Plain needlework, knitting, and mending, for all, at home and in schools... (1879)
Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900 · Boston : S.W. Tilton · leaf 47
the stitch in which the loop goes from theworker upwards; and, on returning downwards, the loopswill also point from the needle, and be easier to pick up. 46 PLAIN NEEDLEWORK FOR SCHOOLS. SWISS DARNING, Swiss darning is thickening a thin place by covering thestitches identically as they are knitted… … then enter the needle one bar below, and one bar to theright, and take up two bars or stitches ; next enter onebar above, and to the right, and take two bars, and go onuntil the row is as long as required. To turn and comeback, take one bar perpendicularly downwards, turn thestocking round, and…
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