A 1900 Harper's Bazar article by Lillian M. Siegfried on making hand-worked braid lace collars and yokes as holiday gifts. It advises using one consistent stitch type per design, describes Russian stitch, Sorrento bars, cobweb filling and French twist, and recommends small collars for beginners. It also gives instructions for a small embroidered thread bag. Photographs show Renaissance, Honiton and Bruges braid collars.