The Ladies' Work-table Book: Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needle-work, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting, Crochet, and Tatting : with Numerous Engravings, Illustrative of the Various Stitches in Those Useful and Fashionable Employments |
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alternately arm holes band beads beautiful border braid breadth bring the wool cambric canvas cast centre chain cloth color commence cotton crochet cross stitch double double knitting edge elegant EMBROIDERY employed fastened finish flowers four threads fourth row front gathered gold gold color gussets half Hand-Book hemmed inch increase isinglass kind knit four knit one stitch knit plain knit six plain knit three knit two stitches knot lady leaving length linen long loop long stitches manner muslin narrow neat neatly NEEDLEWORK number of stitches ornamental pass the material pattern pearl stitch pearl three piece plain row plain stitch proceed proper purse put the needle repeat round the mesh row is plain row plain scollop seam second row shades shawl side silk slip slit square STITCH.-This stitches plain stripe taking tent stitch third row three plain three rows three stitches twist various width withdraw the mesh