e, and of the required length;
Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 8 or 12.

This simple insertion consists of double rows of wheels worked at each
side of a strip of point d'esprit, an edge of button-hole stitches being
worked between the rows.

[Illustration: 549.--Guipure d'Art Insertion.]

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550 _and_ 551.--_Squares for Antimacassar_.

Materials: Square of netting of 12 holes; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co's
Mecklenburg thread No. 8.

[Illustration: 550.--Square for Antimacassar.]

No. 550 is very quickly worked. The border and groundwork in point
d'esprit, the centre star in point de reprise, the pattern in point de
toile. Wheels fill in the four holes in the centre of the squares.

No. 551 has a border in point d'esprit, the star is worked in point de
feston, the other stitches are point de toile. Wheels in part of star
pattern No. 518.

[Illustration: 551.--Square for Antimacassar.]

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552 _and_ 553.--_Borders in Guipure d'Art_.

Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 8 or 16.

These corner borders are very suitable for couvrettes, and, worked with
fine thread, for pocket-handkerchiefs. The netted ground of the borders
is to be worked in the size seen in illustration; for the border No. 553
darn the ground in button-hole stitch, darning stitch, point d'esprit,
and point de feston; the pattern No. 552 is worked in linen stitch and
point d'esprit; small wheels are also to be worked. Both borders are to
be worked round in button-hole stitch; the netted ground is cut away
along the outside.

[Illustration: 552.--Border in Guipure d'Art.]

[Illustration: 553.--Border in Guipure d'Art.]

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554 _and_ 555.--_Squares in Guipure d'Art_.

Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 20;
netted squares of 7 and 8 holes.

[Illustration: 554.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]

These two small squares are suitable for ornamenting cravats, lappets
for caps and lingeries. They are worked in darning and linen stitch. The
centre part of the square, No. 554, is a small wheel covered with raised
stitches.

[Illustration: 555.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]

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556.--_Square in Guipure d'Art_.

Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 12.

The centre of this square is worke