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Embroidery and tapestry weaving : a practical text-book of design and workmanship (1912)

Christie, Grace · London : J. Hogg · leaf 201

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ing thethreads of the fine linen ground andpicking up a single thread or more insome regular sequence. The threads arerun in parallel lines close together, eitherhorizontally or vertically, so as to takeadvantage of the web of the fabric.The work is particularly pretty and notdifficult, requiring… … Fig. 105. time ; each succeeding row moves a step Methodsforward or backward as required to carry of Workout the pattern. In the second examplethe darning is taken two ways of thematerial; in the centre, where it meetsand crosses, it entirely covers the ground.A different colour might be used for…

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