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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 89

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trimming, in itself (without anedge) to be set on,—two or three rows on alittle apron, for instance. The materials needed are—a long, thick hair-pin, a fine steel crochet-needle, and a spool of No.8 white cotton. Hold the hair-pin between thumb and finger, asshown in Fig. I. Tie the end of your… … your needle through the tie on the left point, anddraw the thread through.Now you have two loopsupon your needle : draw thethread through both. Leave the loop pretty long(as shown in Fig. 2), takeout your needle, turn thehair-pin over from right toleft; draw the thread overand under the right point…

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