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This completes the picot, the bar is then buttonholed to the end.— Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
The second picot is made in much the same way; instead, however, of putting the needle as the diagram shows, bring the thread up through the centre of the loop, then round under the pin from left to right, and it will be in position to make three buttonhole stitches along the loop, which completes the second example Illustration: Fig.— Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
Upon this being done, the thread will have arrived at the right point to continue the bar Bullion stitch makes another simple picot--Work the bar to the point where the picot is required, then, instead of taking the next stitch, insert the point of the needle in the heading of the last stitch.— Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
This is a quick mode of making the picot, and imitates most closely the real Spanish lace Illustration No.— Beeton's Book of Needlework
Further they carried over whole shipeful of mastives which they hunted the naked Indians with; and I know not how many millions ware torn this way The sogers ware so beastly that they could not refrain from laying and abusing the Indian women, which gave them the verole picot or French pox, surely the just iudgement of god, wt a iudgement not knowen to former ages, punishing men wt shame in this world.— Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676

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