Nos. 6 and 7 — Passements
These are the passements for two useful lace sprays.
Whole or Plain Pillow Lace Stitch
Four bobbins. No. 8 Mecklenburg thread. In order to explain this stitch we must have recourse to numbers, and mark the bobbins No. 1, 2, 3, 4, No. 1 being the left-hand bobbin.
Pass No. 3 between Nos. 1 and 2; pass No. 1 over No. 3; pass No. 2 over No. 4, and pass No. 4 between Nos. 3 and 1.
Nos. 1 and 2 are the leaders, so called because they lead across and back, weaving the whole or plain stitch across, and in the pairs of leaders which form the edge in lace braid and lace patterns. When one stitch is completed, the two left-hand bobbins are dropped and two bobbins taken from the right hand to make with the two leaders the four bobbins necessary for each stitch. Care must be taken that the bobbins are not twisted, but that they lie each in its proper place. In beginning work across from left to right of the pillow and back again.