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 196
rk-ing in this way, first in one line and then in the other,catching a new gather and an old gather together with aBack Stitch every time, until all be secured. Work thethird line as the first (commencing at the right hand sideof work) and the fourth as the second line, catching thegathers together… … Fig. 344. Honeycomb Stitch. with the gathers stroked, ready to fasten together.A variety of Honeycomb is formed by treating eachgather as a laid thread, and forming a pattern over it, asin Couching, with a thread brought from the back of thematerial. The material is gathered very evenly, put intoan…
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