palm-and-needle

Updated: May 9, 2025

"It'll go," he said; "we'll double it. I'll hunt for a palm-and-needle and some twine." These articles he found in the mate's room. "The twine's no better than yarn," said he, "but we'll use four parts." Together they doubled the carpet diagonally, and with long stitches joined the edges.

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