. 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 . eedle down at the back of the material a quarterof an inch, bring it up at the third gather, andcatch the third and second gathers together with aBack Stitch. Return the needle to the back, and tothe height of the first made stitch, and catch thefoiirth and third gathers together with 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 . eedle down at the back of the material a quarterof an inch, bring it up at the third gather, andcatch the third and second gathers together with aBack Stitch. Return the needle to the back, and tothe height of the first made stitch, and catch thefoiirth and third gathers together with a Back Stitch;put it back in a line with the second stitch, and catch THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 185 the fifth and fourth gathers together, and continue work-ing in this way, first in one line and then in the other,catching a new gather and an old gather together with aBack Stitch every time, until all are secured. Work thethird line as the first (commencing at the right-hand sideof work), and the fourth as the second line, catching thegathers together in these lines in the same order as theones already worked, and keeping them straight withthe drawn out threads. The illustration (Fig. 344) showsHoneycomb Stitch commenced, with the run thread, twolines of Honeycomb finished, and two lines in progress,. Fig. 34t. Honettomb Stitch. with the gathers stroked, ready to fasten variety of Hone3^comb is formed by treating eachgather as a laid thread, and forming a pattern over it, asin Couching, with a thread brought from the back of thematerial. The material is gathered very evenly, put intoan Embroidery Frame, and stroked down. Each gatheris then caught down singly with a Back Stitch, and thesesecuring stitches are arranged in parallel diagonal lines,or as open diamonds. When forming open diamonds thenumber of gathers must be counted, and a tiny pencilline drawn over the work, so that each diamond is madeof the same size. Indots Slitch.—This is similar to Dot Stitch. O
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