. 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 . theyare in Relief, and Cross Tracings and CucumberPlaitings when they are open work. Work a few leavesand sprays in Half or Lace Stitch, but generally usethis stitch for the foundation to Relief work, workingleaves, tendrils, and stems in Cloth stitch in Relief overthe parts in the body
. 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 . theyare in Relief, and Cross Tracings and CucumberPlaitings when they are open work. Work a few leavesand sprays in Half or Lace Stitch, but generally usethis stitch for the foundation to Relief work, workingleaves, tendrils, and stems in Cloth stitch in Relief overthe parts in the body of Lace filled with Half or Lacestitch. Make a Plain Edge round the sprays with aGimp, except on the outside edge of the design, whenmake a Pearl Edge with a Gimp. The illustration of Duchesse Lace given in Fig. 311 hasno complicated Raised work in it. It is of a flower and leaf THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 167 frequently met with in Duchesse patterns, and shows apeculiar manner of working a Rope Sewing, and one oftenmet with in the Lace. Fig. 312, Detail A, illustrates theleaf part of the design, and is worked as follows : Hang onsix pairs of bobbins at a, and work in Cloth Stitch withPlainEdge on both sides and without a Gimp to b; here makea Pearl Edge on the outer side, but continue Plain Edge on. Fig. 312. Duchesse Lace—Detail A. the inner. At c collect the bobbins together, and with theexception of the two used for the edge, and shown detachedat e, return all the bobbins to d over the Plain Edge onthe inner side of the leaf, making a Rope Sewing overthem with the two threads and two Pearls close to c. Fromd work down to e in Cloth Stitch with a Plain Edge on theinner side; make a Pearl Edge on the other, hanging on the
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