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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 80

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of thework, and place the needle in and draw up as if com-mencing a Buttonhole ; put the left-hand thumb firmlyon the thread, and twist it round, then thread, pass theneedle into the loop on the right of the thumb, and drawup. Commence each line of stitches from the left-handside of the lace and… … Fifi. 481. Hollie Stitch. The stitch, as shown in Fig. 484, is worked wide apart,and forms a line of open work between the thick patternin the lace, but the thick and the open parts of HolliePoint are worked in the same stitch; in the thick theseare placed close together4 in the open, the space of…

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