No. 4. Stem stitch and buttonhole stitch.
No. 5. Coral stitch. (These tendrils occurred all over the work and were very effective.)
No. 6. Buttonhole stitch: centre and stalk in stem stitch.
No. 7. Stem stitch and loops.
PLATE 4
THE iris shown here was worked as follows: The contours in stem stitch throughout. The centre and two side petals have stem stitch veins, edged buttonhole stitch and were filled in with big knots. The smaller petals were partially filled in with buttonhole stitch and darning. The dark petal on left was done in Cretan[3] stitch edged stem stitch.
[3] A variation of herring bone stitch.