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THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
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contains also some very good specimens of Irish work,
comprehending articles in knitting, crochet, embroidery,
and pillow-lace. Knitting, however, occupies the most
conspicuous position in the collection; and we have
selected two of the prettiest articles for illustration. The
Parasol is knitted with extremely fine cotton, each sec-
tion being commenced with small diamond knitting. This
is gradually brought to a point, as represented in the en-
graving, and the plain knitting above is ornamented with
raised embroidery in satin stitch. In like manner, the
whalebone ribs are covered with embroidery on knitting.
This parasol being made of light silk, the knitted cover is
tacked over, and finished with a frill of pillow lace. A
lace dress, part of the pattern of which is composed of
(it is equally suitable for either purpose). It is knitted
with very fine cotton, about the size of Evans's Boar's-
head, ISTo. 60. The pattern, as will be seen in the engrav-
ing, consists of large diamonds, each of which has a close
diamond in the centre, with a smaller one on each side of
it _ The ground is in open diamonds. A deep lace, of a
design to correspond with the centre, is sewn entirely
round the lappet. In the same page will be found an
engraving of part of an altar cloth, by the Sisters of
Mercy, Kinsale.
There are many other cases of Irish work well deserving
of notice. A lace flounce, worked in the Limerick lace
style, by the poor girls of Kilmaule, and exhibited by
Miss Digges La Fouche (ISTo. 234), is really very pretty,
and we regret that we cannot find room for an engraving
of the design. Another handsome flounce, worked in
imitation of Guipure, and exhibited by Mrs. Maclean, of
Tynau Rectory, County Armagh, is executed by the
children of that lady's school. Very nice knitting is also
BEETLE-WING DRESS.
arti^"tnS^-iS al£° Ti0US and eleSant- An°ther pretty
Shawt , ^1SS K^^ell's case, is a Knitted Lace
exeell?;?61?, a* intervals in «*in stitch. Its
with tlrnW S ProteSees- A pin-cushion embroidered
Mi, Kettlewefl6, ffi^^^^^Sl^
S^ oy whJh
Another Irish exhibitor, Miss Thwaites (No. 317, Class
£e wo^tL °1Ce c/lect^ of knitting, embroidery, and
One 7Lt f^aiffacture of the poor children of Newrf
sent from many parts of Ireland, and although there is
nothing very remarkable in the patterns, there is much to
admire in the great accuracy and correctness with which
they are knitted. In fact, the most critical eye cannot
detect a faulty stitch or irregular work, and it is with the
sincerest pleasure we give our testimony to its general
excellence.
We can but conclude our notice of the labours of the
Irish poor and their benevolent instructors with the most
heartfelt wish and prayer that their exertions may be
crowned with success ; and of this we may be well assured
that every new channel of industry opened to the famish-
ing thousands of our sister country is at onoe a more bene-
ficial and more permanent benefit to them than the most
lavish gratuitous benevolence could be. To give food is
conferring, at best, but a temporary blessing—to bestow
the power and incite the will to earn it, is an act of real
and enlightened philanthropy. Let those who would
redeem Ireland from the curse of poverty encourage her
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
219
contains also some very good specimens of Irish work,
comprehending articles in knitting, crochet, embroidery,
and pillow-lace. Knitting, however, occupies the most
conspicuous position in the collection; and we have
selected two of the prettiest articles for illustration. The
Parasol is knitted with extremely fine cotton, each sec-
tion being commenced with small diamond knitting. This
is gradually brought to a point, as represented in the en-
graving, and the plain knitting above is ornamented with
raised embroidery in satin stitch. In like manner, the
whalebone ribs are covered with embroidery on knitting.
This parasol being made of light silk, the knitted cover is
tacked over, and finished with a frill of pillow lace. A
lace dress, part of the pattern of which is composed of
(it is equally suitable for either purpose). It is knitted
with very fine cotton, about the size of Evans's Boar's-
head, ISTo. 60. The pattern, as will be seen in the engrav-
ing, consists of large diamonds, each of which has a close
diamond in the centre, with a smaller one on each side of
it _ The ground is in open diamonds. A deep lace, of a
design to correspond with the centre, is sewn entirely
round the lappet. In the same page will be found an
engraving of part of an altar cloth, by the Sisters of
Mercy, Kinsale.
There are many other cases of Irish work well deserving
of notice. A lace flounce, worked in the Limerick lace
style, by the poor girls of Kilmaule, and exhibited by
Miss Digges La Fouche (ISTo. 234), is really very pretty,
and we regret that we cannot find room for an engraving
of the design. Another handsome flounce, worked in
imitation of Guipure, and exhibited by Mrs. Maclean, of
Tynau Rectory, County Armagh, is executed by the
children of that lady's school. Very nice knitting is also
BEETLE-WING DRESS.
arti^"tnS^-iS al£° Ti0US and eleSant- An°ther pretty
Shawt , ^1SS K^^ell's case, is a Knitted Lace
exeell?;?61?, a* intervals in «*in stitch. Its
with tlrnW S ProteSees- A pin-cushion embroidered
Mi, Kettlewefl6, ffi^^^^^Sl^
S^ oy whJh
Another Irish exhibitor, Miss Thwaites (No. 317, Class
£e wo^tL °1Ce c/lect^ of knitting, embroidery, and
One 7Lt f^aiffacture of the poor children of Newrf
sent from many parts of Ireland, and although there is
nothing very remarkable in the patterns, there is much to
admire in the great accuracy and correctness with which
they are knitted. In fact, the most critical eye cannot
detect a faulty stitch or irregular work, and it is with the
sincerest pleasure we give our testimony to its general
excellence.
We can but conclude our notice of the labours of the
Irish poor and their benevolent instructors with the most
heartfelt wish and prayer that their exertions may be
crowned with success ; and of this we may be well assured
that every new channel of industry opened to the famish-
ing thousands of our sister country is at onoe a more bene-
ficial and more permanent benefit to them than the most
lavish gratuitous benevolence could be. To give food is
conferring, at best, but a temporary blessing—to bestow
the power and incite the will to earn it, is an act of real
and enlightened philanthropy. Let those who would
redeem Ireland from the curse of poverty encourage her