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 94
ns,the worker, from time to time, will have to tie up thework out of her way, co as to allow of room to move herhands when making the Knots. To do this withoutinterfering with the shape of the Loops, run a tape intoa row of the Netting, taking up every Loop, and beingvery careful to keep in the one… … round Mesli; the flat Mesh should be an inch in width,the round, an inch in circumference. Two sizes of cottimare also used, one a coarse Knitting cotton, and the othera fine Crochet cotton. The Edsing is worked in Plain Netting, and the pattern can be repeated to any length,and, therefore, used…
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