The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work ... (1859)
Hartley, Florence · Philadelphia : G. G. Evans · leaf 75
f working on acomparatively coarse canvas. When the human figure is worked in cross-stitch,the face and hands should be executed in the same; but Berlin patterns, havingthese parts drawn on a smaller scale, must thus be copied, unless we attempt thevery difficult task of alteration. This, however,… … GOBELIN, OR TAPESTRY-STITCH. This stitch is worked over two threads of the canvas inheight, and one in breadth; but when Berlin patterns arecopied, two stitches in width must be made for each square ofthe design, which bear exactly the same proportion as one,either of tent or cross-stitch. On…
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