The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . e pattern tothe Pillow in the ordinary manner, and hang on sixtyBobbins filled with thread (No. 250), and six filled with 344 THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. double thread (No 60). Use these last to form the plaitoutlines to the flowers. Work the ground as the CircularMechlin Ground, the pa
The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . e pattern tothe Pillow in the ordinary manner, and hang on sixtyBobbins filled with thread (No. 250), and six filled with 344 THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. double thread (No 60). Use these last to form the plaitoutlines to the flowers. Work the ground as the CircularMechlin Ground, the pattern in Cloth Stitch. Pin theoutline plait threads round the outside of the design, andsecure them by working over them the threads that formthe ground. Mechlin Lace Wheel.—Used in ancient Needle Pointand in Modern Point, and formed with a number of Bars design, such as pomegranates and their leaves and flowers,passion flowers with their fruit, &c. For Russian canvas :This material is sold, arranged for borderings, with adesign already woven into it of a colour contrasting withthe ground, therefore it will be sufficient to work over thatas a pattern. To work the flowers: Fill them in withshaded floss silk in Satin Stitch, make French Knotswith purse silk for their centres, and secure round them. Fig. 603. MECHLIN LACE—OLD. crossing each other, with a circle or wheel ornamentedwith Picots in the centre of the space. To work: Workon a single thread in Buttonhole Stitch a number ofHorizontal Bars at equal distances apart. Work thesame Bars perpendicularly, but after having worked fiveor six Buttonhole Stitches past where the horizontal andperpendicular lines meet, commence to form a small circleor wheel in the centre; work half a quarter of the circle inButtonhole, make a small loop with a pin, and into thisthree Buttonhole Stitches; then proceed as at the be-ginning of the circle, and work each quarter the same as an outline a thread of purse silk, as in Couching. Forthe fru
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