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 67
e Woke. The manner of working is identical with ButtonholeStitch; but, as a number of rows are required insteadof the ordinary single Buttonhole, the loops of each roware used for the foundation of the next, and the needle ispassed through every one of them. The effect of this isthat no raised… … Fig. 104. Buttonhole Stitch forming Thick Part of Lace. firmly secure it; put the needle into the Cordonnetor other already made part of the lace, and then down-wards behind the foundation thread; and pass theworking thread to the right, under the needle, toform a loop upon the foundation thread…
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