Inside Out Library · Explore

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 123

An illustration from 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, leaf 123
t back through the second, thusmaking a short stitch upon the surface and a longone underneath. Continue in this way all round thecrescent, then fasten off by tying the two ends of thethread together at the back of the pattern. Fill theneedle with No. 7 Mecklenburg thread and commence towork by… … Fig. 170. Crescent—Manner of Working. crescent and slip it under the two holes opposite, andcontinue to pass it backwards and forwards under theholes opposite each other, never pulling the thread upfully until it has been run through all the stitches. Uponthese crossed threads Darn in soft Moravian…

Needlework

Internet Archive · Clark Art Institute Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from 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

More like this