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The handbook of needlework (1842)

Lambert, Miss. [from old catalog] · New-York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 248

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AN's PURSE. Five skeins of coarse netting silk, and a mesh No. 13, will be required. Net on a foundation of eighty stitches for the width, and continue until you have ten inches in length ; this will make a full-sized handsome purse. When done, net up the sides, and tack up the opening ; damp it… … Dark b.ue^ orown, crimson, and green, are the most serviceable colours.

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