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The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described (1882)

Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : A.W. Cowan · leaf 114

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, it is durable in wear. Connaught Yarnsare thinner than the Blarneys produced in the sameisland, and are more loosely twisted. The Fingerings areto be had in 3 ply and 4 ply. They may all be had inblack, white, grey, heather, ruby, navy-blue fancy mix-tures, &c. See Blarneys. Continuous Inner… … Fig. 152. Continuous Inner Teael. bobbins and two gimps at the tip of the hollow leaf anddo Cloth Stitch to the place where the opening begins;work to the centre, stick a pin in the top hole, hang on apair of gimps round it, Twist the two pairs of workingbobbins twice, make a stitch about the pin…

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