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 943
of the stuff, youtake the silk between the finger and thumb of your left hand, at a short distancefrom the work; with your right hand you then twist the needle round the silk, andthen insert it in the stuff near to where the silk has been drawn through. Theneedle must then be pulled through, and… … DIAGRAM 6.—FRENCH KNOT, I. DIAGRAM 7.—FRENCH KNOT, 2. bead. (See diagram 6.) In working without a frame, you do this stitch somewhatdifferently. A small portion of the stuff is taken on the needle and before it isdrawn through, the thread may be twisted round it two or three or more times.(See…
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