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The handbook of needlework (1854)

Lambert, Miss (F.) · Philadelphia : J.L.Gihon · leaf 199

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179 CROCHET. used. For either of these purposes, the crocheting should be done lightly and loosely, with a very large needle. When worked for mats or rugs, eight-thread fleecy is preferable, and the crochet- ing should be done as tightly as convenient. ANOTHER SQUARE PATTERN WITH A BORDER. … No. 28. These patterns may be worked very prettily — the first for the border, the other for the centre — the ground of both being drab. Every other star in the border is gold colour, the alternate stars being blue and crimson, those parts marked white in the engrav- ing being black. In the centre,…

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