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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 64

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straw needle, will be required, and the ravellings ofthe stuff employed when available. In the event of therebeing none, as in the case of cloth or baize, very finesewing silk may be used to repair the latter, and theravellings of Mohair braid for the former, the exact colourof the material being… … Fio. 278. Graft Completed. be indicated by the manufacturer by a piece of packthreadtied to the selvedge, that the draper may allow for thatblemish when he sells to the tailor. Grafting.—This term signifies the insertion of a soundpiece of stocking-web into a space from which an unsoundpiece has…

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