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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EMBROIDERY:
- Counted Thread Embroidery
- Cross Stitch Embroidery
- Assisi Embroidery
- Canvas Embroidery
- Kelim Embroidery
- Florentine (Bargello)
- Satin Stitch and Laid Stitch
- Hardanger Embroidery
- Hemstitch
- Threaded Backstitch
- A Jour (drawn fabric) Embroidery
- Filet and Tulle Embroidery
- Embroidery Following Pattern
- Free-style Embroidery
- Yugoslavian and Hungarian Embroidery
- Shadow Embroidery
- Broderie Anglaise
- Cutwork
- Smocking
- CROCHET:
- Correct Relationship Between Hook and Yarn
- Start of Working Crochet
- Basic Stitches
- Picot Edgings
- Shaping of Crochet Work
- Tunisian (Afghan), Irish and 'American' Crochet
- Lattice Loop Crochet
- Loop Stitch Crochet
- Various Stitches and Patterns
- Crochet with Beads
- Hairpin Crochet
- Looping
- Instructions for Crochet Models
- KNITTING:
- Basic Methods
- Choosing the Needles and Yarn
- Casting On
- Plain and Purl
- Fabric Care Chart
- JOining, Turning and Edging
- Needle Gauge
- Ribbing
- Brioche Knitting
- Buttonholes
- Lacy Patterns and Scalloped Edge
- Various Knitting Patterns
- Multi-Colour Weaving
- Casting Off
- Dropped Stitches
- Increasing
- Decreasing
- Neckbands
- Collar Edgings
- The Knitted Pocket
- Diagonal Knitting
- Tubular Knitting
- Making Up
- Socks
- Mittens
- Knitting With a Circular Needle
- Fancy Knitting
- Instructions for Knitting Patterns
- TATTING:
- Tool and Materials
- Guiding the Thread
- Technique
- WEAVING:
- The Material
- Preparation
- Weaving Process
- Extension of the Weft Yarn
- Multi-Colour Weaving
- Fabric Patterns
- Weaving with a Pick-Up Stick
- Knotted Fabric
- Ribbon or Band Weaving with the Shaft or Harness
- Tapestry Weaving
- RUG KNOTTING:
- Materials and Tools
- Knotting Pattern
- Smyrna Technique
- Finnen and Rya Knotting Technique
- Finishing the Rug
- APPLIQUÉ:
- Design and Cutting Out
- Appliqué Work
- Openwork Appliqué
- Appliqué in Reserve Technique
- Layered Appliqué
- Appliqué in Cut-work technique
- Fabric Inlay
- Indian Appliqué
- Oriental Appliqué
- Split Appliqué
- Appliqué in Filigree Technique
- PATCHWORK:
- Material and Pattern Design
- Technique
- Patchwork with Sewing Machine
- Patchwork with Appliqu´ Technique
- Irish Patchwork
- French Patchwork
- Italian Patchwork
- DECORATIVE MACHINE STITCHING:
- Tucks
- Fine Cording
- Cord Piping
- Bold Corded Piping
- Stitching in Appliqué
- Monogramming
- Quilting
- MACRAMÉ:
- Materials
- Technique
- VARIOUS HANDICRAFT TECHNIQUES:
- Knitting with accessories
- Braiding on a nail board
- Rosettes on a loom
- Unusual crochet techniques
- Interwoven stitches
- Raised appliqué
- Pile embroidery
- Bead embroidery
- Fringes, tassels and pompons
- Weaving with textile materials
- FINISHING, IRONING, MAKING UP, PRACTICAL HINTS:
- Embroidery
- Knitted and crochet work
- Knotted work
- Woven work
- Patchwork
- Appliqué
- Decorative stitching
- Tatting
- Macramé
- Sewing methods
- Dividing an area
- American equivalent tables of yarns, hooks and stitch names
- INDEX