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The self-instructor in silk knitting, crocheting and embroidery (1884)

Belding Bros. & Co · New York · leaf 65

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s -are constituted ofFrench knots. The manner of working is shown in Figure 6. ©- o o- 64 O INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING Bring the silk through the cloth where the knot is intended to be,and wind it three times around a needle as in a. Do not wind ittowards you, but lay the needle back of the silk, and… … Fig. 6. finger of the left hand, and at a little distance from the needle. Itneed not be stretched tightly, had better not be, in fact, but must bekept smooth. Keeping the wound part still on the needle, turn theneedle back (not towards you), and insert it in the cloth at abouttwo threads distance…

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