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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APPLIQUE ON NET. THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 101 other shades, and mix green with the russet yellow of theseed pod. Work loosely, and do not draw up the materialmore than can be helped ; a little does not matter, as it willcome straight when the work is damped and ironed. Makeeach stitch with regard to its proper place in the formationof the design, and hold the work over the fingers rathertightly, so that the stitches are looser than the ground.Work with a needle with a large eye, and use short pieces 0 any parts drawn up by the stitches. Crewel Work uponsatin, silk, velvet, or plush is smoothed out as follows:Make ready a basin of cold clean water, a soft linen rag,and a hot iron. Have the h*on firmly held by a secondperson, its flat part uppermost, then take the linen rag, dipit in the water, and lay it smoothly over the flat surface ofthe iron. While the steam is rising, quickly draw theembroidery, right side uppermost, over the iron, and, as
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Fig. 161. CEEWEL WORK —SWEET PEAS-WORKING DETAIL. of crewel, as the wool becomes thin if frayed by the eye ofthe needle, or pulled frequently through the material. When a crewel work pattern is finished, slightly dampit at the back, and pin it, fully stretched out, upon a flatboard, or iron it on the wrong side with a warm, but nothot, iron. All Crewel Work upon washing materialsthat is not worked in a frame requires this damping andstraightening to restore the fresh look to the material lostin the process of embroidery, and also for flattening out soon as the steam ceases, take the work away, wet the ragagain, and draw the work again over the iron; use bothhands to hold the work, and be careful that no lines orwrinkles are made. Crewels upon satin or silk backgrounds are finished witha wide hem of the material, or with a ball fringe madeof the same colours that are used in the embroidery;crewels worked upon linen textures have the threads!one way of the material, drawn out to a dep

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