The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work ... (1859)
Hartley, Florence · Philadelphia : G. G. Evans · leaf 76
is beautiful. In Gobelin stitch, the colors shouldbe chosen as close as possible, but bright lights and dark shades may be intro-duced. Silk should be used only when the work is very fine. BERLIN, OR CANVAS WORK. 71 IRISH STITCH. For grounding, Irish stitch may frequently be used in theplace of… … GERMAN STITCH This stitch is only used for grounding, as it is very rap-idly done. Patterns in cross-stitch look very pretty groundedin German stitch. The engraving shows how the stitchis done.
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