eft to right, make two
buttonhole stitches rather near together, and leave twice as long a loop
between them and the next two stitches as between the two first.

In the next row, which is worked from right to left, make one stitch in
the loop between the two stitches that are close together and three or
four in the long loop.

[Illustration: FIG. 724. FIFTH LACE STITCH.]

FIFTH LACE STITCH (fig. 724).--As in fig. 723, you begin this stitch
from left to right, but making three stitches very close together with
an intermediate loop as long as the three stitches in one.

In the second row, you make one buttonhole stitch in each of the loops
between the three stitches and six or eight in the long intermediate
loop.

[Illustration: FIG. 725. SIXTH LACE STITCH.]

SIXTH LACE STITCH (fig. 725).--Over wide loops, made from left to
right in the first row, make in the second, enough buttonhole stitches
entirely to cover the thread.

In the third row of stitches, put the needle into the small loop between
two sets of buttonhole stitches, so that the close stitches shall form
vertical lines across the surface they cover.

This stitch admits of every sort of modification, such as, for instance,
making the third row of stitches on the buttonhole stitches, in the
middle of the ones on the small loop; or making one row of close
stitches first, and then three open rows; in the former case you should
always make an uneven number of buttonhole stitches, so that you have
the same number on both sides of the needle, which you must put in
between the two threads that form the middle buttonhole stitch.

[Illustration: FIG. 726. SEVENTH LACE STITCH.]

SEVENTH LACE STITCH (fig. 726).--Begin, working from right to left, by
making one row of pairs of buttonhole stitches, a very short distance
apart; in the second row you make one buttonhole stitch between each of
these pairs, and in the third row, two buttonhole stitches in every long
loop. Here, the stitches must not be crowded together but have a small
gap left between them.

[Illustration: FIG. 727. EIGHTH LACE STITCH.]

EIGHTH LACE STITCH (fig. 727).--This stitch is generally known as the
"pea-stitch" on account of the holes occasioned by the different
distribution of the stitches.

The first row consists of stitches, set rather closely together, and all
the same distance apart. In the second row, you make one buttonhole
stitch in the last stitch of the first row, then, missing