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 292
dropit, and continue knitting in this manner, never keepingmore than one stitch upon the right hand needle, until thewhole of the stitches have been Knit and dropped. Forthe last stitch draw the wool through it, and sew the enddown. Cast On.—The manner of commencing the work,and done with either… … Fig. 5M. Knitting—Cast On. the thumb of the left hand, marked B, and put the pinthrough the loop thus made, pass the end of the cottonthat is on the ball of cotton round the needle tightly, anddraw the needle back through the loop so as to make astitch, and then slip the cotton off the left thumb,…
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