1884 Knitted Lace Sample Book

After an August hiatus (while I settled into a new job and tended to other matters), our parade of Victorian designs returns with the only n...

"Smyrna Lace" is a classic: diamonds framed by two rows of eyelets. One stitch is added every other row in the first half of the p...

"Lemon Seed Lace" features diamonds flanked by faggoting and ladder eyelets in the upper half and the eponymous motifs lined up di...

Pairs of leaves running horizontally, faggoting, large eyelets, cascading eyelets and a gently scalloped lower edge combine to make "Ro...

"Narrow Edge" is a fraternal twin of 17. Lace Edging , the only significant difference in appearance being the substitution of lad...

"Lace Pattern" is a relative of 13. Shell Pattern , in that the solid areas are gathered at the lower left by slipping multiple st...

Here's another pattern without a name. The garter stitch edging combines fagotting along the top with large eyelets arranged within the ...