The ladies complete guide to needle-work and embroidery : containing clear and practical instructions whereby any one can learn easily.../ (1859)
Lambert, Miss, T.B. Peterson & Brothers (Philadelphia, Pa.) · Philadelphia : T.B. Peterson and Brothers · leaf 232
ur inches wide, which is to be drawn up at the two ends, and strings attached to tie it under the chin. Then cast on forty stitches and commence another band with the brown border as above, — three rows of the pattern in white, and repeat the brown border. This is to be sewn or knitted on to the… … Cast on seventy or eighty stitches. First, second, and third rows — plain knitting. Fourth row — bring the wool forward, knit two together, taken a at the back ; continue the same to the end of the row. Repeat these four rows, until the piece be about 18 inches long, ft admitting that the shading…
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