He he he

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For alpha_angel (but possibly not her office colleagues...)
Perpetual bubblewrap

And for later reference for victorian stuff (rather large)
The Project Gutenburg eBook of BEETON'S BOOK OF NEEDLEWORK
Is a 1986 facimile of an 1870s book. "CONSISTING OF DESCRIPTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS, ILLUSTRATED BY SIX HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS, OF TATTING PATTERNS. CROCHET PATTERNS. KNITTING PATTERNS. NETTING PATTERNS. EMBROIDERY PATTERNS. POINT LACE PATTERNS. GUIPURE D'ART. BERLIN WORK. MONOGRAMS. INITIALS AND NAMES. PILLOW LACE, AND LACE STITCHES."

Since it implossibly to buy the right lace stuff, it may be easier to make it... Or at least a good form of filling in time on buses and in front of the TV.

Comments

I hope you have seen this

[staranise.livejournal.com]

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/.

It has heaps and heaps of textile related stuff, mostly victorian. Everytime I take a peek I find more and more fabulous stuff.