MACRAME LACE REVIVED.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 263, 30 July 1908, Page 5

MACRAME LACE REVIVED.

■ There arc many women who positively liate . .sewing of .-any kind, and' yet.will take , quite 'kindly -to 'lace-making.'.:; There .is a' distinct : pleasure in ■ working out a ;complic'ated de- .. sign and seeing it every time we pick ; it'|Up 1 ' , grow a 'little, nearer to. a 'beautiful comple- ' tion.., Th'eu it becomes a matter of difficulty ' to' keep aiway 'from; it,-: and yo are. impatient - of -everything that interferes-with its pro- , gresg ; Or late,',there, : :has.,been a . revival; of : a' ; firid ; .vafietyvof ■.macrame r . : lace, ; ' accord-: , ing to a writer in the. "Age," but no one need feel apprehensive that maerame worked m'an»tel . borders and brackets aro likely to bo restored to popularity. The revival '.certainly . alfects house linen,: but 'its' main; interest ■ , cxists'i.in,' connection v.'.with -the:. trimming of : gowns.-: i. The. popularity of heavy- lace,- especially Irish. crochet, has: doubtless led to i manufacturers : .demaiidiiig :a . revival. The, co'rdsj.'tasselsj'. frogs, .'arid, loops that appear : silk'3nd.;linferr coatsfmayi all be done .by the makpr,. 'While heavy. silk lace looks .'beautiful 'done' in knots. Tlio •lace -'belongs; to-the pillow :lace family, and. maj' be learned with': little difficulty. For edging bedspreads and tablecloths it is Vspecially ' suitable, • and the making; of it is ' a reiil:pleasure to the deft-fingered .woman. Incidentally,, mae'ramo,: work is an 'excellent . thing to,teach, the, convalescent man, 'some particularly fine ' examples having recently , • been done by'an','able-bodied athlete while a : broken',Jeg-mended^itself