"True escalier lace is made by working nine button-hole stitches close together; then miss 3 -- that is, work none in the space that 3 stitches would occupy -- work 9, miss 3 as before to the end of row, begin the 2nd row 3 stitches from the end, to cause the open spaces to fall in diagonal lines -- a succession of steps or stairs (_escalier_), which gives name to this stitch."