Manual of needleworkTeaching how to do Kensington, applique, cretonne, roman, cross-stitch, outline and other embroideries .. . Cut No. g. Stitches and twisted bars are introduced, the purl edge mustalways be used, as the lace braid is of too light a texture to admitof having a heavy edge worked upon it. Cuts 12 and 13 give two very beautiful designs which can be putto a variety of uses; they give the style of using the braids marked2, 3 and 4 in combination with the point braids marked A, B andC. The purling on the edge of the work seen in these cuts can bepurchased and is run on with a fine
Manual of needleworkTeaching how to do Kensington, applique, cretonne, roman, cross-stitch, outline and other embroideries .. . Cut No. g. Stitches and twisted bars are introduced, the purl edge mustalways be used, as the lace braid is of too light a texture to admitof having a heavy edge worked upon it. Cuts 12 and 13 give two very beautiful designs which can be putto a variety of uses; they give the style of using the braids marked2, 3 and 4 in combination with the point braids marked A, B andC. The purling on the edge of the work seen in these cuts can bepurchased and is run on with a fine thread when the work 82 MANUAL OF Cut No, 12. MANUAL OF NEEDLEWORK, DARNED WORK. 83 This style of work was done by our grandmothers, and much ofthe edging for capes, collars and cap borders was worked by theirdextrous fingers. Within a few years it has again revived under
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