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 293
Knitthe next three or four stitches loosely, or Purl them; whenthese are knitted, Knit or Purl the stitches upon the spareneedle, on the needle held in the right hand. By so doing,the stitches first knitted are laid under the last stitches,which are raised above the rest of the work.… … Fig. 507. Knitting— Decrease. two stitches together. To Decrease see Fig. 507: Put theright hand needle through two stitches on the left handneedle, and Knit them as if they were a single stitch. Decrease from the Back.—Put the right hand needlethrough the back of the two stitches instead of…
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