The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework. Dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described. Illustrated with upwards of 800 wood engravings, and coloured plates. Plain sewing, textiles, dressmaking, appliances, and terms (1885)
Caulfeild, Sophia Frances Ann, 1824-1911 · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 46
Fio. 38. Cross Stitch. iX:-M^ 1 i&MSiN/*.4/mi4*^4 nlPi 1 i[FdrTli-ili-i Fig. 39. lOKO Ckoss Stitch. Cross {Long) Stitch.—This is a variation of CrossStitch, the two stitches forming it not making a perfectsquare, as in ordinary Cross Stitch, but a Long Stitchcrossed. To work : Take the wool… … Fig. 40. Per Cross Sutcu. years ago than at the present time; it is suitable forgeometrical patterns. To work, as shown in Fig 39: Takea dark and Tght shade of the same coloured wool andsome gold coloured filoselle. Work six Long CeossStitches with light wool and six with dark wool alter-nately to…
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