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Handbook of embroidery (1880)

L. Higgin. · leaf 16

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MATERIALS. CREWELS, AND HOW TO USE THEM. Crewel should be cut into short threads, never more than half the length of the skein. If a long needleful is used, it is not only apt to pull the work, but is very wasteful, as the end of it is liable to become frayed or knotted before it is nearly worked…

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