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The handbook of needlework (1854)

Lambert, Miss (F.) · Philadelphia : J.L.Gihon · leaf 181

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e same place, the number of plain stitches gradually increasing, when a flat surface of about four inches in diameter will be produced, intersected with seven raised stripes. A Vandyke border in claret and green may now be made as follows. First row — five stitches of claret, one of green. Second… … No 9. When within five rows of the top of the bag, work one plain row of ground, repeat the Vandyke, and work two plain rows of the claret ground.

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