The illuminated book of needlework : comprising knitting, netting, crochet, and embroidery (1847)
Owen, Henry, Mrs, Stone, Elizabeth. History of needlework · London : Henry G. Bohn · leaf 574
st not have more thanfourteen threads canvas to the inch: Cross Stitch,twenty threads. General Instructions. When coarse canvas is chosen for working inCross Stitch with double wool, it should be ofeighteen threads or more to the inch. On ten-thread canvas, the pattern should be worked insingle… … KNITTING, AND EMBROIDERY. Ill dark shades, commencing with the darker portionof the flower or leaf. Soften these in the variousshades, as in the original pattern. Silk should beintroduced last for the lightest shades in the pat-tern. Landscapes require much care, particularlyin the feathery…
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