An embroidery book

INDEX

American cloth, 143
Antique hemstitch, 73
Antique seam, 96
Applied work, 80
Arrow-head filling, 31
Art and craft, 5
Art canvas, 177
Background, open, 105
Backgrounds, 25, 29, 82, 104
Back stitching, 152
Bag, a useful, 153
Bag, work, 169
Bags, 132
Balance, 23
Bands, needle-woven, 105
Basket, Japanese, 169
Basket or stroke stitch, 71
Basket pattern, 33, 70
Basket stitch, 67
to work, 71
Baskets, 132
Beads, 19, 28
Blanket, Scottish, 9
Blanket stitch, to work, 58
Bokhara embroideries, 17
Border, 129
diapered, 60
geometrical, 124
interlacing, 151
pattern, 19
stitch, 151
vandyke, 30
Braid hat band, 133
Braid, Honiton, 144
Braid stitch, 53
Braids, 28, 76, 89, 119
Braids, hand-made, 28, 117
Brocade, 16
Building up of the pattern, 6
Bullion knots, 83
Bullion stitch, 84
Button-hole stitches, 56
bars, 86
crossed, 58
double, 61
edging, 150
filling of a space, 59
loops, open, 139
pyramid, 107
rings, 122
Button-hole stitch, flowers in, 59
Button-hole stitch, leaves in, 61
Buttons, 28
Buttons, indestructible, 123
Cable chain, 52
Cable chain, to work, 52
Canvas, 8, 67, 129, 131, 132, 177
Canvas stitches, 131
Carbon paper, 173
Carpet chenilles, 10
Carrick bend, 125
Celtic canvas, 129
Central fillings, 122
Chain stitch, 45, 79, 126, 143
in two colours, 47
to work, 46
twisted, 45
Chenilles, carpet, 10
Chequered fern stitch, 75
Chequered pattern, 70, 101
Chequered pattern, to work, 70
Chequers, 29
Chinese knot, 126
Circles, 22, 79
Colour, 12-17
Colour, juxtaposition of, 16
Colour, restful, 14
Colour scheme, 6, 80
Colours, six bright, 15
Colours, warm, 13
Common sense, 6
Construction, 6, 20
Cool colours, 14
Cope, Jesse, 82
Cope, Syon, 82
Coptic work, 40
Coral stitch, 48
Cords, 66
Cords, hand-made, 27
Corners, 20
Cosy cover, 112
Cot coverlet, 138
Couching, 68, 79
Couching, ancient method of, 81
Crash, Russian, 9, 37
Cretan stitch, 51
Cretonne, 16
Crochet, 69, 155
a useful cord, 161
chain slip-knot, 156
double stitch, 157
dropping picots, 164
flowers, 158
hooks, 78, 158
insertion, an, 166
lace picots, 164
ladder insertion, 157
leaves, 160
long treble stitch, 157
mesh, 165
picots, 163, 165
plain picots, 164
raffia, 167
single stitch, 156
treble stitch, 157
tricot, 162
two-chain picots, 164
Crossed button-hole, 58
Cross stitch, 101, 130, 131
Cross stitch, Italian, 130
Curtain, part of a, 55
Curving lines, 23
Cushion case, 170
Cut work, 136
Damask, 8
Damask darning, 32
Darning patterns, 29
Darning, single, 33
Darning stitches, 29, 106
Darns, latchet, 66, 170
Decorative back stitch, 61
Decorative initials, 111
Design, 21
Design, habit of, 5
Design, transferring the, 172
Designs, interlacing, 90, 127
Diagonal filling, 34
Diagonal lines, 21, 79
Diapered border, 60
Dominant colour, 16
Double button-hole, 61
Double-net stitch, 144
Drawing, 5
Drawn work, Italian, 137
Eastern embroiderers, 69
Ecclesiastical embroideries, 1
Edgings, 9, 27, 122, 149
Embroiderers, Eastern, 69
Embroideries, Bokhara, 17
Embroideries, ecclesiastical, 1
Embroideries, peasant, 136, 140
Embroideries, washing woollen, 175
Embroidery, Hedebo, 137
Embroidery, Rhodian, 35, 36, 140
Embroidery, Richelieu, 143
Embroidery threads, linen floss, 177
Embroidery, white, 83
Emery cushion, 12
Eyelet holes, 140
Faggoting, 93
Fern stitch, 74
Filet background, 104
Filet pattern, 77
Fillings, 29
arrow-head, 31
central, 122
diagonal, 34
honeycomb, 62
in squares, 35
leaf, 152
openwork, 29, 144
pyramid, 30
star, 31
Fingering wools, 177
Finishing touches, 6, 115
Finishings, 26
Fishbone, 71
Fishbone stitch, 50
Fitments, 26, 27
Flat knot, a, 116
Flowered hat band, 129
Flowers in button-hole stitch, 59
Fork-pin insertion, 99
Foundation net, 144
Frames, 11, 79
French knots, 28, 82
French tape, 75
Fringe, knotted, 115
Fringe, to prepare a, 114
Fringes, 28, 66, 68, 114
Galoon, 65, 66, 83
Galoons and gimps, washing, 28
Geometrical border, 124
Geometrical forms, 5, 19
German linen work, 111
Gimp, 117
Goblin stitch, 132
Good filling, a, 34
Good taste, 6
Greenhouse shading, 8
Groundings, open, 34
Habit of design, 5
Hand-made braids, 28, 117
Hand-made cords, 27
Harmony, 24
Hat bands, 129
Hedebo embroidery, 137
Hems, openwork, 72
Hemstitch, antique, 73
Hemstitching, method of, 115
Herring-bone, 65
Herring-bone foundation, 110
Herring-bone stitch, 94
Hints about materials, practical, 176
Hints, useful, 172
Honeycomb filling, 62
Honeycomb, to work, 63
Honiton braid, 144
Huckaback, 8
Indestructible buttons, 123
Indian work, 90
Individuality, 26
Initials, decorative, 111
Insertion stitches, 133
pyramid, 107
simple, 103
vandyke, 73
Interlacing border, 151
Interlacing designs, 90, 127
Interlacing knots, 91
Interlacing stitch, 108
Isolated pyramids, 107
Italian cross stitch, 130
Italian drawn work, 137
Japanese basket, 169
Jesse Cope, 82
Joining of selvedges, 97
Juxtaposition of colour, 16
Knot, a flat, 116
Knot work, 123
Knots, 83, 126, 127
Knots, French, 28, 82;
netting knot, 148;
ornamental knot, 123;
reef knot, 125;
weaver's knot, 124
Knotted fringe, 115
Lace edge, 78
Lace-making, 135
Lace pillow-cushion, to make a, 118
Lace stitch, simple, 112
Lace stitches, 144
Point d'Alencon, 95
Point de Bruxelles, 144
Point de Reprise, 76, 106, 107
Point de Sorrento, 145
Point de Venise, 153
Point rentré et retiré, 81
Point Turc, 149
Laces, 122
Laces, needle-point, 135, 137
Lacis, 136
Ladder hemstitch, 72
Ladder stitch, 45
Laid stitches, 70, 171
Laid work, 67, 69
Latchet darns, 66, 170
Latchets of wool, 27
Leaf fillings, 152
Leaves, 130
Leaves in button-hole stitch, 61
Line stitch, 67
Linen floss embroidery threads, 177
Linen work, German, 111
Linens, 7
Lines, 20
Lines, curving, 23
Lines, diagonal, 21, 79
Lines, straight, 5, 19, 22, 23, 29
Link stitch, 51
Link stitch, to work, 52
Linked chain, 46
Loop stitch, 98
Loop stitch border, 75
Luncheon set, 86
Macramé, 116
Masses, 20
Material, practical hints about, 176
Materials, 7
Mesh, 121
Metal rings, 123
Mexican stitch, 63
Mexican stitch, to work, 63
Mount-mellick work, 85
Needle-made picots, 121
Needle-point laces, 135, 137
Needle-weaving, 28, 67, 87, 101
Needle-weaving, pattern in, 18
Needle-weaving, reversible, 103
Needle-woven bands, 105
Needles, 10
Net stitch, 71
Netting knot, 148
Nightdress case in blue and white, 127
Oddments, remnants and, 7
Open background, 105
Open button-hole loops, 139
Open groundings, 34
Openwork fillings, 29, 144
Openwork hems, 72
Orange, 14
Oriental stitch, 42, 51, 65
Originality, 29
Ornamental knot, 123
Oversewing, 101
Outline stitch, 143
Pattern book, venetian, 91
Pattern, building up of the, 6
Pattern in needle-weaving, 18
Pattern making, 5
Pattern, primitive, 18, 106
Pattern, wave, 32
Patterns, 29, 70, 137
Peasant embroideries, 136, 140
Persian quilting, 46
Persian work, 90
Personality of the worker, 4
Petal or loop stitch, 48
Petit point, 132
Picot, Venetian, 149
Picots, 149
Picots in bullion stitch, 84
Picots, needle-made, 121
Plaited stitch, 71
Portière, a, 59
Pouncing, 172
Primitive pattern, 18, 106
Principle of repetition, 20
Principles of colour, 12
"Punch work," 141
to work, 142
Punto a gruppo, 116
Pyramids, 123
filling, 30
insertion, 107
isolated, 139
Quilting, Persian, 46
Raised stitchery, 94
Reef knot, 125
Remnants and oddments, 7
Repetition, principle of, 12
Restful colour, 14
Reticella, 136
Reversible back stitch, 62
Reversible needle-weaving, 103
Rhodian embroidery, 35, 36, 140
Ribbon, velvet, 96
Richelieu embroidery, 143
Richelieu work, 77
Ring stick, 122
Rings, 123
Rings, metal, 123
Rope stitch, 46
Rosettes, 108
Roumanian stitch, 73
Rugs, 133
Runner, table, 63
Russian crash, 9, 37
Russian stitch, 96
Satin stitch, 25, 67, 143
Seam, antique, 96
Selvedges, joining of, 97
Scissors, 11
Scottish blanket, 9
Sideboard cloth, 67
Silks, 10
Simple insertions, 103
Simple lace stitch, 112
Simplicity, 23
Single darning, 33
Six bright colours, 15
Snail-trail, 48
Snail-trail, method of working, 48
Spaces, value of, 20
Split stitch, 47
Square stitch, 35, 36, 68
Square stitch in slanting lines, 37
Star-filling, 31
Stitches, antique hem, 73;
arrangement of, 134;
back, 152;
basket or stroke, 71;
blanket, 58;
border, 151;
braid, 53;
bullion, 84;
button-hole, 56;
canvas, 131;
chain, 45, 79, 126, 143;
chequered fern, 75;
coral, 48;
Cretan, 51;
decorative back, 61;
double-net, 144;
fern, 74;
fish-bone, 50;
goblin, 132;
herring-bone, 94;
insertion, 133;
interlacing, 108;
Italian cross, 137;
lace, 112;
ladder hem, 72;
ladder, 45;
laid, 70, 171;
line, 67;
link, 51;
loop, 98;
Mexican, 63;
net, 71;
Oriental, 42, 51, 65;
outline, 143;
petal or loop, 48;
plaited, 71;
raised, 94;
reversible back, 62;
rope, 46;
Roumanian, 73;
Russian 9, 37;
satin, 25, 67, 143;
simple lace, 112;
split, 47;
square, 35, 36, 68;
square stitch in slanting lines, 37;
surface, 151, 152;
tacking, 25, 66;
tailor's button, 58;
tambour, 45;
tent, 130, 132;
unity of, 24;
weaving, 128.
Stitchery, 6, 24
Straight lines, 5, 19, 22, 23, 29
Stretching, 173
Stroke stitch, basket or, 71
Surface stitches, 151, 152
Syon Cope, 82
Table mat of white linen, 75
Table runner, 63
Tacking stitch, 25, 66
Tailor's button stitch, 58
Tambour stitch, 45
Tape, French, 28, 82
Tapestry-weaving, 103
Tassels, 28, 66
Tassels, simple, 120
Technique, 24
Tent stitch, 130, 132
Tête de Bœuf, 52
Tête de Bœuf, to work, 52
Thimble, 11
Threads, 9
Toile cirée, 76, 93
Transferring the design, 172
Treatment, 26
Twisted chain, 45
Unity of stitch, 24
Value of spaces, 20
Vandyke border, 30
Vandyke insertion, 73
Veining, 95
Venetian pattern book, 91
Venetian picot, 149
Velvet, 79, 131
Velvet ribbon, 96
Warm colours, 13
Washing galoons and gimps, 28
Washing woollen embroideries, 175
Wave pattern, 32
Weaver's knot, 124
Weaving, 77
Weaving stitch, 128
Weft threads, 41
White embroidery, 83
White ground, 15
White work, washing, 175
Wool, latchets of, 27
Woollen embroideries, washing, 175
Wools, 9
Wools, fingering, 177
Work bag, 169
Worker, personality of the, 4
Working of tambour stitch, 46
Woven textures, 9

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