Embroidery and tapestry weaving : a practical text-book of design and workmanship (1912)
Christie, Grace · London : J. Hogg · leaf 223
andAlbert Museum.In workinga drawn threadborder round asquare shape, ateach corner therecomes an openspace that re-quires a filling.Fig. 119 showstwo wheels thatare commonlyused to ornamentsuch places. Thesquare in the firstone has a pre-liminary ground-work of threadsthrown across from corner to… … Fig. 119. the needle up beyond the next bar. MethodsIt then takes the thread a step back of Workand over the same bar and brings itup beyond the next; this goes on untilthe circle is of sufficient size, the stitchesgrowing a little longer in each succeedingrow. In the diagram the thread is…
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