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 34
the three Point dEspagne intothe loose loop. (See Fig. 684). Point de Reprise.—To work : Fill the space with anumber of Yandyked lines, at an even distance from andintersecting each other, then into every alternate spaceformed by the single lines, work a Darning Stitch overand under the opposite… … Point de Bepeise, the varieties are all finished in the manner describedabove. Point de Sorrento.—Also known as Sorrento Lace. Towork: Make a loose stitch from right to left across theextreme point of a space, and in the return row work twoButtonhole Stitches into it, and fasten the thread onthe…
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