Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 171
n Mount Mellick work. Thedouble buttonhole stitch is effective to fill in thelarge leaves. The stitches are taken in groups oftwo, then a little space and two more stitches. Con- 144 NEEDLECRAFT tinue in straight rows. Sometimes one will see aleaf worked one half in double buttonholing and theother… … Fig. 128. The honeycomb stitch you are working on. In the second and all otherrows, the needle is over the buttonhole loop directlyabove and a short stitch taken a quarter of an inch,or the distance you have decided on, below the loop.In starting each row bring the needle up a quarterof an inch, or…
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