Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, International Educational Publishing Company · Scranton, Pa. : Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences · leaf 89
stitches in the opposite direction for the next row of honey- comb smocking, being careful to alternate the stitches in the third row of dots, so as to make the cells of the honeycomb appear com- plete. Proceed in this way, first with one row and then another, until the entire space on which the… … Fig. 40 43. The outline-, herringbone-, and cable-stitches described in connection with old-time smocking may be applied in simpHfied smocking also; that is, without a gathered fotmdation. In such cases, the stitches are taken directly over the dots, so as to keep the work imiform and the smocking…
Embroidery · Needlework
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