Mental development and manual training combined, taking up the one stitch dropped in sewing by drills to sound-singing (1899)
Dunham, Mary Elizabeth. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, Columbia book co. · leaf 26
19 … 6. With the right thumb hold the thread against the firstfinger of the right hand. 7. Wind the thread once around the fingers of the righthand drawing the thread from the spool. 8. Turn the right hand so the thumb will be under thethread close to the spool and break it with a quick jerk over theend…
Sewing schools · Manual training
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