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 | THEBATH TATTING BOOK.BYP. P.—————— Price One Shilling. —————— LONDON: EMILY FAITHFULL, Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 83A FARRINGDON STREET, AND 14 PRINCES STREET, HANOVER SQUARE. —— 1865. | |
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TERMS AND DIRECTIONS.
A Loop, written L; 2 Loops, written 2 L, and so on.
Single stitches—Are formed in two ways: First, by letting thethread of the shuttle with which you are working fall overthe back of the hand and pushing the shuttle from you.Secondly, by letting the thread of the shuttle with whichyou are working fall over the palm of the hand, and puttingthe shuttle through towards you. These two stitchesworked together alternately make a Double stitch. But ifthe second be worked first and the first second, alternately,it makes a Reversed Double. This is used for the purposeof making all the work have a right and wrong side.
2 Threads—When 2 threads are used, twist the one with whichthe stitches are to be made round the little finger, andproceed as above.