How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 402
it a wooden o^^^ oranything that will answer the pur-pose, and using thread of the sametexture and shade of color as thegarment to be mended, run backand forth across the hole as far asthe material is worn thin, leaving aloop at the end of each turn. In crossing the threads, take upevery other… … Fig. 300.—Jersey or Stocking Darn. Carefully bring the ragged edges together and baste thetear as nearly as possible in its original position ; then, if it is delicate muslin or dress materialto be mended, use ravellings ofthe same instead of thread todarn with, and weave it in andout across the…
