Arthur, Anne Knox · London : A. & C. Black, ltd. · leaf 137
CHAPTER X INSERTIONS IN NEEDLE-WEAVING — POINT DE REPRISE INTERLACING AND OPENWORK BACKGROUND " There she weaves, by night and day, A magic web with colours gay." A Chequered Pattern (Fig. 31). — Chequered pat- terns look well in needle-weaving. A number of colours may be introduced if the spacing… … Fig. 31. warp threads into clusters which is an advantage — it saves trouble when the actual weaving begins by keeping the weft threads in place ; cross stitch and oversewing are useful stitches for the same purpose. The worker should be careful to group the strands equally by dividing them into…
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