FOOTNOTES:
[A] See at the end of the concluding chapter, the table of numbers and sizes and the list of colours of the D.M.C threads and cottons.
Insertion in cross stitch, alike on both sides, the pattern left blank.
Tapestry and Linen Embroidery.
Tapestry is one of the oldest kinds of needlework and one which has always been popular every where.
There are two distinct sorts of canvas in use for tapestry, called respectively, ‘plain (single thread) canvas’, and ‘Penelope (double thread) canvas’. The latter is generally preferred, because it is easier to count the stitches upon it, but both make an equally good foundation for the embroidery, as the following examples will show.