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 65
ed inthe needlewoman for its attachment or use. The repairsthus executed are not patchings, but hand fide darns. Swiss Darning is the method of reproducing etock-ing-web by means of a darning needle and thread of yamworked double. The warp must first be made with a singlethread, as in plain… … Fig. 279 Swiss Darning. to be filled. Run the needle through these stitches, as inplain darning, until the first thread of the warp is reached.Then insert it between the first and second threads of thewarp, bringing it out under the first thread, then pass itbetween the second and third threads,…
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