. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ^li&t^isijjSiiS:.^ IOC Dark olive. XK Medium shade. W^ Light olive. SQS Dark redftiVWue. S^ Middle shade of red or blue. SSS Light red o BERLIN EMBROIDERY. 143. The stitches used formerly for Berlin work were cross, cushion, satin,tapestry and tent, but these have been added to in late years, and nowinclude German, Irish, plush, leviathan—single, double and treble—anafancy stitches combined from the above. Back Stitch.—This stitch is made like the ordinary back stitchtaken in plain sewing. Cross Stitch.—This is the principal stitch used in Berlin work, iti
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ^li&t^isijjSiiS:.^ IOC Dark olive. XK Medium shade. W^ Light olive. SQS Dark redftiVWue. S^ Middle shade of red or blue. SSS Light red o BERLIN EMBROIDERY. 143. The stitches used formerly for Berlin work were cross, cushion, satin,tapestry and tent, but these have been added to in late years, and nowinclude German, Irish, plush, leviathan—single, double and treble—anafancy stitches combined from the above. Back Stitch.—This stitch is made like the ordinary back stitchtaken in plain sewing. Cross Stitch.—This is the principal stitch used in Berlin work, itis used not only for working with wool on canvas, but for embroidering withany material that will thread, upon cloth, silk, satin and velvet. It wasmuch used in the Egyptian embroideries. This stitch can be worked in a frame or upon the hand. That done in a framegenerally looks the best. Cross stitch is adouble stitch taken over two threads, theobject being always to form a perfect thread is taken in a slanting directionacross this square from left to right, the needlebeing brought up on the lower left-hand corner,CROSS STITCH. FIG. 146. put in at the upper right-hand corne
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