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 . loop over the left forefinger, and putit between the ends and under the left thumb, then cross theends again, holding them under the left thumb, and drawthe loop over the left thread again, and draw the rigut-hand long thread tight, whicl pulls the loop down uponthe crossed threads, and m
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 . loop over the left forefinger, and putit between the ends and under the left thumb, then cross theends again, holding them under the left thumb, and drawthe loop over the left thread again, and draw the rigut-hand long thread tight, whicl pulls the loop down uponthe crossed threads, and makes the knot. Knotted Bars.—See Macrame. Knotted Laces.—These are Italian Laces, and knownin Italy as Punto A Groppo. The word Groppo signifiesa tie or knot, and the laces are made of knotted modern Macrame is worked like the knotted Macrame. Knotting.—This work is one of the varieties of theRagusa and Reticella Guipures invented after those lacesbecame obsolete. The first notice of Knotting in Englandoccurs in the time of William III., when a poet, enume-rating the domestic virtues of Queen Mary, wrote— Who when she rides in coach ahvoad,Is alwa3s knotting threads ; but it was probably known on the Continent before thatdate. The Knotting executed in Queen Marys day, and. Fio. 562. Knotting. for a century after, was worked upon a wooden supportor pillow, and was entirely composed of the stitch illus-trated in Fig. 562, which is one of the stitches used as aFilling in Macrame Lace. The work was used to makeornamental covers for hand bags and other articles thatwere afterwards lined with coloured silks. The stitchis illustrated in Fig. 562, and is one well known toworkers of Macrame. It is a Double Macrame knot,made with the fingers, with equal spaces left between THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 3 each knot. In fact, Macrame is in reality but an im-proved variety of the Knotting executed in Queen Marystime worked on a cushion, and with better and more
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