The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 194
owork Single Feather: Bring the needle up in the centreline, hold the thread down with the left thumb one-eighthof an inch beneath where the needle came out. Insert theneedle on left side of the line (see Fig. 338) even to where itcame up but a short distance away, and bring it out in aslanting… … Fig, 339. Double Featheb Stitch. To work Double Feather: The beauty of Double Featherconsists in the perfect Vandyke line it makes down thematerial when properly worked. The stitch is the sameas Feather, but is worked twice to the left and twice tothe right, instead of once, as in Fig. 338, where…
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