the edge-stitch is slipped.

It is easiest to learn to knit, by holding the wool over the fingers of
the left hand; the position of the hands is more graceful when thus
held.

It is always advisable to cast off loosely.

When it is requisite to cast off, and continue the row on a separate
needle, it is sometimes better to run a coarse silk through the cast off
stitches; they are easily taken up, when required, and the inconvenience
of the idle needle is avoided.

In knitting, when a pattern is spoken of, it means as many rows as form
the pattern.

THE END.

_Just published, in post 8vo. elegantly bound, price 10s. 6d. carefully
revised, and considerably enlarged, with additional Woodcuts of
Patterns, etc._

The Third Edition

OF THE

HAND-BOOK OF NEEDLEWORK,

BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO EVERY KIND OF DECORATIVE
NEEDLEWORK, CROCHET, KNITTING, AND NETTING,
WITH A BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
OF EACH ART.

BY

MISS LAMBERT.

Contents:

CHAP.

I. Introduction.
II. Tapestry.
III. Materials in General.
IV. Wool.
V. Silk.
VI. Gold and Silver.
VII. Chenille, Braid, etc.
VIII. Canvas.
IX. Berlin Patterns.
X. Implements.
XI. Drawing Patterns for Embroidery, Braiding, etc.
XII. Framing Work.
XIII. Embroidery.
XIV. Stitches.
XV. Canvas Work.
XVI. Braiding and Applique.
XVII. Bead Work.
XVIII. Crochet.
XIX. Knitting.
XX. Netting.
XXI. Needlework of the English Queens and Princesses.
XXII. "The Praise of the Needle."

WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN ILLUSTRATIVE ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, OF
PATTERNS, IMPLEMENTS, ETC.

CRITICAL NOTICES OF THE WORK.

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all the arts of life as well as all the sights in the world. Miss
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the product of experience: after sketching the history of needlework, it
proceeds to describe the various kinds of materials used, such as wool,
silk, gold thread, beads, &c.; the canvas, patterns, frames, and
implements, required; the different kinds of stitches; the mode of
working certain patterns and shapes; the processes of embroidery,
knitting, and netting. The volume is very handsomely got up, and
illustrated profusely with wood-cuts; nothing seems wanting to its
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