Godey's Lady's Book And Magazine 1862-12: Vol 65

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ents aply by’s tom the kirt. the GODEY’S ays Hook and Alagasine PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER, 1862. LACE-MAKING, i i - he Tas very pleasing branch of industry ex- hibits instructive features in respect to the application of machinery to what was before mere hand-labor. We must glance at the sub- ject in its two aspects of pillow-lace and bobbin- net, Pillow-Lace.—Real lace, such as that which often obtains so high a price, is mostly made of flax thread, and is produced in the following way: The lace-worker sits on a stool or chair, and places a hard cushion on her lap. The desired pattern is sketched upon a piece of parchment, which is then laid down upon the cushion; and she inserts a number of pins through the parchment into the cushion, in places determined by the pattern. She is also provided with a number of small bobbins, on which threads are wound; fine thread being used for making the meshes or net, and a 42* LACE-WORKERS. coarser kind, called gymp, for working the de- vice. The work is begun at the upper part of the cushion by tying together the threads in pairs, and each pair is attached to one of the pins. The threads are then twisted one round another in various ways, according to the pat- tern, the bobbins serving as handles as well as for a store of material, and the pins serving as knots or fixed centres around which the threads may be twisted. The pins inserted in the cush- ion at the commencement are merely to hold the threads ; but as fast as each little mesh is made in the progress of the working, other pins are inserted, to prevent the thread from un- twisting, and the device on the parchment shows where these insertions are to occur. The kinds of lace which have obtained different names have certain peculiarities in the charac- | ter of the mesh. Brussels point has a network 545

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