Modern Trends | Book No. 303 | Coats & Clark's O.N.T.

HOW TO MAKE BASIC HAIRPIN LACE

Learn the basic steps (which are as easy as 1-2-3), and then you are ready to undertake all sorts of attractive variations. Nothing could be simpler than hairpin lace, and nothing gives a more delightful appearance for so little of your time!

Basic Steps:

Step 1 … Make a loop at end of ball thread (Fig. 1).

Step 2 … Insert hook in loop and wind ball thread around right prong of staple (Fig. 1).

Step 3 … Thread over hook and draw through loop, keeping loop at center

Step 4 … Raise hook to a vertical position and turn staple to the left (Fig. 2).

Step 5 … Thread over hook and draw through loop on hook (Fig. 3).

Step 6 … Insert hook in loop of left prong (Fig. 4).

Step 7 … Thread over hook and draw loop through (2 loops on hook), thread over and draw through 2 loops.

Step 8 … Repeat Steps 4 to 7 incl. until staple is filled.

Step 9 … Remove all but the last 4 loops from staple and continue as be­fore for length desired.

Special Instructions for Making Items

Hairpin Lace Chair Set . . . Hairpin Lace Cafe Curtains . . . Round Hairpin Lace Place Mat and Hairpin Lace Place Mat

For Hairpin Lace Chair Set and Hairpin Lace Cafe Curtains … Repeat Steps 1 to 6 incl. of How to Make Basic Hair­pin Lace.

Now … thread over hook and draw loop through (2 loops on hook), drop first color, pick up second color and draw through 2 loops on hook. Colors are always changed in this manner.

Then … repeat Steps 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Basic Hairpin Lace twice, leaving the last 2 loops of second color (Step 7) on hook. Change back to first color as before and continue in this manner, making 2 loops of each color alternately for the required number of loops.

For Round Hairpin Lace Place Mat … Repeat Steps 1 to 7 incl. of How to Make Basic Hairpin Lace.

Now … repeat Steps 4, 6, 7 and 9 of Basic Hairpin Lace.

For Hairpin Lace Place Mat … With one strand each of Mid Rose and White make a loop as for How to Make Basic Hairpin Lace (Fig. 1).

Step 2 … Keeping White in back of work, pick up Mid Rose and wind it around right prong of staple (Fig. 1).

Step 3 … Thread over hook and draw through loop on hook, keeping loop at center

Step 4 … Place Mid Rose between prongs and in front of work. Drop Rose, pick up White and repeat Steps 4 and 5 of Basic Hairpin Lace.

Step 5 … Place White between prongs in front of work. Drop White, pick up Rose and repeat Steps 6, 7, 4 and 5 of Basic Hairpin Lace.

Step 6 … Place Mid Rose between prongs in front of work, drop Rose, pick up White and repeat Steps 6, 7, 4 and 5 of Basic Hairpin Lace.

Step 7 … Repeat Steps 5 and 6 for the required number of loops.

SWEDISH WEAVING

GENERAL INFORMATION: Use 6 strands of Embroidery Floss, 4 strands of "Strandsheen," or 1 strand of Pearl Cotton or "Brilliant."

Most huck towels have vertical loops on one side and horizontal loops on the other; each set of direc­tions states on which side design is to be worked. Cut thread into 30-inch lengths. When beginning weaving, leave 3 inches of thread free. When weaving is com­pleted, weave back through design for 1 inch, or equiv­alent. Finish off 3-inch length in same manner. When starting new thread in center of row, begin weaving 1 inch before end of previous thread. When article has been completed, press well on wrong side.