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"Weldon's Practical Point Lace" in Weldon's Practical Needlework
"Weldon's Practical Point Lace" in Weldon's Practical Needlework
Monograph · 13 pages
Second series of Weldon's Practical Point Lace, a Victorian English needlework pamphlet with twenty-six illustrations (Nos. 39 to 61). It describes lace braids, filling stitches such as Point de Venise, netting stitch, Point de Reprise, Mechlin wheel, Point de Bruxelles and wheatsheaf stitch, and gives designs for sachets, a tray-cloth, d'oyley, collar, pincushion top, bodice trimming, appliqué, blind lace and a lappet end. Each entry gives stitch instructions and advice on braids, threads and uses.
"Weldon's Practical Torchon Lace" in Weldon's Practical Needlework
"Weldon's Practical Torchon Lace" in Weldon's Practical Needlework
Monograph · 12 pages
An instruction booklet on making Torchon bobbin (pillow) lace, issued as the First Series of Weldon's Practical Needlework. It covers the pillow, bobbins, pins and thread, how to hang the bobbins and handle the threads, then the basic stitches (half stitch, cloth stitch, Torchon stitch, twisted Torchon, double rose stitch, wheels, bars). Graduated patterns follow, including insertions, simple laces, lace for children's clothes and lace and insertion for a bedspread, each with a photograph and a pricked-pattern diagram showing pin holes. It ends with advice on finishing and pressing the lace.

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