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 28
Fig. 5i6. Stocking Kniiung—Leg. large one, as upon the ease with which the heel fits the■wearer much of the comfort of the stocking depends. … Fig. 517. Stocking Knitting—Heel. To strengthen Keels, they are often Knitted with doublethread, or with a silk thread wound round the worsted one.In Knitting the straight part of the heel always Slip thefirst stitch of every row on to the new pin withoutKnitting it, as this is the stitch that is…
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