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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 80

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g apattern as the Pillow will allow, taking care that the endswill correspond, and allow of the design being continued. Ship Ladder Stitch.—See Ladder Stitch, EmbeoideetStitches. Shirred.—A word employed by Americans, derived bythem from the old German Scliirren, and employed tosignify an irregular… … Fia. 727. SHETLANB POINT LACE. ■wild all the year over the hills until—the ground beingcovered with snow—they descend to the seashore andfeed on weed. The staple of these sheep is longer than thatof the Merino, and their skins are much employed as Furs.The breed goes by the name of Beaver Sheep,…

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