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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 68

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n plain Darning.Join and fasten off the silk on the upper side of the net, theright side of the work being underneath. Unpick and turnthe work, and finish tbe edge of the lace with a series ofscallops made in Buttonhole Stitch. Fig. 283 is intended for a border. The net is laid upona background,… … Fig. 283. Border in Darned Net. three honeycombs, and put the silk into the first and fifthhoneycomb. Commence the next line of stitches in thehoneycombs the first line finished in, and work this lineeither upward or downward, but slanting in a contrarydirection to the last. Fig. 284 is formed with…

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