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 96
r to the pins, where make the Plain Edge with the pairwhich have been first put aside. Stem Stitch must alwaysbe more or less of a curve, and the pinholes on the out-side, so that it is sometimes necessary to turn the PlainEdge from the right to the left hand in the course of thework, but the… … Fig. 711. Trefoil in Stem Stitch. down to its head here and there; three or four- uprightpins will hold the lace steady except where the Stem isalmost straight, then a gi-eater number of upright pinsare required. Knots are passed away in Stem Stitch, andextra threads cut away six rows after they…
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