Encyclopedia of Needlework Part 63

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 803. PATTERN FOR PILLOW LACE INSERTION FIG. 804.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 804. PILLOW LACE INSERTION. MATERIALS: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 25 to 50, or Fil a dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 100.[A]]

Twist the threads from point 16 to point 23 = make a plait from point 15 to point 23 = then join the two parts together by half pa.s.sings = put up a pin = twist the threads and make plaits to point 24 = join the threads as at point 23.

On the left and with the first pair of point 19, 2 linen pa.s.sings = with the 2 latter 1 twisted pa.s.sing = put up the pin at point 25 = returning, 2 linen pa.s.sings to point 26 = 2 linen pa.s.sings to the left = with the 2 latter pairs 2 double pa.s.sings and put up the pin.

PILLOW LACE (figs. 805 and 806).--Hang on 14 pairs of bobbins.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 805. PATTERN FOR PILLOW LACE FIG. 806.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 806. PILLOW LACE.

MATERIAL: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C No. 25.[A]]

These are divided into 3 groups = 3 pairs at point 1 = put up a pin = twisted linen pa.s.sing = twist both pairs once = put up the pin at point 3 = add on 5 pairs at point 2 = put up the pin = go back through 3 pairs = twist the 2 last pairs = linen pa.s.sing = put up the pin at point 3 = twist both pairs = linen pa.s.sings, as seen in the ill.u.s.tration, to the right and left as far as point 11 = at point 13 intervert 6 pairs by a twisted linen pa.s.sing = make a plait at point 14 = put up a pin in the middle of the same = pa.s.s through 2 pairs of bobbins with twisted linen pa.s.sing = put 1 pair of bobbins aside at point 22 = put up a pin at the 2 first pairs at point 15 = work the leaf in lozenge st.i.tch = put up a pin at point 16 near the first pair = twist both pairs once = linen pa.s.sing = put up the pin at point 17 = go back in the same manner = work on in the same way to point 21 = put up the pin at point 22 = twisted linen pa.s.sing to point 11 = tie up the first pair of the scallop with the bobbins of point 11 = bring the last pair back and work as at point 1 = then repeat and proceed in the same way to point 27 = twist the 2 pairs up to point 26 = put up the pin = make one lozenge st.i.tch and join the plait, st.i.tch to point 28 = continue the lozenge st.i.tch to point 29 = join the bobbins of point 29 to those of point 21 by a plait = put up the pin = linen pa.s.sing = twist the two last pairs once = put up the pin = linen pa.s.sing = put up the pin at point 31 = twist both pairs once = 2 linen pa.s.sings = put up the pin at point 82 = 2 linen pa.s.sings = tie up the bobbins of point 33 with those of point 29 = plait st.i.tch = put up the pin = join to point 34 with lozenge st.i.tch = with the bobbins at point 28 make lozenge st.i.tch to point 27 = put up a pin = twist 3 pairs once = make 2 linen pa.s.sings = join with linen pa.s.sing = continue the scallop according to the preceding description, from point 27 to point 35.

At point 34 make a leaf in lozenge st.i.tch = put up the pin = continue from point 33 to point 36 with twisted linen pa.s.sings = carry the first pair of bobbins of the lozenge to point 35 by means of 2 twisted linen pa.s.sings = put up a pin in the middle of the 2 pairs = make a plait to point 37 = cross the pairs again as at point 13, in the beginning.

PILLOW LACE (figs. 807 and 808).--Worked with 30 pairs of bobbins.--These are divided: 14 pairs at point 1 = put up a pin on the left and right = with the last pairs make plaits to point 12 = add 2 pairs = make a double pa.s.sing as for a plait = put up a pin in the middle of the pairs = plait with 2 pairs of bobbins to point 3 = add 2 pairs of bobbins = make a double pa.s.sing as for the plait = put up a pin in the middle of the pairs = then go on in the same manner to point 4 = add 4 pairs of bobbins = put up the pin = at point 5, add 2 pairs of bobbins = make a plait = put up a pin and join to point 4 by a double pa.s.sing.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 807. PATTERN FOR PILLOW LACE FIG. 808.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 808. PILLOW LACE.

MATERIAL: Fil a dentelle D.M.C No. 50.[A]]

At point 1, lay the two last pairs to the right = put up a pin = make a plait to point 6 = add 2 pairs of bobbins = 1 double pa.s.sing = put up a pin = make a plait to point 7 with a pairs of bobbins = add 2 pairs of bobbins = 1 double pa.s.sing = put up the pin = make a plait to point 8 = add 4 pairs of bobbins = 5 linen pa.s.sings = put up a pin at the last pa.s.sing = at point 9 add 2 pairs of bobbins = make a plait = put up a pin = join to point 8 with linen pa.s.sing = make plaits from point 9 to point 10 = put up a pin = leave the pairs hanging = 5 linen pa.s.sings with the bobbins of point 10 = put up the pin at point 11 = go back to point 10 with 5 pa.s.sings = put up the pin = make a plait and tie up the bobbins at point 6 = leave these bobbins hanging down.

With the two first pairs at point 11, make a plait to point 12 = 1 linen pa.s.sing at point 7 and join to point 12 by a plait = plait st.i.tch = put up a pin = then plait st.i.tch to point 13 and make the same connection as at points 12 and 7 = continue to plait to point 14 = put up the pin at the first pair = 7 linen pa.s.sings = leave these bobbins hanging down = tie up the plait of point 5 with the 1st pair of point 4 = make a plait on the left = put up a pin at point 15 = make 5 linen pa.s.sings on the right and put up the pin at point 16 = make a plait to point 17 = make the same connection as at point 7 and 12 = the same connection also at point 18 = make a plait to point 19 = put up the pin = make a plaited lozenge with one pair = leave 2 pairs hanging at point 20, left and right = continue to point 21 = leave 2 pairs hanging, left and right = make a plait to point 22 = begin again at point 17 and make a leaf in lozenge st.i.tch to point 23 = make a second leaf from point 16 to point 23 = join the leaves at point 23 = make a plait with the first pair of point 16 to point 24 = put up a pin = enclose it with a double pa.s.sing and make a plait = tie up the bobbins at point 15 = continue the edge to point 26 = make a leaf in lozenge st.i.tch from point 32 to point 26 = tie up the bobbins at point 26 and make linen pa.s.sings with the united bobbins to point 27 = with the bobbins of point 18 and point 20, therefore with 4 pairs, make a square in lozenge st.i.tch = join the 3 leaves at point 23 = from point 23 to point 28 make a plait with the two first pairs of bobbins = put up a pin at point 28 = make a plait with picots to point 29 = lozenge st.i.tch from point 32 to point 22 and point 33 = join to point 30 by a plait = plait to point 22 = work from point 34 to 35 in the same way as from point 1 to point 33 = at point 22 and point 35 the pairs cross each other.

PILLOW LACE (figs. 809 and 810).--Hang on 28 pairs of bobbins. Begin at point 1 with a plait, fig. 790 = put up a pin = * hang on 5 pairs at point 2 and put up a pin at the last pair = with the last pair make a plait to point 3 * = hang on a pair of bobbins = 1 linen pa.s.sing = hang on a pair of bobbins = 1 linen pa.s.sing = hang on 3 pairs of bobbins = 1 linen pa.s.sing = 3 linen pa.s.sings = put up a pin = 1 leaf in lozenge st.i.tch to point 4 = hang on 2 pairs of bobbins = 2 plait st.i.tches = put up a pin = make a leaf to point 5 = hang on 2 pairs of bobbins = 1 plait st.i.tch = put up a pin = repeat in the reverse order to point 3.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 809. PATTERN FOR THE LACE FIG. 810.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 810. PILLOW LACE. MATERIAL: Fil a dentelle D.M.C No.

50. ([A])]

Put up a pin at point 9 = hang on a pair of bobbins = 1 linen pa.s.sing = hang on a pair of bobbins = 1 linen pa.s.sing = hang on a pair of bobbins = make a plait to point 11 = put up a pin = hang on 2 pairs of bobbins at point 12 = make a plait and tie the threads together with those of point 11 = on the left with 2 pairs, on the right with 3 pairs to point 13 for the edge = put up 2 pins and continue the edge with linen pa.s.sings to point 14.

Return to point 15 and make a plait = put up a pin = divide the bobbins and put one pair on the right, the other on the left = take the bobbins at point 5 and 7 and make plaits to points 16 and 17 = make linen pa.s.sings with the two pairs to point 18 = put up a pin and make a plait to point 21.

Make leaves in lozenge st.i.tch from points 4 and 8 to points 19 and 20 = one leaf from point 16 to point 19 = make another leaf to point 22 and one to point 21 = make the same leaves on the left to points 20, 21 and 23 = cross the bobbins at point 21 = make leaves from point 21 to points 24, 26 and 26.

Make lozenge st.i.tch with picots, with 3 pairs of bobbins from points 9 and 10 to point 22 = join the bobbins to leaf 22 = carry on the braid to point 26 = join 2 pairs of bobbins to the leaf = leave the 2 pairs at point 28 hanging down = carry on the braid to point 25.

Make a leaf at point 27 to point 14 = tie the threads together as at point 10 = carry on the edge to point 29 = put up a pin = make a plait with picots to point 30 = tie up the threads with those of leaf 28 = make a leaf to point 31 = introduce the threads into the edge = put up a pin = tie the threads together.

Make a plait on the left = leave 4 pairs of bobbins hanging down on the right, 2 pairs for the plait and 2 for the leaf = carry on the edge to point 32 = leave 2 pairs hanging for another leaf = continue the edge to point 33. Make a plait from point 21 to point 34.

Begin again on the left at points 1 and 2 and work, as on the right, to point 35 = cross the threads at point 25 = linen pa.s.sing = distribute the pairs to point 36 = 2 pairs at point 37 = 2 at point 38 = 3 pairs at point 34 = plait to point 37 = join to point 38 = continue the plait and join to points 36, 35, 39 = at points 35, 36, 37 lozenge st.i.tch with every 2 pairs of bobbins to point 40 = then join the next 6 pairs together = and work on with lozenge st.i.tch to point 41 = work exactly in the same manner at points 31, 32, 34, 35, 39, 42 as at points 36, 37, 38, 40 to 41 = at point 41, all the threads are interwoven, and then divided into 3 sets = continue the leaves to points 45, 46 and 47. Then repeat in the reverse order from points 31, 38, 25, 32 and 39.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 811. ARMENIAN LACE. MATERIALS: Fil a pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 15 to 40 or Fil a dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 70. COLOURS: ecru and Brun-Caroubier 303.[A]]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 812. WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 811.]

ARMENIAN LACE (figs. 811 and 812).--The dresses of the Turkish women are often ornamented with flowers and leaves, executed in needlework which take the place of fringe and braid tr.i.m.m.i.n.gs and are often even employed as adornments for the neck and arms instead of necklets and bracelets in metal work; though, as such, they do not always accord with our Western notions of good taste, the Armenian work is in itself, both sufficiently interesting and easy of execution, to deserve description here amongst other kinds of needlework that are adaptable to use. It may be imitated with capital effect in strong stiff washing materials, such as those indicated in our ill.u.s.tration, either upon a linen or cotton foundation or upon plush or silk.

The thread is first drawn into the edge of the stuff; you then carry it from right to left, determine the length of the squares, and working from left to right make on this first thread as many knots as you have room for.

Fig. 812 shows the formation of the knot, the manner in which the thread, pa.s.sing from left to right, forms a loop, and how to pa.s.s your needle under the straightly extended thread and through the loop. You leave a s.p.a.ce of one or two m/m. between the knots, according to the thickness of the thread you are using. Having covered the first thread with knots, you return to the edge for the next row of knots, but pa.s.sing your needle this time under three threads.

The number of knots should be the same in each row, and the four sides of the square should be all equal.

When the squares are finished they are edged with picots on the two lower sides, as shown in fig. 812.

Thread of two colours was used for fig. 811, the squares being worked alternately in ecru and Brun-Caroubier and the picots, all in the latter colour.

LACE AND INSERTION IN KNOTTED St.i.tCH (fig. 813).--Excepting in the case of the returning thread, the same st.i.tches are used for the pretty border and insertion given in fig. 813, as for the Armenian lace.

The st.i.tches that form the insertion are attached, on both sides, to an English braid, something of the nature of Rhodes linen, which is open-worked before the knotted work upon it is begun.

As in the preceding figure, two colours are used alternately, the change from one to the other is distinctly marked in the engraving.

The outside edge consists of light scallops, formed by the regular increase and decrease of the st.i.tches. The original piece of work from which our drawing was taken, forms the border of a dark blue plush carpet; the red and ecru hues of the lace harmonize exceedingly well with the soft colour of the plush.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 813. LACE AND INSERTION IN KNOTTED St.i.tCH.

MATERIALS: Fil a pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 10 to 25, or Fil a dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 50. COLOURS: ecru and Rouge-Cardinal 46.[A]]

INSERTION IN KNOTTED St.i.tCH (figs. 814 and 815).--This kind of work, similarly composed of knotted st.i.tches, can be used instead of crochet insertion or single and cut openwork in linen. It looks exceedingly well as a tr.i.m.m.i.n.g for bed and table linen and is executed on foundation threads or cords, which connect the different figures together, with closely connected rows of knots between.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 814. INSERTION IN KNOTTED St.i.tCH. MATERIALS: Fil a pointer D.M.C No. 30, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 15 to 30, or Fil a dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 50.[A]]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 815. WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 814.]

INSERTION IN KNOTTED St.i.tCH (figs. 816 and 817).--The mode of making the insertion in knotted st.i.tch, which is represented in the two accompanying engravings, is supposed to be of Italian origin, but we have met with quite as perfect specimens of work done in the same way, which were the products of Persia and Asia Minor. We have called it by the same name as the preceding patterns, for even the way in which the st.i.tch is worked is almost the same. Through some slight difference however in the interlacing of the threads, shown by the open loops in fig. 817, the st.i.tches lie closer together and are alike on both sides of the work.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 816. INSERTION IN KNOTTED St.i.tCH. MATERIALS: The same as for fig. 814.[A]]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 817. WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 816.]

No difficulty will be found in making out the course of the rows; it is best to begin by the two rows of st.i.tches that form the perpendicular bars and make the st.i.tches, that compose the 4 staves between the bars next. For the little picots see fig. 700.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 818. LACE IN KNOTTED St.i.tCH. MATERIALS: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 10 to 25 or Fil a dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 50.[A]]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 819. WORKING DETAIL OF FIG. 818.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 820. RETICELLA LACE. MATERIALS--For the open-work: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 10 to 100, or Fil a dentelle D.M.C Nos. 25 to 150, white or ecru. For the bars: Lacets superfins D.M.C Nos. 3 to 8.[A]]