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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 34

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he top bobbins round and round, drawing oneup through the pinhole, passing a bobbin through the looplower end first, and drawing up the loop, or else by work-ing in Cloth Stitch, when no pins are required, exceptwhere Pin Work is added. Bar.—Portions of the pattern of Macrame. Made ofone to three… … Fig. 26. Bars. length of Bar required, nine knots being the usual lengthmade. Bar.—Derived from the old English word barre, theWelsh bar, French barre. A tenn in plain work to signifythe sewing made, in Buttonhole Stitch, across a buttonholeto prevent its being torn. See Buttonhole Stitch.…

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