The lady's manual of fancy-work : a complete instructor in every variety of ornamental needle-work ... (1858)
Pullan, Mrs. (Matilda Marian) · New York: : Dick & Fitzgerald, publishers. · leaf 200
silk or bullion. Bullionfringe is hard, and has every loop closely twisted. Sewingsilk fringes have the threads loose from the heading. They ORNE FRINGE—GIMP—GAUGE. 179 are often crimped. The price depends no less on the close-ness of the silk than on its depth. Orne Fringe—(See Orne fringe balls).… … Gauge.—This is a little implement for measuring the sizesof knitting and crochet needles. I give a fac-simile of thebell gauge, which is, I think, the best of any. It is made ofplated, or electrotyped metal, and each hole is numbered.From the material employed, the bell gauge is not liable toget…
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