's Mecklenburg thread No. 8 or 16.
These corner borders are very suitable for couvrettes, and, worked with
fine thread, for pocket-handkerchiefs. The netted ground of the borders
is to be worked in the size seen in illustration; for the border No. 553
darn the ground in button-hole stitch, darning stitch, point d'esprit,
and point de feston; the pattern No. 552 is worked in linen stitch and
point d'esprit; small wheels are also to be worked. Both borders are to
be worked round in button-hole stitch; the netted ground is cut away
along the outside.
[Illustration: 552.--Border in Guipure d'Art.]
[Illustration: 553.--Border in Guipure d'Art.]
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554 _and_ 555.--_Squares in Guipure d'Art_.
Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 20;
netted squares of 7 and 8 holes.
[Illustration: 554.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]
These two small squares are suitable for ornamenting cravats, lappets
for caps and lingeries. They are worked in darning and linen stitch. The
centre part of the square, No.
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