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. 51. Tent Stitch, requires much finer canvas than that used in CrossStitch, the wool being only laid on the canvas once therefore more labour. To work, as shown in Fig. 51:Cross the wool over one or two threads of canvas in adiagonal direction from left to right. Various Fancy Stitche
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. 51. Tent Stitch, requires much finer canvas than that used in CrossStitch, the wool being only laid on the canvas once therefore more labour. To work, as shown in Fig. 51:Cross the wool over one or two threads of canvas in adiagonal direction from left to right. Various Fancy Stitches (1).—In the fancy pattern givenin Fig. 52 the stitches are Back, Satin, and Raised. The. Fio. 52. Back, Satin, and Raised Stitches. work covers a square of eight stitches, or sixteen threads,and when complete has the appearance of lines radiatingfrom a centre rosette of raised work, the outer part of thedesign being surrounded with a line of Back Stitch. Towork: Leave a centre square of eight threads, bring thewool up from the back, and pass it over three stitches, orsix threads, in a straight upright direction, so that itfinishes on the line that forms the outer square. Repeatthis Satin Stitch all round the four centre stitchesthat are left bare, place the wool once into every outerstitch of the square, and twice into every inner. Fill thefour centre stitches with raised stitches. Wind thewool several times round a bone crochet-hook, and then,secure it by a needle run through the loops, while stillon the hook, and pass it through the unworked canvas;these loops are made until the centre is well filled withthem; they are cut or not, according to fancy. The linesof Back St
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