. The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . DOUBLE CROSS STITCH-Detail DOT STITCH. Diamond Stitch.—A Flat Couching. To work: Laydown lines of floss silk over the whole of the foundationto be covered, and, to secure these, take a single thready ofpurse silk and gold cord, lay it in a diagonal directionover the floss silk, and
. The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . DOUBLE CROSS STITCH-Detail DOT STITCH. Diamond Stitch.—A Flat Couching. To work: Laydown lines of floss silk over the whole of the foundationto be covered, and, to secure these, take a single thready ofpurse silk and gold cord, lay it in a diagonal directionover the floss silk, and secure it with a stitch from theback at set intervals. Continue to lay down diagonallines over the silk, at equal distances apart, and all in onedirection, and to secure them until the space is cross these lines with other diagonal ones, so as toform a diamond-shaped pattern upon the surface of thefloss silk. Secure these last lines at the points of thediamonds, and ornament the stitch by introducing a pearlor bead at the junction. Dot Stitch.—A stitch also called Point de Pois, PointdOr, Point de Poste, and Dotted, and used in all kindsof Embroidery, either to fill in the centres of leavesand flowers, or to trace out a pattern with a number ofsingle lines made with a series of small Dots. To work:Bring the needle up
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