Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 65
all the same. The only piece of embroidery entirely in crewel-stitch which I could find for illustration (15) isworked, as it happens, in silk; nor was the workeraware that in so working she was doing anythingout of the common. Another instance of crewel-stitch is given in the divided skirt, let us… … l6. CHAIN-STITCH AND KNOTS. TO WORK A. Chain and Tam-bour Stitch are ineffect practically thesame, and present thesame rather granularsurface. The differ-ence between them isthat chain - stitch isdone in the hand withan ordinary needle,and tambour-stitch in aframe with a hook sharper at the turning…
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