I’ve made the cover doily, “Coronet”, twice and the Rose Leaf curtains once. I’m barely started with the book, really. It’s not a compendium of modern lace knitting, or even mid-century lace knitting. It’s a 1954 collection of one designer’s work: doilies, curtains, and tablecloths. The modernity comes in with the designer’s use of techniques that were up-to-date for the time, which she thoroughly explains and illustrates, and especially with her then-innovative use of graphs, which were not in general use until about 1970.

It should be noted that she uses British sizes for knitting needles and British crochet terminology, so her double crochet stitch is an American single crochet. ( )

Lending

James Harvey & Dorrwin Buck Jones

Seized by realism, time to sell it ( )

A wonderful collection of old lace patterns for tablecloths, curtains, a bedspread and antimacassars. ( )