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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 93

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e first, and Darning the two together, asshown in Fig. 634, Detail A. All these various stitchescan be worked, if required, upon the same curtain. Straight Netting.—In this Netting there is neitherIncreasing nor Decreasing; the number of loops thatare required for the width of the work are Netted… … Fig. 635. Straight Netting. these, simply turning the work over in the hand, to workthe next row from left to right without breaking off thethread, or Increasing or Decreasing a loop. StraightNetting, if required to be very even, should have two rowsworked on the Foundation Loop before the real…

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