picots

[48: 2] Picotee is from the French word _picoté_ marked with little pricks round the edge, like the "picots," on lace, _picot_ being the technical term in France for the small twirls which in England are called "purl" or "pearl."

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In making the lace, narrow braid and cord are used for the foundation of the design, and then the filling-in stitches are made and at the same time rings and buttons and bars and picots are introduced.

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The design illustrated may be followed in Battenburg braid or plain lace tape, and any of the fancy stitches mentioned and described among the rosettes, bars and picots may be employed for filling-in purposes.

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Raleigh bars with picots define the upper edge of the edging, and Sorrento bars on which buttons are worked form the ground work.

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Raleigh bars with picots form the connecting ground-work throughout the work.

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The picots are made after the method directed at the illustration of point de Venise bars in the department devoted to stitches.

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This engraving represents a specimen of genuine Russian lace made of fine braid, and wrought with bars similar to Raleigh bars, except that they have no picots.

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The ground-work is formed of Raleigh bars made with picots, and the loops of braid are filled in with twisted point d'Alençon bars.

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The making of the dots or purls before mentioned as picots, is an important feature in bar work.

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All dots and picots render work much more effective, and may be introduced at will by the worker.

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