tight_ stitch.

VENETIAN EDGING (No. 3). Do four stitches instead of one in the loop
of the Brussels stitch.

SORRENTO EDGING (No. 4). Do a stitch exactly like little Venetian, the
eighth of an inch long, and then one-half that length in the same
manner. Continue to work these alternately.

VENETIAN BARS (No. 6). Take the needle across the space to be barred,
once, twice, or oftener, according to the thickness of the bar, and
then cover these threads quite closely with button-hole stitch.

The veinings of leaves are often worked in Venetian bars, over a
ground of Brussels lace. As this is to be done without breaking off a
thread, it requires some little management. Begin by making the
foundation thread of the vein running from the base of the leaf to the
point, taking one, two, or three threads, but always beginning _at the
point_ to cover it with button-hole stitch. Do enough to come to the
first veinings branching from it; slip the needle across to the braid,
in the proper direction, taking a close button-hole stitch to
fasten it: cover it with button-hole up to the centre vein; then do
the companion one in the same manner, and continue to work each pair
as you come to it on the principal veining.

EDGED VENETIAN BARS (No. 5). This is a Venetian bar, like the last,
edged with Brussels or Venetian edging. This, with various other bars,
frequently forms the groundwork of the guipured lace.

ENGLISH BARS (No. 7). These are frequently worked between two lines of
Brussels or Venetian edging to connect them. They are made by passing
the needle backwards and forwards through two opposite stitches,
always tacking the under side of each, so that the threads be across
the space smoothly and evenly. About four times each way will be
sufficient. They are usually done across between two stitches, and
then one at each edge is missed before the next bar is made. Sometimes
these bars are radiated, a single stitch of the edge being missed on
one side, and two at the other.

SORRENTO BARS (No. 8). These are bars which occur most frequently in
Italian lace. They are simply twisted threads, so closely entwined
that they only appear as one. They also are frequently radiated, and
crossed; the effect produced will be seen in the accompanying diagram.

DOTTED VENETIAN BARS (No. 9). A bar of threads is made, as for a
common Venetian bar. Do on it six stitches, and instead of drawing the
seventh tight, hold the top by sticking a needl