A Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace

by Stott, Geraldine

• ISBN13: 9780713443721
• ISBN10: 0713443723
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-30
• Publisher: Batsford

Summary

A completely color-coded primer to Bucks Point, known as the “Queen of English Lace.” An exhaustive reference tool for lacemakers, complete with instructions, patterns and photographs.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Colour Coding Key	1	(1)
Abbreviations	1	(1)
Little Fan (11 pairs)	2	(2)
single gimp - temporary pins - catchpin stitch - point ground stitch	3	(1)
Honeycomb Ground (13 pairs)	4	(2)
honeycomb stitch - picots	5	(1)
Sheep's Head (13 pairs)	6	(2)
picots on curve - double gimp	7	(1)
Honeycomb Rings (13 pairs)	8	(2)
honeycomb rings - overlap gimp	9	(1)
Little Fan Sachet (11 pairs)	10	(2)
finishing off	11	(1)
Net and Tallies (18 pairs)	12	(3)
straight start and tallies	13	(1)
Tallies - different methods	14	(1)
Plum Pudding (17 pairs)	15	(5)
no picot in valley - mayflowers - catchpin stitch at side of features	17	(1)
Plum Pudding Corner	18	(2)
Threepenny Spot (18 pairs)	20	(2)
kat stitch	21	(1)
Honesty (19 pairs)	22	(2)
holes in w.s. - honeycomb stems - eight-pin honeycomb ring	23	(1)
Serpentine (28 pairs)	24	(2)
false picots - right-hand picots - pinchain stitch - nook pins - plaited tail	25	(1)
Joy (19 pairs)	26	(2)
infilled gimp weaving	27	(1)
Constance (24 pairs)	28	(5)
starting without temporary pins - cucumber footside	29	(1)
Rosemary (23 pairs)
flowers	30	(3)
Waves (27 pairs)	33	(5)
Waves Corner	36	(2)
Aida (32 pairs)	38	(2)
different heading - fingers - w.s. block - eight-pin honeycomb ring	39	(1)
Sea Urchin (25 pairs)	40	(2)
circular lace 1 - hanging on a pin - four-pin bud	41	(1)
Muriel (38 pairs)	42	(2)
circular lace 2	43	(1)
Olney Handkerchief (49 pairs)	44	(18)
large-scale geometric lace project	45	(1)
Olney Handkerchief Corner	46	(16)
Uses for Lace Strips	48	(1)
Handy Hints	49	(1)
Candida (20 pairs)
no gimp at heading	50	(1)
Saffron (24 pairs)
point ground fingers - no heading - increasings and decreasings	51	(1)
Papillon (22 pairs)
new adding in	51	(3)
Marianne (22 pairs)
introduction to floral ideas	54	(1)
Catherine (35 pairs)
gimp weaving	55	(1)
Rosebud - Christening set 1 (12 pairs)
narrow edging	56	(1)
Pixie - Christening set 2 (18 pairs)
medium edging	57	(1)
Cinderella - Christening set 3 (58 pairs)
bonnet back	58	(2)
Rosina - Christening set 4 (18 pairs)
insertion	60	(1)
Coralin - Christening set 5 (33 pairs)
wide edging	61	(1)
Linda (36 pairs)	62	(6)
Helen (22 pairs)
Simple floral hanky	65	(3)
Carole Collar (do-it-yourself collar)	68	(7)
Lilac (25 pairs)
double footside	72	(2)
Corners	74	(1)
Yvonne	75	(4)
Cameo
all half stitch	76	(3)
Waterlily	79	(1)
Apple Blossom (`Restless' lace)	80	(4)
Laces for Ribbon (9 pairs)	84	(2)
Veronica (30 pairs)
insertion	85	(1)
Corner Prickings	86	(2)
Alice (42 pairs)
triangular lace	87	(1)
Suppliers and sources of information	88	(2)
Index	90