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 47
stitch; for the second, commence the work twothreads of canvas above the bottom part of first stitch, butcover five threads of canvas as before. Repeat these twostitches to the end of the row; and, for the second row,work in the same way, thus making an irregular line ofstitches, but one that fills… … canvas, as is shown in Fig. 43. To work: Take foursquares of canvas for one stitch, and make a Cuoss Stitchinto the four corners of this square; then carry the woolacross the centre of thestitch from top to bottom,and then from left toright, so that it passesthrough all the outsideholes of the…
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