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 93
first, and Darning the two together, asshown in Fig. 634, Detail A. All these various stitchescan be worked, if required, upon the same curtain. SiraiglU Netting.—In this Netting there is neitherIncreasing nor Decreasing; the numhDr of loops thatare required for the width of the woi-k are Netted… … Fig. 635. Straigut Netting. these, simply turning the work over in the hand, to workthe next row from left to right without breaking off thethread, or Increasing or Decreasing a loop. StraightNetting, if requii-ed to be very even, should have two rowsworked on the Foundation Loop before the real…
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