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The handbook of needlework (1842)

Lambert, Miss. [from old catalog] · New-York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 255

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way. — Trim the edges with lace. NETTED FRINGE. With a No. 18 mesh, net the length required, allowing the stitches to drop off on the left-hand end. Net another row the same. For the third row, take a flat mesh of the width of the fringe desired, the grooved edge being downwards, and net one row.… … No. 33. Net on a foundation with fine silk, and No. 10 mesh. Every alternate stitch is to be made a loop stitch, by putting the silk twice round the mesh.

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