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 . LEWORK. shows two different coloured and shaped pansies, andthe manner of finishing them at the hack. The materials necessary for this Comhed Out Work ai-edifferent shades of single Berlin wool, pieces of goodvelvet, fine green wire, and gum. Each petal is madeseparately, thus: Wind singl
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 . LEWORK. shows two different coloured and shaped pansies, andthe manner of finishing them at the hack. The materials necessary for this Comhed Out Work ai-edifferent shades of single Berlin wool, pieces of goodvelvet, fine green wire, and gum. Each petal is madeseparately, thus: Wind single wool of a light colour sixtimes round two fingers of the left hand, then take thewool off the fingers without disturbing it, and run a pieceof fine wire through the loops at one end, and fasten thewire firmly hy twisting it so that it secures all the wool atthat end. Cut the loops at the end where they are notsecured with the wire, and proceed to comb out the wool;use a coarse comb to commence with, and then change toa smaller toothed one until the wool is as fine as floss silk,then snip the edges of the wool to the shape of a pansypetal. Carefully drop a little pure gum in and about thewool forming the petal, to keep the combings from gettingout of place, and also use gum to fix on to the petal the.
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