d in point de feston as well as the
border; point de toile forms the groundwork of the square in the
centre, round which a row of button-hole stitch is worked.

[Illustration: 556.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]

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557.--_Insertion in Guipure d'Art_.

Materials: Strip of netting of 4 holes in width; Messrs. Walter Evans
and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 12.

The ground of this simple pattern is worked in point d'esprit, square
wheels are worked in the centre of the strip.

[Illustration: 557.--Insertion in Guipure d'Art.]

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558 _to_ 563.--_Different Strips of Insertion, Rosettes and Lace, in
Guipure d'Art_.

Materials: Fine white cotton; Messrs. Waiter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg
thread Nos. 16 and 20.

These strips of insertion, rosettes, and borders are very suitable for
ornamenting lingeries, cravats, &c. The ground of insertion, Nos. 558
and 560, is worked with fine white cotton over a fine steel
knitting-needle, in slanting netting, and darned with thread in the
manner seen in illustrations. The ground of each strip is 11 rounds
wide, and worked with button-hole stitch along the edges; the darned
patterns can be worked from illustration.

[Illustration: 558.--Insertion in Guipure d'Art.]

[Illustration: 559.--Insertion in Guipure d'Art.]

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[Illustration: 560.--Rosette in Guipure d'Art.]

For the rosette, No. 560, cast on 6 stitches over a fine
knitting-needle, and join the stitches into a circle; in the 1st round
work 2 stitches in every stitch. In the 2nd--5th rounds work 2 stitches
in every increased stitch of the preceding round, and in every other
stitch 1 stitch. In the 6th round take a steel knitting-needle double
the size of the first, and work over it 1 stitch in every stitch of the
preceding round. Then work the 7th round over the fine needle as
follows:--

[Illustration: 561.--Border in Guipure d'Art.]

Draw always the second stitch of 2 stitches through the first, and work
1 stitch in the stitch which has been drawn through the first, and then
1 stitch through the other stitch. In the 8th round work always 2
stitches in the stitch between the 2 crossed stitches, 1 stitch in all
the other stitches. Lastly, darn the rosette, from illustration, with
fine glazed cotton.

For the ground of the rosettes, illustrations Nos. 562 and 563, cast on
6 stitches, join the stitche