The ladies' complete guide to crochet, fancy knitting, and needlework

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BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.
Containing a complete Dictionary of the technical terms and characters used in descriptions of Crochet and Fancy Knitting Patterns. In this work the terms are so clearly explained, that any person who can read, can in a few hours learn to execute the most complicated and difficult patterns in Crochet and Knitting. This work also contains the clearest elementary information and the fullest instructions for every species of Needlework, with new and beautiful edgings and insertions, in addition to the choicest specimens of Ladies’ work.
NEW YORK:
DICK & FITZGERALD,
18 ANN STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by
GARRETT & CO.,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
LADIES’ COMPLETE GUIDE TO CROCHET AND NEEDLE WORK.
The first step in education ever made by the feminine mind was the art of Needlework. Before women began to read, and when they considered writing as a mystery only to be undertaken by men of nobler parts, Needlework became a sort of medium by which women attempted to express their ideas and embody those affectionate thoughts that must have some expression to keep the full heart from overflowing.