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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h Stitch,and, at the end of each bead-head, twist the gimp twiceround all the bobbins excepting the two pairs lying atthe plain edge. See illustration (Fig. 31). one side finished, return to the middle, and from therework the other. The pattern is sometimes varied byholes or open spaces being left in the close lines; thesemanage by passing the needle and cotton through thesame bead in a given place for several rows, with nobeads attached. Make fringes to these pieces of bead-work of long loops of beads attached to the outside rowof beads. The designs are all geometrical. Unless linedwith velvet or other soft foundation, this work is not 24 THE . DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. suitable for mats placed upon woodwork, as the beads^cratch the varnish. In Germany and on the Continent,Mosaic Beadwork is executed with small and beautifullyshaded beads, in designs representing flowers or land-scapes. These elaborate pieces of work are large, andare made in a frame. The lines of beads are stretched
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Fig. 31. Bead Edce. across the frame from right to left, and supported byperpendicular lines of very fine silk, which are arrangedclose together and of a set number, and fastened tightto the top and bottom of the frame before the beadsare inserted. The pattern, which is coloured and dividedinto squares like a Berlin wool pattern, clearly indicatesthe colouring of each bead in each squai^e, and each beadwhen laid across rests between two perpendicular threads,not on one thread. To work: Count the number ofsquares in the work, and glue firmly to a piece of linentwo more silk threads than there are squares. Stretchthese threads and glue their other ends on to a secondpiece of linen, being careful to lay each thread in orderand at even distances. Sew these prepared threads to aframe in an upright position. Fasten a thread of finesilk to the right side of the frame and thread on it a wholerow of beads, putting the last bead on first. Lay thisstraight across the frame, so that each bead dro

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