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 178
to the pins, where make the Plain Edge with the pairwhich have been first put aside. Stem Stitch must alwaysbe more or less of a cui-ve, and the pinholes on the out-side, so that it is sometimes necessary to turn the PlainEdge from the right to the left hand in the course of thework, but the… … Fig. 41. TsErou, is Stem Stitch. down to its head heie and there; three or fom uprightpins will hold the lace steady except where the Stem isalmost straight, then a gi-eater number of upright pinsare requiied. Knots are passed away in Stem Stitch, andexti-a threads cut away six rows after they are…
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