Stitch E differs from D in that the side strokes slant both in the same direction. It is worked from right to left instead of from left to right.
to work F.
Stitch F is a combination of buttonhole and Oriental stitches. Between two rows of buttonholing (dark on sampler) a single row of Oriental-stitch is worked.
The stitch employed for the central stalk, G, has really no business on this sampler, except that it has something of the appearance of a continuous Oriental-stitch.
Oriental-stitch is one of the stitches used in Illustration [72].
ROPE AND KNOT STITCHES.
A single sampler is devoted to Rope and Knotted Stitches, more nearly akin than they look, for rope-stitch is all but knotted as it is worked.
Rope-stitch is so called because of its appearance. It takes a large amount of silk or wool to work it, but the effect is correspondingly rich. It is worked from right to left, and is easier to work in curved lines than in straight.
to work A, B.
Lines A on the sampler, Illustration [29], represent the ordinary appearance of the stitch; its construction is more apparent in the central stalk B, which is a less usual form of the same stitch, worked wider apart.