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 189
andis shown in the centre line of Pig. 324. To work in Hol-bein stitch with both sides alike : Run the thread firstover, then under, and then over the traced line, so thatevery alternate stitch fills up a marked space. In thesecond running, work over the plain spaces and under theones already… … Fig. 324. Battlemented Stitch. Point de Russe : Trace a battlemented line. Bring theneedle up from the back of the material, at one end of theshort line forming the top of one Battlement, put theneedle back at the end of this line, only take up a fewthreads of material, and bring the needle out, at…
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