Clark thread company, Newark, N. J. [from old catalog] · [New York, Printed by Phillips and Van Brunt co. inc.] · leaf 31
ingnothing more than a woven spider-web. Instead of carrying the weaving thread under and over the foundationthreads, a back stitch is taken over every thread, thus making a raised effect. These little rosettes may be usedon a smocked dress or blouse in place of buttons. MMWlinnHliliimininumuiii… … Honeycomb smocking, shown in the first illustration on this page, is worked fromright to left. This is probably the simplest of the many smocking stitches. On ging-hams or chambrays honeycomb stitch may be worked without the preliminary gather-ing threads, if desired, simply carrj-ing the thread as…
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