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Embroidery and tapestry weaving : a practical text-book of design and workmanship (1912)

Christie, Grace · London : J. Hogg · leaf 222

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nd more com-plicated designs can be carried out. Thedarning thread may be coloured; in amore intricate design two or three differentcolours might be introduced. Fig. 118 shows another pattern in the 218 same kind of work. The darning stitchbegins by working to and fro over andunder four clusters of… … Fig. 118. The threads that were left are next coveredwith an overcast stitch, the adjoining onesin each case are caught together in thecentre in order to form the X shape thatrecurs along the pattern. This darningkind of work is very closely allied toweaving, and especially the kind oftenseen in…

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