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 . nineteenth century, afew years after the printing of the Berlin patterns, theybegan to be solely executed with Cross Stitch, and thatwork is often called after the name of the stitch. CrossStitch is worked either in a frame or upon the hand, thework in the frame generally turning out the
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 . nineteenth century, afew years after the printing of the Berlin patterns, theybegan to be solely executed with Cross Stitch, and thatwork is often called after the name of the stitch. CrossStitch is worked either in a frame or upon the hand, thework in the frame generally turning out the best. The stitch is a double one, takenover two threads of canvas inheight and width, or morethan two threads, the objectbeing always to form a perfectsquare. To work, as shown inFig. 38: Take the wool in aslanting direction across thesquare, from left to the needle up on thelower left-hand corner, pitt itin at the upper right-hand corner, bring it up at thelower right-hand corner, and cross it back to the upperleft-hand corner. When grounding in Cross Stitch, workthe first part of the stitch in rows along the canvas, andcross these when returning. When working a pattern,finish each stitch at once, and commence from the bottomon the left-hand side. Cross Stitch Double.—See Double Fig. 38. Cross Stitch.
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