DMC Library: Teneriffe Lace Work

Spiral Bound Book Republication™

Originally Published c1900!

Up for bid is another marvelous Dakota Prairie Treasures Spiral Bound Book Republication™ on ''Teneriffe Lace Work!'' Originally published c1900! The HISTORIC item covers the gentle art of using needles and various threads (silk, linen and cotton) to make the daintiest (but also remarkably sturdy) lace for home and clothing decoration. (Original is not for sale)

Our new line of Spiral Bound Book Republications™ oh-so-conveniently lie flat while in use!

This is a unbelievably nice touch if you have every tried to read a pattern's instructions while your hands are full of your in progress project. As an avid needleworker myself my personal experience prompted my choice of spiral binding for it's ease-of-use alone. I bet you'll love it too!

This item includes scores of patterns including round, square and edging Teneriffe lace. You can see this book will keep you busy a long time making beautiful dainty lace items for you and yours, as gifts or to sell.

An excerpt:

 ''Teneriffe lace is a kind of work long known in Southern and Central America under the name of Brazilian or Bolivian lace. It is an imitation of a kind of needlework cultivated in Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries and known as ''Sols'' (Sun lace).''

CONTENTS

Implements

Needles

Materials

How to stretch the web for the wheels

How to make the web for insertions and lace

How to make the knots that fix the stretched threads in place

How to ornament the centre of the wheels

Ornamental stitches and figures

How to collect the clusters of threads contrariwise one row beneath the other

How to knot the clusters of threads

Wheels

Circles, braids, scallops and festoons in darning stitch

Chains in Russian and button-hole stitch, bars of stretched threads

How to take the work when finished off the

India rubber disc

Imitation done with Teneriffe braids

Materials for Teneriffe braids

Patterns

How to crochet together the loops of the braid

Taking on the braids

Making the lace stitches

How to detach the lace when finished from the pattern

Plates 1-20

So this is it! All kinds of instructions and photo plates for making these delightful lacy motifs and items! Whew!

What a historically educational and delightful art instructional piece this is!

Pretty much everything you need to make the dainty silk Victorian household needlework but the antique or vintage threads, etc. Those can be readily found on Atomic Mall! You just have to hunt a little bit! :) Or, you can obtain the contemporary materials at your nearest fabric or craft store...

The ladies of earlier times put their hands to such marvelous work and now you can too! These are beautiful items and sure to delight you and yours! These instructions are very clear and easy to follow and yet the experience fiber art and thread worker will be capable of altering as per individual needs and artistic whim.

The Spiral Bound Book Republication™ you will receive is representative of the types of handicraft expertise of earlier genteel and feminine American and European culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you will have many hours of enjoyment recreating antique needlework items for yourself or others dear to your heart just the way your great-grandmothers did!

You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come. This information has been scanned at a high resolution and electronically revamped to provide you with the very best hardcopy reproduction. Unlike other reproduction sellers this is NOT a cheap, grainy photocopy! Our Spiral Bound Republication™ has so many more advantages over the original book.

What are the benefits of our antique book Spiral Bound Book Republications™

* Our products are produced with front and back covers of heavy stock paper.

* Our products are made using the latest LaserJet printing technology meaning the ink will not smear like inferior photocopy or inkjet products do.

* Our spiral binding allows your book to lie flat during use for ease of viewing while working on your needlework projects.

* Our products do not cost a small fortune for you to obtain and enjoy.

* Every image and every page has been scanned to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any crumbling old paper!

* These scans are enlarged to full-page dimensions for ease of viewing!

* You can gift these wonderful Victorian, Edwardian pattern book finds with family and friends!

Curious about the quality of this item Please contact me and I will forward an image for your own personal inspection! You will appreciate the attention we have taken in providing you with a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that will be use for many years to come...

Check out  Dakota Prairie Treasures' current auctions for many other unique needlework CD & Spiral Bound Book Republications™ for your creative needle working pleasure!

Payment: I prefer Paypal but also accept money orders or personal check.

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USA customers: I prefer Paypal but also accept money order or personal check. International customers:payment is accepted via Paypal only. Buyer to contact me within 3 days of auction close. All payments must be received within 10 days following close of auction(s). Email address for Paypal payments will be included following the close of the auction. Please visit out other auctions and store listings at http://stores.Atomic Mall.com/Dakota-Prairie-Treasures for other items of similar interest! Thank you!

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Please visit out other auctions and store listings for other items of similar interest at http://stores.Atomic Mall.com/Dakota-Prairie-Treasures ! Thank you! USA customers: I prefer Paypal but also accept money order or personal check. International customers: payment is accepted via Paypal only. Buyer to contact me within 3 days of auction close. All payments must be received within 10 days following close of auction(s). Email address for Paypal payments will be included following the close of the auction.

On Jun-04-06 at 08:25:47 PDT, seller added the following information: