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Encyclopedia of needlework (1890)

Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890 · [Mulhouse (Alsace) : Printed by Brustlein & Co.] · leaf 234

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wo loopsand the first over, make another over, and draw the threadthrough the last two loops. Loop stitch (fig. 413).—Worked as follows: when youhave put the needle into the loop of a stitch below, carry thethread, downwards from above, round a stripe of cardboardor a flat wooden ruler, then finish… … made over the forefinger and held fast by the thumb as youwork, but it is more difficult to make them regular in this way. Each row of long stitches is followed by a row of plainstitches. The side, where thelong loops lie, becomes theright side. If you wish thisstitch to be very thick andhandsome,…

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