. 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 . Fig. 296. Double Feather Fig. 205. DOUBLE CROSS STITCH.—Detail B. Then make a single line of Herringbone between thepoints, as in plain Double Cross (Fig. 295, Detail B),and ornament the plain line with a double threadand Knots. slightly slanting direction. Draw up as before. T
. 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 . Fig. 296. Double Feather Fig. 205. DOUBLE CROSS STITCH.—Detail B. Then make a single line of Herringbone between thepoints, as in plain Double Cross (Fig. 295, Detail B),and ornament the plain line with a double threadand Knots. slightly slanting direction. Draw up as before. Toreturn: Put the needle in to the right of the last stitch,as shown by the figures 1 and 2 on Fig. 296, hold thecotton with the thumb, and draw it up as before, and x 2 *56 THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. repeat the stitch to the right. Continue to work twostitches to the right and two to the left until thespace is filled, The beauty of Double Feather consistsin the perfect Vandyke line it makes down the materialwhen worked with regular and even stitches. Double Knitting.—A stitch in Knitting, which, pro-ducing a double instead of a single web, is especiallyuseful when light and yet warm articles are to be knitted,or stocking heels are to be strengthened. The doubleweb is formed by every other stitch of a row being a Slipstitch and th
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