The dictionary of needlework, an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework, Church embroidery, lace, and ornamental needlework (1882)
Caulfeild, Sophia Frances Ann, 1824-1911 · London : L.U. Gill · leaf 182
ut working it, count it as the first iee). stitch in the new row (this is known as Slipping a Stitch Ecru. — A French term, denoting the colour of raw silk in Knitting or Netting). By not working this first stitch or unbleached linen and cotton, liuch lace is sold of this when making straight lines… … and petticoats, being both lighter and warmer than any Fig 31.5. ECEU LACE. other material so used. The eider is twice the size of the Ecru Lace. — A modem lace, made -n-ith two kinds of ordinary duck, and frequents the shores of solitary islands. braid, connected together with various Wheels and…
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