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, [a]1]
Edgings, [9], [27], [122], [149]
Embroiderers, Eastern, [69]
Embroideries, Bokhara, [17]
Embroideries, ecclesiastical, [a]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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