Manual of needlework. Teaching how to do Kensington, applique, cretonne, roman, cross-stitch, outline and other embroideries .. (1883)
Patten, Joseph L., Mrs · New York, Patten Publishing Co. · leaf 63
ly, asthe work afterward being formed to this chain is apt to contract it.It is sometimes desirable, on this account, to make the first chainwith a larger needle, particularly for edgings. The first loopplaced upon the needle is not counted in making the chain. 54 MANUAL OF NEEDLEWORK. Slip… … Single Crochet (s. c.) is to insert the needle in a loop ofthe preceding row, then draw the the thread through both the loopand the stitch at once.
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