A Manual Of Needlework Knitting And Cutting Out For Evening Continuation Schools Etc

Author : Elizabeth Rosevear
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330275832
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book A Manual of Needlework, Knitting Cutting Out written by Elizabeth Rosevear and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Manual of Needlework, Knitting Cutting Out: For Evening Continuation Schools To cut out garments requiring only straight or slanting lines, i.e. a working woman's apron, a flannel petticoat, an infant's shirt. To pleat material into bands suitable for use in aprons, woollen petticoats, etc. To sew on buttons, make buttonholes, and set on tapes. To make up a complete garment (cut out by the scholar) showing the practical application of the above-named exercises. To cut out in different sizes garments requiring curved lines, i.e. chemises, drawers, pinafores, boys' shirts (flannel or Oxford shirting). To gather material and set it into bands, i.e. neck or collar bands, wristbands, etc. To run and feather-stitch tucks. To join material on the straight, on the cross, and on the curve by various kinds of seams. To set in gussets and make false hems. To make up a garment (cut out by the scholar) showing the practical application of the above-named exercises. To cut out in several sizes (from measurements) a plain dress bodice and a nightdress. To set on hooks and eyes, to case bones, to overcast seams, and to bind skirt edges. To make up a dress skirt, lined or unlined. To make up a simple dress (skirt and bodice) or a nightdress, cut out by the scholar. Knitting and Mending Course To knit a man's sock. To darn thin places on flannel and holes in socks and stockings. To patch in flannel. To knit a stocking. To patch in calico. To darn and repair house linen, i.e. sheets, tablecloths, etc. To patch and darn dress materials (print and woollen). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.