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 458
g apattern as the Pillow will allow, taking care that the endswill correspond, and allow of the design being continued. Ship Ladder Stitch.— See Ladder Stitch, EmbeoidekyStitches. Shirred.—A word employed by Americans, derived bythem from the old German Schirren, and employed tosignify an irregular… … Fig. 727. SHETLAND POINT LACE. wild all the year over the hills until—the ground beingcovered with snow—they descend to the seashore andfeed on weed. The staple of these sheep is longer than thatof the Merino, and their skins are much employed as Furs.The breed goes by the name of Beaver Sheep, and…
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