A text-book of needlework, knitting, and cutting out : with methods of teaching (1893)
Rosevear, Elizabeth · London : Macmillan · leaf 125
11. Stroking.—(a) Show that the result of drawing upthe gathering cotton is to form folds, called gathers, andthat these are all uneven, and need to be arranged inregular order by stroking them down, before they are setinto the band ; (b) show the children that the strokingmust be done on the right… … Fig. 50. the point of the pin, or eye of the needle, and push itunder the left thumb, moving the thumb up and down onthe gather, till it is flattened or smoothed to the depthwhich you want (say from a quarter to a half inch belowthe gathering cotton); (d) when the gathers below thegathering thread…
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