smocking in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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We've had smocking, embroidery and dyeing done, and had shoes and gloves made.
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The shops in the city market frocks, night suits and robes with smocking.
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Before elastic, smocking was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable.
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Smocking is worked on a crewel embroidery needle in cotton or silk thread and normally requires three times the width of initial material as the finished item will have.
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So, the next time you buy one with smocking work, do have a word of praise for the expert behind the rare handwork.
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Made with a crewel embroidery needle, using cotton or silk thread, smocking has sophisticated patterns and stitches.
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Smocking is a kind of embroidery.
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Smocking was practical for garments to be both form fitting and flexible, hence its name derives from "smock" -- a farmer's work shirt.
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Smocking is a dying craft these days.
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Early smocking, or gauging, was done by hand.
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