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Florence home needle-work (1892)

Nonotuck Silk Company · Florence, Mass. : Nonotuck Silk Co. · leaf 51

An illustration from Florence home needle-work, 1892, leaf 51
ing. Position of the Hands without Cushion (Fig. 43). —When the workcannot be fastened to a cushion it should be held between the forefinger andthe thumb, and left hanging down over the other fingers. If it needs to bemore firmly held, draw it between the fourth and fifth fingers, which willPrevent… … Fig. 42.— Position of the Hands. (1) Running Stitch (Fig. 44).—This is the simplest and easiest of all.Pass the needle in and out of the material at regular intervals, in a horizontaldirection, taking up three or four threads at a time. If the stuff allow,several stitches may be taken on the needle…

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