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 267
of thework, and place the needle in and draw up as if com-mencing a Buttonhole ; put the left-hand thumb firmlyon the thread, and twist it round, then thread, pass theneedle into the loop on the right of the thumb, and drawup. Commence each line of stitches from the left-handside of the lace and… … Fig. 484. Hollie Stitch. The stitch, as shown in Pig. 484, is worked wide apart,and forms a line of open work between the thick patternin the lace, but the thick and the open parts of HolliePoint are worked iu the same stitch; in the thick theseare placed close together; in the open, the space of…
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