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 472
r 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 cm-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… … Fia. 741. Trefoil in Stem Stitch. down to its head here and there; three or four uprightpins will hold the lace steady except where the Stem isalmost straight, then a greater number of upright pinsare required. Knots are passed away in Stem Stitch, andextra threads cut away six rows after they are…
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