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 253
w, net a plain stitch and a bead stitch alternately. The next row is plain. In the fourth row, com- mence with the bead stitch. AN ELEGANT NETTED PURSE WITH STEEL BEADS. This will require four skeins of the finest netting silk, and a mesh No. 3, with very small steel beads. The ends of the foun-… … No. 31. In the first half of the purse there will be seven rows of these sprigs. The pattern is then reversed, to form the other end : the
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