Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 924
Illustration 90. (Cross Stitch.)—This stitch is worked like No. 89, on a founda-tion like No. 83, only insert the needle through the two upper sides of a stitch. … 96. CROSS STITCH. Illustration 91. (Long Double.)—For this stitch wind the cotton round the needle,insert it into the back part of a stitch, draw the cotton out as a loop, wind the cotton 870 Fancy Needlework. again round the needle, and cast off together the two loops and the loop formedby winding…
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