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Art of Netting -- No. 59
Art of Netting -- No. 59
Article · 1 page
A single page from The Delineator's long-running netting series (No. 59) giving written instructions for three netted doilies. Figures 1 and 2 are doilies with netted borders worked around a linen center, and Figure 3 is a star-shaped netted doily with 15 points. Directions are given round by round using small and large meshes, with darning to finish, and one pattern refers readers to the magazine's book on tatting and netting for rose netting.
Art of Netting -- No. 61
Art of Netting -- No. 61
Article · 1 page
A single page from The Delineator (page 245) with instructions for three netted articles: an oval table center, a tray-cloth, and a plate doily. Each is made by netting onto hemmed linen with No. 50 crochet cotton over knitting-needle and bone meshes, with round-by-round directions and darning in white linen. Three halftone photographs show the finished pieces.
Art of Netting -- No. 62
Art of Netting -- No. 62
Article · 1 page
A single page from The Delineator's series on netting (No. 62) giving instructions for a netted handkerchief with a square border and central square panel. It explains a method of starting the netting that shows no joining and needs no fulness, then lists the rounds of the outside border using three mesh sizes. Six figures show the finished handkerchief and miniature diagrams of the inside border method.
Crocheting -- No. 68
Crocheting -- No. 68
Article · 2 pages
Two pages from The Delineator's crochet column (No. 68) giving instructions for several projects. They include a round crocheted mat for a toilet bottle edged with yellow silk, a beaded crochet net-work for a jersey or waist, a linen center-piece with a hair-pin (Maltese) crochet border, and a Smyrna lace edging worked in 13 rows. The column opens with a list of crochet abbreviations and an explanation of asterisks and repeats.
Drawn Work
Drawn Work
Article · 1 page
A one-page article from The Delineator describing three drawn-work projects: an infants' yoke, the corner of a linen doily with a fringed edge, and a pin-cushion with a drawn-work cover. It gives brief making and finishing notes, such as facing the yoke, using satin under the cushion cover, and trimming with Valenciennes lace. It also promotes the magazine's own 50-cent book on drawn-work.
Drawn Work
Drawn Work
Article · 1 page
A single-page article from The Delineator describing three drawn-work linen doilies shown in engravings: a square plate doily with a wide elaborate border, a corner detail of another plate doily, and a finger-bowl doily. The text gives brief general notes rather than stitch instructions, suggests using the borders as insertions in baby gowns and chemisettes, and ends with a tip for pressing finished work with borax water.
Modern Lace Making
Modern Lace Making
Article · 1 page
A single-page illustrated article from The Delineator describing two pieces of modern (Battenberg and Duchesse) lace. Figure 1 is a mantel-lambrequin border about fourteen inches deep, made of cream Battenberg braid, rings and filling-in stitches; Figure 2 is a Duchesse lace collar of braids and varied filling stitches. The text notes that the magazine's book on Modern Lace-Making illustrates the filling stitches and credits Sara Hadley, a professional lace-maker in New York.
Modern Lace Making
Modern Lace Making
Article · 1 page
A one-page article from The Delineator on modern needle lace made with commercial braids. It shows and describes a handkerchief in point lace braid and a tidy in Honiton braid, with filling stitches of picot bars and rosettes. It also gives brief instructions for working a wound buttonhole picot and a spinning-wheel (spider) rosette. The designs were supplied by Sara Hadley, a professional lace-maker in New York.
Modern Lace Making
Modern Lace Making
Article · 1 page
A single page from The Delineator describing two bolero jackets made in modern (Battenburg) braid lace, shown in front and back views in four figures. The text discusses how the designs suit different figures, the braids used (cream-white Battenburg, écru with gilt cord, or silk braid in white, cream or black), and how to wear the jackets over a waist or evening gown. It credits a New York professional lace-maker as the source of designs, braids and thread.
Modern Lace Making
Modern Lace Making
Article · 1 page
A single-page article from The Delineator describing modern lace ends for fashionable neck scarfs of mull, chiffon and net. It discusses scarf sizes and how to economize on fabric, and describes four illustrated examples, including Honiton and point lace combined and appliquéd onto the scarf, and Ideal Honiton appliqué. Information and illustrations are credited to Sara Hadley, a professional lace-maker in New York.
Modern Lace Making
Modern Lace Making
Article · 1 page
A one-page article from The Delineator on making a portière or curtain in modern (Battenberg) lace. Figure 1 shows the finished curtain and Figure 2 a half-size design. The text explains that a coarse net foundation is decorated with Battenberg braids and cord in blossom sprays, with picot-edged braid bordering the scalloped lower edge. It also suggests color combinations of braid and net, notes ready-made linen rings for blossom centers, and advertises the publisher's book on Modern Lace-Making.
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