A two-page article from The Standard Designer, May 1897, giving written instructions for five hand-made laces and trimmings: a crocheted silk star, shell-stitch hairpin lace, tatted picot point edging, crocheted picot and loop point, and crazy-stitch hairpin lace. Each pattern is given row by row or round by round in period abbreviations, with notes on suggested uses such as trimming for flannel underskirts, waists, children's collars and cuffs, and babies' dresses. Photographs show each finished piece.