Identifier: dictionaryofnee01caul (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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w centres. On theright hand, the small flowers at the top are yellow, therose of gathered ribbon of a plain crimson shade, and thebunch of small flowers above it, white with pink centres.The rose in the centre is formed by the ribbon beingclosely gathered as before described, the colour a varie-gated deep red; the little two-petal flowers over it are rose threads being drawn out easily, and is useful for table-cloths and chair backs, and very simple in execution.To work : Cut the material to the size, and then drawout its threads in wide lines at equal distances from eachother, and wider than the width of the ribbon. Intothese drawn lines run ribbon which has previously beenthreaded into a rug needle. Darn the ribbon down thespace left by the Drawn Threads, going over six andunder six of the threads still remaining. An inch anda half space is generally sufficient to leave between thelines, and this should be ornamented with a pattern inHolbein or Cross Stitch. Yarious coloured ribbons
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FIG. 123. CHINA RIBBON EMBROIDERY. colour, and at its left side are yellow and white; the four-petal flowers underneath rose pink with white centres;leaves throughout of shaded yellow greens. Form allstems, rose thorns, and other fine parts of the pattern ofgreen purse silk, and work in Stem or Crewel Stitch.The above are the shades used upon this old piece of work,and, as none of them are produced from aniline dyes, theyamalgamate extremely well-China Ribbon Work.—A modern name given to akind of Drawn Work, into which coloured China ribbonsare run instead of crochet cotton. It is suitable for anylinen or cotton materials coarse enough to allow of the are used in one piece of work; their ends being allowedto form the fringe with the Drawn Threads of the mate-rial. Check and other drawn patterns are adapted toChina Ribbon Work, the ribbons being crossed in theopen spaces. The ribbons when forming check patternare sewn on the wrong side of the material, to keep themfrom moving; and ca

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