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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 28

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Fig. 546. Stocking Knitting—Leg. large one, as upon the ease with which the heel fits thewearer much of the comfort of the stocking depends. … Fig. 547. Stocking Knitting—Heel. To strengthen Heels, they are often Knitted with doublethread, or with a silk thread wound round the worsted one.In Knitting the straight part of the heel always Slip thefirst stitch of every row on to the new pin withoutKnitting it, as this is the stitch that is…

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