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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 83

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Fig. 307. Drawn Work. together with coloured silk, and work these Overcaststitches in a Vandyke line over the whole of the inch ofDrawn threads, as shown in Fig. 307. To work Fig. 308 : Draw out six threads of the material,and leave three threads, then draw out threads to an inchin depth of the… … Fig. S03. Drawn Wore. side of the material, and take in four threads into eachline. When all the threads are Buttonholed over, take anarrow piece of ribbon, and run it through the lines thus :Take up the third line and twist it over the first, put theribbon over it, and pass the ribbon through the…

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