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 : H.T. Williams · leaf 36
mar-vellous. The middles of flowers should be worked in a knotting-stitch formed thus:Draw your needle out at the point where you wish to make the first knot; placethe thumb of the left hand on the silk about an inch from where it emerges fromthe material, letting it stand in a loose loop; twist… … Fig. 38.—CALLA LILY. right you take the silk where the thumb of the left held it, and gently draw ittight; then hold the left thumb on the knot, while with the right hand you drawthe needle through. A cluster of these knots makes a very effective centre to aflower. The stems, if fine, are very…
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