Early British steel crochet hooks were manufactured from steel wire using the same methods and in the same workshops as sewing needles.
Although the Masonic brotherhood developed its own rituals and rules, it retained in its symbolism the trappings of the stonemason’s craft, including the apron.
The instructions for this delicate lace edging originally appeared in a weekly household column, which ran in a Manchester, New Hampshire, newspaper from 1881 to 1884.
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A member of the cross stitch family, the rice stitch is not to be confused with another type of stitching.
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