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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 12

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A A Fig. 177. Crewel Work—Background. small lines in Satin Stitch. In Fig. 177, darn the longlines forming the broad arrow part of design, and workthe short lines in Satin Stitch. In Fig. 178—Trace the … Fio. 178. Crewel Work—Background. long diagonal lines that form diamonds where they inter-sect, and darn them down with three rows of fine crewelsor raw silk. Then cross the lines where they meet witha Cross Stitch worked in a different coloured crewel orsilk to that used in the darned lines, and…

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