This lace pattern is printed on light brown thin cardboard. It is titled Plain Hole Ground and copyrighted 1904. All rights reserved. Rows of dots in diagonal lines with tiny numbers 1-29 indicate the order of making the lace. The corresponding instructions are printed in The American Lace Maker, Volume 1, page 3 as Lesson No. 2. This pattern was used as printed for three inches, then pricked but not used for finer thread for 6 inches.
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