Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 134
le thread or so below it. It results from the way of working that you getin darning an interrupted line characteristic ofthe stitch. What is called double darning, bywhich the breaks in the single darning are madegood, has in effect no character of darningwhatever. Darning has a homely sound, but… … 43- DARNING SAMPLER, 108 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. Darning is worked, of course, in rows back-wards and forwards; but if the stitches are longand in the direction of the weft, it is as well notto run the returning row next to the one justdone, but to leave space for a second course ofdarning afterwards…
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