Author: DRYAD HANDICRAFT INSTRUCTION CARDS:
Title: Dryad Embroidery Stitch Cards. [Original edition].
Description: Leicester-Manchester, Dryad Handicraft, [Circa], 1960. Tog. 6 cards.Original pub. thin flexible cardboard. [each 220x140mm.]. Instructive text printed in double collumns on both sides. Each card with detailed monochrome diagrams illustrating technique of a variety of embroidery stitches: Running Stitch, Chain stitch, Crossw stitch, Y Stitch, Hemstitch and Fagoot stitch. Complete set. English language set by which 53 different practical Embroidery stitch techniques are clearly demonstrated and described. Complete set of 6 cards of an almost forgotten homecraft. Very fine condition.

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