The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc ... : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work (1877)
Frost, S. Annie (Sarah Annie) · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 36
mar-vellous. The middles of flowers should be worked in a Knotting-stiteh formea thus:Draw your needle out at the point where you wish to make the first knot; placethe thumb of the left hand on the siik about an inch from where it emerges fromthe material, letting it stand in a loose loop; twist… … Fig. 38. —CALLA MLY, right you take the silk where the thumb of the left held it, anil gently draw htight; then hold the left, thumb on the kuot, while with the right hand you dra,srthe needle* through. A cluster of these knots makes a very effective centre to aflower. The stems, if fine, arc very…
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