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A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads (1892)

Bradford, Mary E, Barbour Brothers Company · [New York] : Barbour Brothers Co. · leaf 38

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c in 1st st, repeat twice from *. Runribbon in the spaces formed by dtc, leaving ends in back to tie. Although so simple, this little bib is extremely dainty. One spoolof the thread is sufficient, and the only kind I find suitable is Bar-bours, which is soft and smooth, and will always launder… … Childs Waist. Chain 48 sts, turn. Make 24 rows in dc, working back and forth,with 1 ch to turn, and taking whole upper link of each st. In 25 th 34 barbours prize needle-work series. row leave space for armhole, working 14 rows of 38 sts. After 14throw, make a ch as long as the strip to go over arm…

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