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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: NEEDLE LACE
    • Needlepoint
    • Tape lace
    • Tenerife lace
  • Chapter 2: BOBBIN LACE
    • Simple Torchon
    • Little Torchon fan
    • Fir tree fan and spider
    • Chevron shapes
    • Bedfordshire lace
    • Leaves and tallies
  • Chapter 3: TATTING
    • Edgings
    • Working in rounds
    • Working in chains
    • Stitch variations
    • Speedy method
    • Tatted net
  • Chapter 4: KNITTED LACE
    • Lace edgings
    • Viennese lace
    • Filet lace
    • Lace chevrons
    • Filigree lace
  • Chapter 5: CROCHETED LACE
    • Decorative edgings
    • Star motifs
    • Inlaid motifs
    • Honeycomb lace
    • Diagonal lace edging
    • Simple lace stitches
    • Treble net
    • Mesh patterns
    • Tambour crochet
    • Irish lace
  • Chapter 6: FILET CROCHET
    • Basic filet
    • Monogram filet
    • Picture filet
    • Filet motifs
    • Lace filet edging
  • Index
  • Suppliers: Useful Addresses

Title: The Gentle Arts: Needle Lace, Bobbin Lace, Tatting, Knitted Lace, Crocheted Lace, Filet Crochet
Editor: Dorothea Hall, The Lace Guild
Format/Publication Date: HC:1986
Publisher: Exeter Books, NY
Page Count: 156
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11 1/2" x 8 3/4"
ISBN: 0-671-08122-5

SUMMARY- Beautiful photographs showing great examples of each discipline, some basic instructions for each discipline and some sample projects scattered throughout. I probably wouldn't use this book to teach myself one of these disciplines, but I would certainly pull it down to show someone the difference between the varied gentle arts.