The illuminated book of needlework : comprising knitting, netting, crochet, and embroidery (1847)
Stone, Elizabeth, Owen, Henry, Mrs, Wilton, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton, Countess of, 1801-1858 · London : Henry G. Bohn · leaf 442
il you have the number of stitches thewidth of your net may require. When you havemore stitches on the mesh than convenient, allowthem to fall off. The row being finished, and theloops formed, the ends of the row will be reversed,so as to admit of your working the second rowfrom left to right, as… … It has been statedin many, if not in all^Cr\ the works lately pub-lished on the subjectof Needlework, thatthere is no standardGuage by which toregulate the sizes ofmeshes and knittingpins. This is a fatal error, and requires to beespecially pointed out and rectified; there beinga Guage in general…
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