unnecessary. Tapestrycan be done best in a frame, but if done in the hand the puckering will be preventedby weighting the end of the canvas with a piece of lead. The stitches, which oughtcompletely to hide the canvas, should all lean one way, and the underneath onesalways from left to right. The… … Fig. E. Materials.—Wool is often used for this work, but silk is now sold at priceswhich make it expedient to employ that, in suitable kind, on account of the increasedbeauty of color and of durability. Moths do not attack silk, nor does it shrink andpucker, as is the case with wool. If wool be…
