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 67
Fig. 103. Buttonhole in Lace Work. loops of each preceding row are used for the foundation ofthe next, and the needle is passed through every one ofthem. The effect of this is that no raised ridge is left onthe surface of the stitch, but it has the appearance of asolid mass of upright close lines.… … Fig. 104. Buttonhole Stitch forming Thick Part of Lace. from right to left and firmly secured, the needle is thenput into the cordonnet or other already made part of thelace, and then downwards behind the foundation thread,while the working thread is passed to the right under theneedle so as to…
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