nt 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.]

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[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