Embroidery : a collection of articles on subjects connected with the study of fine needlework, including stitches, materials, methods of work, and designing, and history ... (1909)
Christie, Grace · London, James Pearsall · leaf 153
directionover which the stitch passes. For instance,sometimes it is an upright stitch, passingover just two horizontal threads of theground. It is used thus as a couching stitchto cover, or partly cover, laid threads. Arather common variation is called encroach-ing Gobelin. In this the stitches of… … ■ ■■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■■ mwm ~ ^ m r w m pj ■ Ml iiiiim\ 1 to Fig- 73 Fig- 74 Gobelin is well suited to shaded work, andit is not quite as tedious as the smaller tentstitch. Sometimes a background is carriedout in the Gobelin with a pattern in tentstitch. EMBROIDERY FLORENTINE STITCH…
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