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 . Fig. 72. Open Braid. and make the stitch about the pin, then Twist three times,and once more work Stem on each side for the space oftwo holes, and repeat centre stitch, as shown in Fig. 72. Open Cross Braid.—Fig. 73 may be worked withdifferent numbers of bobbins, but the illustration only
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 . Fig. 72. Open Braid. and make the stitch about the pin, then Twist three times,and once more work Stem on each side for the space oftwo holes, and repeat centre stitch, as shown in Fig. 72. Open Cross Braid.—Fig. 73 may be worked withdifferent numbers of bobbins, but the illustration only re-quires eight pairs, and the usual size prickings on Passe-ment. Stick in pin right and left; divide the eight pairsof bobbins into three sets—that is, leave two pairs in thecentre, two pairs to the right and the left, one pairbehind the left-hand pin, and another pair behind theright-hand pin. Make a Cloth Stitch with the two. Fig. 73. Open Cross Braid. centre pairs, cross the right-hand bobbin nearest the pinover the next bobbin towards the left hand, and cross the3rd bobbin from the right over the 4th towards the lefthand. Make a Cloth Stitch with the left-hand pair of thecentre four; cross them as before; make a Cloth Stitch,crossing the pair only with which the Cloth Stitch is to bemade ; set up pin, cross each once, and make another CrossStitch, crossing the runner once. Take the four middlebobbins, make a Cloth Stitch, and cross the bobbins asbefore, once; take up the pair on the right-hand side, andmake a Cloth Stitch with the next pair, but crossing theone pair only that is required to set up the pins; havingset up the pin, cross both pairs and make a Cloth Stitch;leave them, return to the middle bobbins and make a ClothStitch, cross, and return to the left, and so continue, alwaysworking from the centre alternately from left to right. G 2 44 THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. Flain Braid.—Made with ei
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