Identifier: dictionaryofnee05caul (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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rings with the wool thus: Cut theskeins of wool, thread a wool needle, and Buttonholeover a curtain ring with the wool until it is quite covered,and a wool ring formed. Prepare a number of curtainrings in this way; make them of the shades of wool, sothat each shade will make a circle of rings; but as thecircle will enlarge towards the outside, there must be morerings covered with the colours selected for the outsideshades than for those that form the centre. Sew the ringstogether with silks for a mat. Commence with one ring,round this sew six rings, which sew to the centre ring andeach other, and round the second circle sew twelve ringsfor a third circle, and eighteen rings for a fourth circle.For a basket: Make the base as for a mat, and for thesides turn the first row of rings so that they stand upright 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44444 4 4. 4. 444 ww»wwarpn»***mrr*-*r. r--r •+*■-•»■•- *nr?npTf»r*»riiMUiifnii iiwi>nrvHivirnni»wuinwii « =8444444 riniiiiiinmniinniniiiimniifmirni
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Fig. 705. RICHELIEU GUIPURE. carry this down to form the first and bottom row of thenext diamond, and make a number of connected diamondsin this manner for the length required. Sew the bottompoints of the diamonds on to tape, and fill in betweenthem with Point de Bruxelles, worked coarsely withthe crochet cotton. Ridge.—A term employed to denote a raised line, likethat produced by Gathers when drawn together by meansof a drawing thread. Also, the furrow produced by Over-sewing selvedges, or seams in linen or calico. It is likewisedemonstrated in a certain style of knitting, and weaving,by which the article is rendered very elastic; and by theraised nap on corduroy, which is produced in parallel linesacross the cloth. See also Knitting. Ring Work.—An easy work used for forming matsand baskets, and made with small brass curtain rings,single Berlin wools, and beads. To work: Select five or upon the last circle of the base, and do not increase in thatrow, but increase in all the succe

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