Pins and pincushions . 3. Small Knitted Pincushion.(Diameter, 1^ in.) iSifli 4. Knitted KNITTED PINCUSHIONS 179 The pincushion has a little tab of black ribbon, andis stuck round with old black pins. The group of knitted pincushions inPlateXXXVII.,Illustration i, belong to Mrs. Head, and she says in anarticle which appeared with them in the Queen of7th March 1903, that . . they are remarkable as in-dicating the length of time a particular style of patternremained in vogue. All five are made in exactly similarfashion, to wit, knitted in round sections, which aresewn
Pins and pincushions . 3. Small Knitted Pincushion.(Diameter, 1^ in.) iSifli 4. Knitted KNITTED PINCUSHIONS 179 The pincushion has a little tab of black ribbon, andis stuck round with old black pins. The group of knitted pincushions inPlateXXXVII.,Illustration i, belong to Mrs. Head, and she says in anarticle which appeared with them in the Queen of7th March 1903, that . . they are remarkable as in-dicating the length of time a particular style of patternremained in vogue. All five are made in exactly similarfashion, to wit, knitted in round sections, which aresewn together over a tightly stuffed ball-cushion. Thejoin is hidden by a flat hand-plaited cord of silkssimilar to those used for the cushion cover, and alength of the same is attached to the top and finishedoff with a loop, by means of which it was suspendedto the waist-belt. The cushion at the top of theplate is the oldest, bearing the date 1782, and thepattern is knitted in dull gold silk on a mulberryground. The design on the reverse side is a quaintone of two conventional birds f
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