The Ladies’ Work-table Book

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Author

Anonymous

Title

The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet

Credits

Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Subject

Needlework

Category

Text

eBook-No.

29382

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29382

Release Date

July 12, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE LADIES’ WORK-TABLE BOOK;
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. MATERIALS AND IMPLEMENTS FOR WORKING. — MATERIALS FOR PLAIN NEEDLEWORK. — MATERIALS FOR FANCY NEEDLEWORK. — MATERIALS FOR EMBROIDERY. — MATERIALS FOR KNITTING, NETTING, AND CROCHET. — BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WOOLS. — NECESSARY IMPLEMENTS FOR FANCY NEEDLEWORK. — NECESSARY IMPLEMENTS FOR KNITTING. — NECESSARY IMPLEMENTS FOR NETTING. — NECESSARY IMPLEMENTS FOR CROCHET.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. PLAIN NEEDLEWORK. — EXPLANATION OF STITCHES.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. PLAIN NEEDLEWORK. — INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PREPARATION OF BODY LINEN.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. PLAIN NEEDLEWORK. — INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PREPARATION OF HOUSE LINEN.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. PLAIN NEEDLEWORK. — MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUCTIONS. — DIAGRAM.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. FANCY NEEDLEWORK. — EXPLANATION OF STITCHES.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. FANCY NEEDLEWORK. — EXPLANATION OF PATTERNS. — SUGGESTIONS AS TO PATTERNS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. FANCY NEEDLEWORK. — INSTRUCTIONS IN EMBROIDERY.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. FANCY NEEDLEWORK. — PREPARATION OF FRAMES. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORKING.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. FANCY NEEDLEWORK. — APPLICATION OF FANCY NEEDLEWORK TO USEFUL PURPOSES.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. FANCY NEEDLEWORK. — SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. KNITTING. — EXPLANATION OF STITCHES. — FANCY STITCHES IN KNITTING.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. KNITTING. — EXAMPLES IN KNITTING.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. NETTING. — EXPLANATION OF STITCHES.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. NETTING. — EXAMPLES IN NETTING.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. CROCHET. — STITCHES IN CROCHET.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. CROCHET. — EXAMPLES IN CROCHET.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. TATTING. — EXPLANATION OF STITCHES.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
23. 23.INDEX.

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