1. Commence as in Stitching.
2. One running stitch, under two threads.
3. Point needle downward through hole to the right of hole from which the cotton hangs; under three threads: pull through.
4. Repeat to end of row. Fasten.”
“There!” said Mary Frances, finishing the row. “That seems like ‘two steps backward and one forward,’ or rather, ‘two forward and one backward.’”
“That’s about the way it is!” said Sewing Bird. “But half back-stitching and back-stitching are both very strong stitches. Why, when your grandma was little, she stitched all seams by hand. Sewing machines were a great cu-cur—”
“Curiosity,” smiled Mary Frances.
Half back stitching
“Peep—peep,” giggled Dick Canary.
“Peep—
peep”