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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 48

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Serrated and in Belief are fully described andshown in Honiton Lace (Bryony pattern), and need notbe recapitulated. Hollow leaves are shown in Fig. 581, and are workedas follows: Hang on ten pairs of Bobbins at the tip of thehoUow leaf, and two gimps, and work in Cloth Stitch tothe place where the… … Pig. 581. Hollow Leap. opening, and then down the other, and make the InnerPeael. Hollow leaves, with open branching fibres, areworked thus : Work the main fibre do^vn the centre of theleaf first with five pairs of Bobbins and in Stem Stitch ;when the bottom of the leaf is reached, hang on one…

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