. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. six or eight threadsin height and as many in width. These require a double crossing at topand side for the sixth thread, and a double crossing and a straight stitch topand side for the eighth. These varieties are called double leviathan andtreble leviathan. See figure 151. Double Leviathan Stitch.—Work over eight square threads, orfour square stitches. Make a crossstitch into the four corners of thesquare, then a long cross stitch tofill in the holes on each side of thecross stitch, and lastly an uprightcross into the middle stitches inlength and width of
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. six or eight threadsin height and as many in width. These require a double crossing at topand side for the sixth thread, and a double crossing and a straight stitch topand side for the eighth. These varieties are called double leviathan andtreble leviathan. See figure 151. Double Leviathan Stitch.—Work over eight square threads, orfour square stitches. Make a crossstitch into the four corners of thesquare, then a long cross stitch tofill in the holes on each side of thecross stitch, and lastly an uprightcross into the middle stitches inlength and width of square. Fill inall the square in the same order orthe uniformity of the pattern will bedestroyed, and put a single longstitch between each square, to fill upthe part of the canvas that is leftbare. See figure 151. When com-mencing a new line of stitches onthe canvas make a half stitch to be-gin, so that the center of the second double leviathan stitch, fig. of stitches does not come under the center of the first line. Com-. 146 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. mence with a half stitch at each alternate row. This stitch should beworked upon leviathan canvas, and it is not suitable for groundings, andshould only be used for geometrical designs. Treble Leviathan Stitch.—To work this stitch a square of eightthreads of four stitches is required. The work starts from the center andis taken to one of the corners, passing over four upright threads and fourhorizontal ones in a slanting direction. The next two stitches are placedone on each side of the first, crossing over four horizontal and two uprightthreads, and vice versa, all finishing in center hole. The four corners arethus worked, and the stitch is completed by taking a cross stitch over thecenter hole and one in the center of each side of the square. When repeat-ing this stitch the outside crosses are worked only in every alternatesquare of eight, as there is not room to make one at every stitch. Thecrosses sho
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