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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

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on ofthe centre, only three angles are thus filled, and the fourthis filled with a Point Croise Wheel. Sli^ S«ifc7i.—Worked as Point Lache to fill in halfa mesh with a thick triangle, but as a series of loopsfrom corner to corner without the securing Buttonhole(see Point Ldche). Spider.—See Rone.… … Fig. 470. GUIFUKE LACIi. knot it together in the centre, work a loose Point dEspritin every square, counting the threads as a square so thateight Point dEsprit are made. Draw these loops togetherwith a thread run round them, to form an opei? circl^ Guipure Laces.—The making both of Braid and…

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