. The Utah Farmer : Devoted to Agriculture in the Rocky Mountain Region. ery; Scissors;Embroidery Hoops; Working Cotton,etc. In Embroidery, as in sewing, youmust keep your stitches even andyour work nice and clean. A good planis to have a sampler of unbleachedmuslin, seven inches long. Yoursampler should have on it all the dif-ferent embroidery stitches as youlearn them. The Outlining Stitch—This stitch isthe simplest form of embroidery. It the needle is in the same position asfor outlining. Now turn your workso that the line lies up and downacross the forefinger of your lefthand. Take a stitc
. The Utah Farmer : Devoted to Agriculture in the Rocky Mountain Region. ery; Scissors;Embroidery Hoops; Working Cotton,etc. In Embroidery, as in sewing, youmust keep your stitches even andyour work nice and clean. A good planis to have a sampler of unbleachedmuslin, seven inches long. Yoursampler should have on it all the dif-ferent embroidery stitches as youlearn them. The Outlining Stitch—This stitch isthe simplest form of embroidery. It the needle is in the same position asfor outlining. Now turn your workso that the line lies up and downacross the forefinger of your lefthand. Take a stitch on the line,pointing the needle toward you. Bringthe needle through, letting go of thethread under the thumb when it pullsitself away. The needle is then placedin the same hole from which thethread came out, and out on thestamped line the same distance as thefirst stitch. The thread is again helddown with the thumb while the needleis drawn through. Continue in thismanner until the line is covered.(No. 36.) Fasten off the thread asdescribed in iae outlining. Chain-. is used to represent a single line,stems or veins. Draw a straight line on your sam-pler. Thread a No. 7 sewing-needlewith a short piece of blue or red mark-ing cotton No. 25. No knots shouldbe made. Hold your sampler so that the lineis in the same position as No. three running stiches on theline, so that the needle is at the ex-treme left-hand end of the line. Takea little stitch on the line, pointing theneedle to the left. Let the thread lieabove the needle. Bring the needlein position for the next stitch andcontinue working as directed untilyou reach the end of the line. Thethread is ended on the right side ofthe work by taking two or three littlebackstitches on the stitches whichhave been already worked. Chain-Stitching—This stitch is aRood one to use when a fancy outlineis wanted. It is also used on singlelines and is best carried out in heavy I cotton such as No. 16 marking cottonor medium weight
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