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 69
Fig. 286. Fillings in D.irned Net.lines backward and forward, until the space is filled. Thelittle loop upon the ends of the lines shows how the threadis carried from one line to the other in an ornamentalmanner, without any join. This loop corresponds to thecurve on the lines. Fig. 287 is a… … Fig. 287. P.^ttern in Darned Net.or plain Darning stitch, and leave every alternate honey-comb plain: work in Overcast Stitch, and run the threadinto the thick line to carry it down, without showing, tothe next honeycomb that is to be Overcast. Fig. 288 is another pattern to be worked upon coarse…
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