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 92
eput away, the last pair becoming 1 and 2 in their turn. Inthe first row the bobbins were taken as they came, inarranging them so as to make the knots belong to thepassive bobbins they were, of necessity, twisted over eachother. This is immaterial at the commencement, but eachbobbin must now have… … Fis: 140. Close Leaf-Finished. but it has its uses, as it gives facility in handling, andaccustoms the eye to detect wrongful twists. In the2 row the bobbins must be numbered from right toleft, 4 and 3, 2 and 1, the latter being the active pair. Thestitch is apparently reversed, but the theory is…
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