Handbook of Embroidery

_Needles._--The best "embroidery needles" for ordinary crewel handwork are Nos. 5 and 6. For coarse "sailcloth," "flax," or "oatcake," No. 4. For frame embroidery, or very fine...

There are many varieties of unglazed, half-bleached linens, from that thirty-six and forty inches wide, used for chair-back covers, to that ninety inches wide, used for large ta...

To avoid pulling or puckering the work, care should be taken--firstly, that the needle is not too small, so as to require any force in drawing it through the material; secondly,...

Before proceeding to describe the various stitches used in frame embroidery, we will say a few words as to the frame itself, the manner of stretching the material in it, and the...

_Feather Stitch._--In framework, as in handwork, we restore the ancient name of _Feather work_ or stitch--_Opus Plumarium_. We have already said that it was so-called from its l...