item: #1 of 5
          id: 16605
      author: Unknown
       title: The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc.
        date: None
       words: 74163
      flesch: 87
     summary: 6th: 9 l., 5 ch., miss 1 loop, 9 l., * 5 ch., d.c. into 4th loop, 7 ch., 9 l., the 1st into 3rd loop from d.c. stitch in last row, repeat from *. 7th: 12 l., 5 ch., miss 1 loop, 12 l., * 5 ch., 1 l. into centre loop of 5 ch., 9 ch., 1 l. into 3rd loop of the 7 ch., from d.c. stitch in last row, 5 ch., 3 d.c. Having finished one round, see whether a s.c., d.c., or t.c. stitch begins the next; for s.c. make one chain, for d.c. three, for t.c. four; slip the needle out, and twist the chain, then continue working.
    keywords: 1st l.; 2nd l.; 4th l.; 7 l.; close; d.c; gold; l. stitches; miss; open; repeat; round; steel; white
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        item: #2 of 5
          id: 18971
      author: Fitzwilliam, Ada Wentworth
       title: Jacobean Embroidery: Its Forms and Fillings, Including Late Tudor
        date: None
       words: 6186
      flesch: 74
     summary: The leaves, Example I & II, satin stitch with stem stitch outline both sides, centre veinings in stem stitch, turnover in leaf, II, in block stitch. The brown veining which occurs in I and in nearly all the leaves was most effective; in this plate is also shown a good example of basket stitch stem work.
    keywords: buttonhole; buttonhole stitch; darning; illustration; leaf; leaves; plate; stem stitch; stitch; stitches; work
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        item: #3 of 5
          id: 20386
      author: Christie, Grace
       title: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
        date: None
       words: 48970
      flesch: 72
     summary: Loosely woven linens can be obtained specially suitable for drawn thread work. DRAWN THREAD WORK In drawn work the question is how to treat the remaining warp threads after the weft has been withdrawn.
    keywords: century; colour; design; embroidery; end; example; fig; frame; gold; ground; hand; illustration; kind; left; line; material; method; needle; pattern; plate; point; right; shows; silk; stitch; stitches; thread; thread work; use; warp; way; weaving; work; working
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        item: #4 of 5
          id: 28269
      author: Buckle, Mary
       title: Art in Needlework: A Book about Embroidery
        date: None
       words: 47343
      flesch: 76
     summary: Of line stitches, for example, some are best suited for straight lines, others for curved; some for broad lines, others for narrow; some for even lines, others for unequal; some for outlining, others for veining. Embroidery, it has been shown, is much of it on the surface of the stuff, not just needle stitches, but the stitching-on of something--cord, gold thread, or whatever it may be.
    keywords: art; chain; colour; crewel; design; edge; effect; embroidery; form; gold; ground; illustration; lines; needle; outline; pattern; right; satin; sidenote; silk; stitch; stitch sampler; stitches; stitching; stuff; surface; thread; use; way; white; work; working
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        item: #5 of 5
          id: 41717
      author: Huish, Marcus B. (Marcus Bourne)
       title: Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries Second Edition
        date: None
       words: 36572
      flesch: 73
     summary: There are seven girls now in the school working samplers to be framed. Figs. 35, 36 Stem-stitch, 150 Stitchery of tapestry pictures, 143; of samplers, 161 Stitches, background, 144; cushion, 144; tent, 144; Gobelin, 145; upright, 145; Florentine, 145; Hungary, 145; satin, 146; open, 146; buttonhole, 146; eyelet, 149 (Fig. 63); split, 152 (Figs. 65, 66); stem, 150; knot, 151; looped, 152; plush, 153; purl, 153; passing, 154; lace, sampler stitches, 154; hollie point, 157 (Fig. 61); cut and drawn-work, 161; back-stitch, 163 (Fig. 75); alphabet-stitch, 164; darning-stitch, 165 (Plate XXIV.
    keywords: age; art; author; border; century; century sampler; collection; date; design; eighteenth; elizabeth; embroideries; embroidery; english; fashion; fig; figs; figures; following; form; illustration; instance; interest; little; mary; mrs; needlework; period; pictures; piece; plate; portion; queen; sampler; silk; specimens; stitch; stitches; tapestry; time; work; work sampler; years
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