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 269
owed to lie together in aheap. The increasing and decreasing the width of thelace is managed by adding or cutting off Bobbins inpairs at the pinholes, or by spreading out the threadsover a wider surface, or drawing them closer together;the latter plan can only be pursued at small increasesor… … Fig. 436. HONITON LACE —POPPY AND BEYONY DESIGN. (First Pakt.) They are as follows: When holding the Pillow on the knee,let it rest against something that will resist it, andarrange so that the worker does not stoop. Always treatthe Bobbins as pairs, with the exception of the Gimps, whichhang on…
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