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WELDON'S PRACTICAL NEEDLEWORK

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Red linen hard cover with black lettering and design of knitting needles with scissors and crochet hooks. Patterned end papers in green leaf design. Approximately 400 illustrations, diagrams. Vol. VII. Each chapter paged separately, comprising knitting, crochet, ivory embroidery, mountmellick work, crinkled and crepe tissue paper work, knick-knacks, church embroidery crochet with coloured threads and moulds; and how to make curtains and blinds with coloured bamboo reeds and beads, etc. with full working descriptions.

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Crafts of late 19th & early 20th Century, illustrated with many engravings.

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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