For the historically minded:
The project Gutenburg text of
THE
LADIES' WORK-BOOK
CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS IN
Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, &c.
(this looks mid-Victorian, say 1850ish. The entire book online)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16605/16605-h/16605-h.htm
Crocheted edgings patterns (I love crocheted lace. It's the type of work my grandma started me with way back when I was 9)
http://home.inreach.com/marthac/edging.html
Very interesting! Lord, some of the projects women used to fill their time with!
I looked through it for clues on the date; all I can tell for sure is that since it specifies "Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize" brand of yarns, it has to be after the Great Exhbition of 1851.