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Florence home needle-work (1888)

Nonotuck Silk Company · Florence, Mass. : Nonotuck Silk Co. · leaf 20

An illustration from Florence home needle-work, 1888, leaf 20
Open-work Insertion (Figs. 36 and 37). — The beauty of this otherwisesimple pattern lies In the peculiar knot with which the edges of the stuff are ornaraented. Carry the working silk, as shown in Fig. 37, from right to left (see the … Fig. 36. Open-work Insertion. description of the right side), over and under four threads; then bring the needleback under the thread which lies slanting, form a loop with the forefinger of theleft hand, slip it on to the needle and draw it up close to the first stitch; pull the

Needlework · Lace and lace making · Embroidery -- Design · Fancy work · Crocheting · Knitting · Cross-stitch · Macrame · Drawn-work · Monograms · Beadwork · Stitches (Sewing) · Tatting · Netting · Openwork · Edging · Insertion · Darning · Irish lace

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