 | Ladies - 1844 - 260 pages
...its multifarious materials, and the needle, with its accompanying implements, gave form and utility to the fabrics submitted to its operations. No one...revered parent. Approaching to womanhood, additional preparation of articles of use, as ornaments for herself and others, call for its daily employment... | |
 | Betty J. Mills - Crafts & Hobbies - 1985 - 196 pages
...instrument of use placed in the hand of the budding childhood, and it is found to retain its usefullness and charm even when trembling in the grasp of fast declining age. [Arnold, 1972] The needle, so miniature of size and yet of such magnitude in importance, was the tool... | |
| |
... to the fabrics submitted to its operations. No one can look upon THE NEEDLE, without emotion ; it is a constant companion throughout the pilgrimage of life. We find it the first instrument of use placed in the hand of budding childhood, and it is... 