side. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. The aim of the worker should always be to make both sides so neatly and carefully that they are equally beautiful, and there is no wrong side. Ribbed wheels are some other stitches cannot so easily be worked on the wrong side, and some other stitches appear better on the side upon which they have been worked. Other stitches appear alike on both sides. The overcasting of two braids together, and the beginning and ending of each thread, often appear more plainly upon the upper side and mar the effect of the work, but with care that can be avoided. When the wrong side is up, care must be exercised in placing the rings, which must also be wrong side up. If there is any fear of soiling the work, it is always advisable to make it wrong side up. The under side is usually smoother, but the pressing of the piece when finished makes both sides equally smooth and handsome.
Tutorial 1 === Battenberg and Point Lace Selection of Materials Tutorial 2 === Basting and Overcasting Tutorial 3 === Turning Corners Tutorial 4 === Scallops and Loops Tutorial 6 === Cutting the Braid Tutorial 7 === Basting the Rings Tutorial 8 === Fastening the Thread Tutorial 9 === Preparing a Sampler
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