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 110
and drop it, and continue knitting in this manner,never keeping more than one stitch upon the right-handneedle, until the whole of the stitches have been Knitand dropped. For the last stitch draw the wool throughit, and sew the end down. Cast On.—The manner of commencing the work,and done with… … round the thumb of the left hand (marked B), and putthe pin through the loop thus made, pass the end of thecotton that is on the ball of cotton round the needletightly, and draw the needle back through the loop tomake a stitch, and then slip the cotton off the leftthumb, and draw that end tight.…
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