. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ose ladies who are troubled with rough hands, a piece of fine sandpaper or pumice stone should be kept in the work basket and the fingers rubbed with it occasionally. If the hands be-come troublesome through perspiration, bathe them in strong alum water. We show here a model for a convenient work apron. The apron should be long enough to nearly, if not quite, cover the skirt, and the hem should be turned up on the right side to a depth of twelve inches and caught down at regular intervals from the ends, to form pockets for threads, small embroidery hoops,
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ose ladies who are troubled with rough hands, a piece of fine sandpaper or pumice stone should be kept in the work basket and the fingers rubbed with it occasionally. If the hands be-come troublesome through perspiration, bathe them in strong alum water. We show here a model for a convenient work apron. The apron should be long enough to nearly, if not quite, cover the skirt, and the hem should be turned up on the right side to a depth of twelve inches and caught down at regular intervals from the ends, to form pockets for threads, small embroidery hoops, piercer, stilletto, and the smaller articles one uses most frequently in embroidering. The apron can be made as ornamental as one chooses or as plain, but it is better to make it of linen, as dust will not adhere to it so readily. So much for the implements used in embroidering. We will now con-sider the materials with which to embroider, and they are almost as varied as the materials to be embroidered upon. The following are in use:. WORK APRON. FIG. 6. IMPLEMENTS AND EMBROIDERY THREADS. ^9 Crewels. The crewel is a strong twisted woolen yarn, not at all likezephyr, but finer and firmer. The English crewels come in lovely softshades, which blend beautifully. Zephyr is a soft twisted woolen yarn used on canvas worked in cross-stitch. ■ Tapestry Wool is an English thread, larger than the crewel, butwith the same firm twist; it is used on heavy linens, tapestry cloths andfriezes. It comes in dull art tones, and is much affected by the Art Societies. Arrasenes, both silk and wool, have been very popular and are stillemployed in some kinds of embroidery. It resembles a very narrow pieceof silk which has been ravelled out on both sides, having one thread left inthe center. Chenille is a velvety-looking round thread, made in two sizes, largeand small. Smyrnasene is a coarse, round thread, resembling chenille, buthaving a rough, fuzzy surface; used sometimes to work thistle leaves an
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