Machine lace

This is an imitation of a Bucks Point bobbin lace insertion, but various parts are made in a different way, which shows that this is machine lace.

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This was in a sewing box of my aunt, Doris Dibblee (nee Mitchell), 1896-1968. I don't know where she got it.

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If you look carefully, you can see that there are pairs of passives being worked as a single thread. This means that the under-and-overs are not regular - sometimes, the workers go over or under two threads rather than one.

You can also see that the net is not made in the correct way.

There are different thicknesses of thread. Some passives are thick and some are thin.