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80 woman's work in the woeld's clothing.
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Yet More Far Ancient From Having Than Ev...
effected reel lias now ba to few be turns wound of upon a smal a little l apparatus _bobbin , for a process the purpose rapidly ,
affixed to y the tableand the bobbinwhen filledis fitted into a little boat-like thread metal , drawn shuttle , deposite , h hole d in in the the , hollow s late tage
belowand the througa upper p ,. to The be machine worked , being is laced now over ready the to stag beg e in containing its operations the shuttle , the fabric and
held in its lace p bthe of the - " foot" these two pressing surfaces p which y hold pressure the cloth firm whil , e it is being
work stitched by , the fulfilling finger " the and functions thumb of performed the left hand in . ordinary needle _^ the wheel
greater with The , the machin speed right be e hand required is set , while in , b motion y alternatel the left either y guides pressing by turn the with in work g the , or rig , ht if hands at
and left foot on the treadles below , thus leaving both liberty are extremel worked to attend by fati the guing to alternate the kin work d toe . of and The motion machines heel to pressure maintain of some of one for maker foot any s ,
an y weary treadle length ing of is pressed time amount , whereas down of exertion , the the needle action . As descends of the both wheel feet vertical causes turns ly , , carry no or very ing the at the
carry same one thread ing tim the e in the other its shuttle eye thread in a rushes throug loop throug along h each h horizontall loop the fabric , and y , thus , while to securing and fro ,
pearance alike it in on a firrn both as the " sides lock " back of -stitch the -stitching material / ' The " , done work an advantag b presents y han e d , in onl the such y same that wh articles ile it ap is it
as collars & cwhich have therefore no " wrong side ; " can also , only , be " unpicked" a stitch at a time . When the of
a treadle thousand is worked stitches by a skilfu minute l and can practised be attained operator so that , a speed a sheet
per , it or took a table formerl -cloth is to made merel ready turn for the use hem in littl and e more as to tim such e little than ;
matters as the y seam of a y sleeve or the hemming of a pocket- j to handkerchief lace them , all beneath passes th in at the wonderful twinkling little of " an foot eye " ; and it is after but j
passing p under its pressure for a few seconds , the work , is over j metal and When the , two articles hemming or three present is inches to themselves be long performed _, is finished app , a lied sim and at ple the read little ed y ge . band of the of [ f I
material double fold which any keep width s that turning may it be down required as it from is worked the narrowest , with a t I
work the edge bottom bord proceeds ering , of , a with a skir muslin t . undeviating Tucks frill , are to exactitude the similarl widest y , marked of hem bread needed off th , . as The the for | j
regulated length of b the y the stitches mere turn and of the a d screw egree . of In their seaming tightness , the sur are - | 1
80 Woman's Work In The Woeld's Clothing.
80 woman ' s work in the woeld ' s clothing .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 80, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/8/
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