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 296
e German manner of Knittingis the quickest, and also from the stitch being Knitfrom the back it lies more smoothly upon the surface.Fig. 518 also gives the appearance of a piece of workwith all the front part in the plain loops formed byKnitting. In Round Knitting, this is accomplished byKnitting… … Fig. 518. Knit. Knit from the Bach.—A term used when in EnglishKnitting the Knit Stitch is to be taken at the back as inGerman Knitting: it is done for the purpose of makingthe work smoother in that place. Knit three Stitches together. — Put the right pinthrough three stitches on the left hand pin…
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