[Illustration:  492.—­Point Lace Trimming for Square Bodice.]

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493—­Point Lace Collar.

Materials:  Fine braid or cord; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s
Mecklenburg thread No. 22.

[Illustration:  493—­Point Lace Collar.]

Set on the braid or cord by passing a thread through a hole pricked in the pattern over the braid and out again through the same hole.  Edge the braid with point de Bruxelles, the design being filled by Mechlin wheels, Sorrento wheels, point de feston, and the mixed stitch shown in No. 494, which is composed of d’Alencon and Sorrento bars, and is easily worked.  Those who cannot work Mechlin wheels easily, can substitute close English, as shown in illustration No. 495.  The bars are Sorrento.

[Illustration:  494.—­D’Alencon and Sorrento Bars.]

[Illustration:  495.—­Close English Wheels.]

* * * * * [Illustration:  496—­Point Lace Collar.]

496.—­Point Lace Collar.

Materials:  Fine braid or cord; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s
Mecklenburg thread No. 22.

This collar is worked in the same way as No. 493, though the stitches vary.  The Grecian line is worked in point de reprise, the pattern in close English wheels, point de reprise, point de Bruxelles, English rosettes, and Raleigh bars.

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[Illustration:  497.—­Point Lace Lappet.]

497.—­Point Lace Lappet.

Materials:  Braid; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread No. 16 or 24, according to the fineness required.

This lappet is exceedingly pretty.  It is composed of the following stitches:—­Point d’Alencon, point de tulle, English rosettes, Sorrento bars, d’Alencon bars, dotted Venise bars, and the fancy stitch point d’Anvers, which is not a true point lace stitch, but which is much employed in modern point.

[Illustration:  497.—­Point Lace Lappet.]

[Illustration:  498.—­Point d’Anvers.]

[Illustration:  499.—­Point Grecque.]

Point Grecque is another useful variety of fancy stitch, and so easily worked as to be a favourite stitch with beginners.

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[Illustration:  500.—­Letter A in Point Lace.]

[Illustration:  501.—­Letter A Enlarged.]

500 to 502.—­Alphabet in Point Lace. (See endpapers.)

Materials:  Point lace cord; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread No. 36.

This alphabet is useful for marking pocket-handkerchiefs, and for initials for sachets, &c.  The cord is laid upon the pattern and pricked out by passing a thread up through a hole over the cord, and back through the same hole; then pass on to the next hole, and repeat.  The holes should be about an eighth of an inch apart, or nearer when the pattern is finely convoluted.  The letters are worked in point de Bruxelles, point d’Alencon, and dotted Sorrento bars.  No. 501 shows the letter A greatly enlarged, to show the mode of working.