Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . oils. This technique was rarely found. Openwork (14a, 14b, Figs 27A, 28). When the sewing strand, after passinground or through the top of the preceding coil, is wound round the new coilonce or several times between stitches. The stitches and the windings are gener-ally regulated to make a pattern. This would seem to be an introduced stitch,though the Zimbabwe Ndebele deny this, and claim that it is the first stitchtaught to children, which may be, but several generations have passed. Knotstitch (15a, 15b, Fig. 27B-D). I
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . oils. This technique was rarely found. Openwork (14a, 14b, Figs 27A, 28). When the sewing strand, after passinground or through the top of the preceding coil, is wound round the new coilonce or several times between stitches. The stitches and the windings are gener-ally regulated to make a pattern. This would seem to be an introduced stitch,though the Zimbabwe Ndebele deny this, and claim that it is the first stitchtaught to children, which may be, but several generations have passed. Knotstitch (15a, 15b, Fig. 27B-D). In this method, the sewing passes roundboth coils, but breaks its journey up the back to come out to the front betweenthe two coils—either to the left or to the right of itself depending on whetherthe work is from the left or the right—crosses over its own last stitch and goesthrough to the back again to continue diagonally its journey upwards. The workis done closely and gives the appearance of a row of knots between the coils. 84 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. B
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