Godey's lady's book (1840) (14766822461)

Identifier: godeysladysboo00phil (find matches)

Title: Godey's lady's book

Year: 1840 (1840s)

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Subjects: Women American literature Costume Arts

Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey

Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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To be made of chinchilla double zephyr inthe Aghan stitch, with an ordinary sized longivory needle. Put on 50 stitches, and work 16 rows, whichis to the armhole. The fronts are then com-menced, taking 12 stitches only, and workingback and forth for 7 rows. Then in C you nar-row one every row for 6 rows ; at the end of theneedle, but on the 4th row, you must narrowat the beginning of the row also, narrowing twostitches on both the 4th and 5th rows. Thisforms the slope of the neck. The other frontis done in the same way. For the back, take up 24 stitches and work 7rows, then for 6 rows you narrow one stitch ateach end of the row. Then join the partsmarked G together, the same with all the othercorresponding letters ; crochet them together to WORK DEPARTMENT. 387 form the shoulder. Work three rows in plaincrochet round the neck, armhole, down thefront, and round the waist. Put large buttonsdown the front, covered with crochet NEW STITCHES IN CROCHET. These new stitches are, with few exce

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1840

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