Picots

Word PICOTS
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What do we mean by picots?

An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.

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[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." ❋ Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1868)

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. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

One, mostly used in Point d'Angleterre, being of fine "brides" with four or five picots, but this ground is also seen in Venetian and French laces. ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)

Raleigh bars with picots connect the border and center designs, while the palms along the border as well as other small spaces are filled in with point Turque and point de Grecque stitches. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

Much of the Genoa lace was worked in what we term "mixed lace," the design being woven on the pillow, and the ground and fillings worked in with the needle either in a network or by brides and picots. ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)

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. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

This is merely embroidery again, but has more claim to the title of lace, as the tiny little flowers and scrolls are connected with brides made of buttonhole stitch ornamented with picots. ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)

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. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

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. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

The ground, of chains, worked back in slip-stitch with occasional picots, is to be done when forming the band for the neck. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Needlepoint lace in floral pattern with the designs very close together and connected by brides ornamented with picots. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

In the earlier Mechlin, although pillow-made, the introduction of the "brides with picots," and also the may-flower patterns of Brussels, helped to make it more decorative. ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)

Raleigh bars with picots form the connecting ground-work throughout the work. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

A study of Chart II. will show the different style of grounds or réseaux of both Needlepoint and pillow-made lace, the buttonhole grounds being either of "brides" with or without picots, or buttonhole loops, as in ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)

The picots are made after the method directed at the illustration of point de Venise bars in the department devoted to stitches. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

Raleigh bars with picots define the upper edge of the edging, and Sorrento bars on which buttons are worked form the ground work. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

Chain 4, fasten back in 1st stitch for a picot, a double between 2 trebles, repeat, making 5 picots around the shell, a double in single treble; repeat. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

The making of the dots or purls before mentioned as picots, is an important feature in bar work. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

All dots and picots render work much more effective, and may be introduced at will by the worker. ❋ The Butterick Publishing Co. (N/A)

The edges are then again worked upon with loops or picots, and in "Rose Point" tiny stars or roses are worked on suitable parts of the design, sometimes the ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)

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