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 68
Fig. 283. Border in Darned Net.three honeycombs, and put the silk into the first and fifthhoneycomb. Commence the next line of stitches in thehoneycombs the first line finished in, and woi-k this lineeither upward or downward, but slanting in a contrarydirection to the last. Fig. 284 is formed with… … Fig. 23t. Boedee in D.mined Net. reversing the stitches thus—five, three, and two. Continueto work in this way down the net for its length, and thencommence another row. Work the centre stitch over sevenhoneycombs of these Diamonds beneath the first stitch ofthe previous row. Work to the end of the…
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