Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 78
HERRING-BONE-STITCH. 51 your needle now pointing upwards, take another similar stitch from the lower edge. The variety at D is merely a combination of A T0 WORK and C, as may be seen by reference to the back of D. the sampler (opposite) ; though the short horizontal stitches there seen meet,… … THE WORKING OF E ON HERRING-BONE SAMPLER. What is .known as " fish-bone " is illustrated in the three feathery shapes on the sampler (E), two of which are worked rather open. It is charac- teristic of this stitch that it has a sort of spine up the centre where the threads cross. Suppose the T0 WORK…
Needlework · Embroidery
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