id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt wu.89041962861 Picken, Mary Brooks Textiles and sewing materials Textiles, laces, embroideries and findings, shopping hints, mending, household sewing, trade and sewing terms. [by] Mary Brooks Picken ... 1923 .txt text/plain 72058 6235 83 Often, double-cloth materials are held together by means of catching an occasional weft thread through to the opposite surface, other materials, they may be designated as lace weaves. Resist dyeing is used for material containing a combination of fibers, such as cotton and wool, or for fabrics in which a stripe definitely whether a given fabric is cotton or linen consists in placing a sample in a strong solution of washing soda. 3. Whether made by hand or by machinery, lace is an openwork fabric or network of linen, silk, cotton, or similar threads made In the making of needle-point lace, the design is drawn on parchment, which is kept straight by being stitched to heavy linen. needle-point edge is, in effect, applied to many kinds of machineand hand-made laces. opposite side, and sew the seam edges together with fine overhanding-stitches, using for this purpose silk thread that matches the ./cache/wu.89041962861.pdf ./txt/wu.89041962861.txt