A Victorian needlework manual on making lace on the pillow. It explains the position for working, whole and half stitch, the Devonshire turn or wheel and the Honiton lace stitch, then leads through numbered patterns from braid works and passements to Maltese crosses, stem work, purl pins and a tulip sprig.
A small period handbook for lacemakers and historians of Victorian domestic craft. Download the free EPUB.