. 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 . Fia. 370. Foint de Reprise Stitch. the interlacings to widen at each twist, and when thecentre of the open space is reached, pass the thread onto the loop opposite the one just worked over, and workover this in the same way, but commence with the wideststitch, and narrow to a point as a
. 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 . Fia. 370. Foint de Reprise Stitch. the interlacings to widen at each twist, and when thecentre of the open space is reached, pass the thread onto the loop opposite the one just worked over, and workover this in the same way, but commence with the wideststitch, and narrow to a point as a finish. Work over allthe loops in this manner. Point deRiz Stitch.—This stitch should be workedso as to resemble grains of rice loosely scattered over aflatsurface. To work : Bring the thread from the back of thematerial, and put the needle down again, so that it makesa stitch one-eighth of an inch long, in a slanting direction,upon the surface of the work. Continue to make theseshort slanting stitches until the space is covered, andarrange them so as to be carelessly thrown over the work, THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 191 and not in any design. Fig. 371 is a flower with its centrefilled with Point de Riz, surrounded by Point de Cable,. Fio. 371. Point de Riz Stitch. or Stem Stitch. The thick parts of the flower are workedin Au Passe, and the sprays form part of the Au Passedesign, shown in Fig. 371. Point de Rose Stitch.—A variety of Feston orButtonhole, and used to fill in the petals of flowers,particularly of roses, hence its name. The differencebetween this stitch and ordinary Feston consists in thestitches being worked over a padded surface, and beingbroader. To work for ordinary edgings : Commence byrunning a plain curved line to maik the inside of a widescallop edging, then run another line, at the distance of aneighth of an inch from the first. Make this line of anumber of small curves, allowing four or five of these curvesin the space of the one wide scallop. Pad
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