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 . tions.—These insertions lookvery well as stripes between coloured satin for anti-macassars or sofa covers. Fig. 641 is worked withEvans Crochet cotton No 40, and a flat Mesh three-quarters of an inch in width. To work : Net six rows ofPlain Netting of the length required for the anti-maca
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 . tions.—These insertions lookvery well as stripes between coloured satin for anti-macassars or sofa covers. Fig. 641 is worked withEvans Crochet cotton No 40, and a flat Mesh three-quarters of an inch in width. To work : Net six rows ofPlain Netting of the length required for the anti-macassar, and starch the Netting slightly. Crochet theedges of the Netting as follows: One Double Crochetinto the first Loop, one Chain, one Double Crochet intothe next Loop, continue to the end, and work both edges inthis manner. Then Tack the Netting on to stiff paper, andCrochet along each side of each row of Knots, except themiddle row, with one Double Crochet into the first Loop,one Chain and one Double Crochet into the next. ThenDarn with fine Knitting cotton the pattern shown inFig. 641 upon the meshes. Darn in and out five threadsfor the outside piece of the pattern, Knot two threads together for the next piece, Knot four threads together forthe next piece, and for the middle Knot the two centre. Fio. 641. Netted and Darned Insertion. threads of four threads together, and then Darn them;draw the ends together in the Darning, and expand themiddle to form the cone shape in the pattern. To work Fig. 642: This insertion differs but little fromthe one above, but is not so wide nor so much a half-inch Mesh and Walter and Evans Crochetcotton No. 40, and Net five rows of Plain Netting the
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