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.
CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
|---|---|
| Needlework and its History | [5] |
| Introduction | [22] |
| Honiton Lace Collar | [24] |
| Passion Flower in Chenille | [26] |
| Card Basket in Crochet | [28] |
| Border for a Quilt | [29] |
| Crochet Edging | [30] |
| Punch’s Anti-Macassar | [31] |
| Deep Lace in Crochet | [33] |
| Tatted Insertion | [34] |
| Anti-Macassar | [35] |
| Net for the Hair | [37] |
| Berlin Work and Canvas Embroidery | [38] |
| Crochet Collar | [44] |
| Knitted Lace Undersleeve | [46] |
| Insertions in Embroidery | [47] |
| Table Mat | [48] |
| Gentlemen’s Knitted Braces | [49] |
| Small Gimps in Crochet | [49] |
| Judy’s Anti-Macassar | [50] |
| Crochet D’Oyley | [53] |
| Point Lace Instructions | [54] |
| Crochet Collar | [61] |
| Mat with Border of Moss, &c. | [62] |
| Initials in Embroidery | [63] |
| Autour Boutons | [64] |
| Pretty Carriage Bag | [64] |
| D’Oyley in Square Crochet | [65] |
| Deep Point Lace | [66] |
| Crochet Edging | [67] |
| Crochet Edging | [68] |
| Crochet Insertion | [69] |
| Instructions in Embroidery | [70] |
| Honiton Crochet Collar | [76] |
| Knitted Basket | [77] |
| Initial Letters | [78] |
| Shamrock-Leaf D’Oyley | [79] |
| Pinafore | [80] |
| Neck Tie | [82] |
| Embroidery | [82] |
| Square D’Oyley | [83] |
| Deep Lace in Crochet | [83] |
| Collars in Tatting | [84] |
| Crochet Insertion | [85] |
| Knitting Instructions | [86] |
| Infant’s Cap Crown | [89] |
| Initials | [91] |
| Knitted Bag | [92] |
| Lacet Bag | [93] |
| D’Oyley in Square Crochet | [93] |
| Crochet Edging | [94] |
| Lady’s Chemisette | [96] |
| Anti-Macassar | [98] |
| Crochet Mat | [100] |
| Instructions in Tatting | [102] |
| Embroidery on Cambric | [105] |
| Knitted Lace Collars | [106] |
| Spanish Crochet Edging | [107] |
| Collar in Frivolite | [108] |
| Collar in Frivolite | [109] |
| Fish Cloth | [110] |
| Crochet Insertion | [113] |
| Knitted Scarf | [114] |
| Night Cap in Crochet | [115] |
| Crochet Edging | [117] |
LADIES’ COMPLETE GUIDE TO CROCHET AND NEEDLE WORK.
NEEDLE WORK AND ITS HISTORY.
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.
In olden times, when war and warlike fame was the great object of every brave man, woman first learned to write her love and all the mysterious faith which, with the educated or uneducated, is a portion of her being, in those war pennants and embroidered scarfs that were worn by the sterner sex as rewards of valor or expressions of love. Taking a hint from the flowers, God’s own handwriting of love upon the bosom of the earth, she began to symbol the deep feelings of her nature in imperfect imitations, and this was the first step made by woman in the progress of mind.