Identifier: dictionaryofnee02caul (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911 Saward, Blanche C
Subjects: Needlework
Publisher: London : A.W. Cowan
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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g these threads. Divide the six threads in thecentre, and work Point de Reprise thickly over them;first throw the thread over the three to the right and bring Drawn Work was frequently enriched with Embroideryand Lace stitches made with coloured silks. Broderie deNancy, Dresden Point, and Hamburg Point were of thisdescription of Drawn Work. Fig. 301 (p. 159) is a modernadaptation of this kind, and is made thus: Draw the squaresout as in the last pattern, leaving sixteen to twenty threadsbetween each. Buttonhole round the outer edge of thedrawn part of the work with coloured silk, and then workthe Lace stitch. Thread the needle with coloured silk,fasten it firmly to the edge, and loop it twice into the sideof one square; wThen it comes to where the threads areleft, divide them in half, and loop it through one half ofthem; cross the thread over the thick undrawn parts, andcontinue to loop it twice in every side of the square untilall the squares are worked round and all the left threads
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FIG. 300. DRAWN WORK—RETICELLA. it back to the centre, and then over the three to the leftand bring it back to the centre, as shown in the illus-tration. Work until the threads are quite covered. Fillthe open squares with Buttonhole stitches. Throw athread across the space as a loop, and cover it thickly withButtonholes; leave it as one line, or continue to throwthreads and Buttonhole them over and down to the firstline until the pattern is formed. Where this is done isamply shown in the illustration, in many parts of whichthe Buttonholed lines are given half-finished, in otherscompleted and ornamented with Picots, while dotted linesindicate where other fillings, formed of Buttonholed lines,are to come. For the bordering, draw out threads, leavean undrawn space between, and work Hem Stitch first onone drawn-out line, and then upon the other. Take upfour threads in every Hem stitch. secured. Then work the ornamental Wheel in the centreof the open squares upon the loops. Make the Whee

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