Fig. 644. Star formed of loose threads. Laying the upper threads.
Fig. 645. Star formed of loose threads. Finished.
Darning stitch (point de reprise) (figs. [646] and [647]).—Little flowers and leaves are generally executed in this stitch; the first course of the thread is shown in fig. [646]. Leaves can be made with one, two or three veins. Carry the needle, invariably from the middle, first to the right and then to the left, under the threads of the foundation and push the stitches close together, as they are made, with the point of your needle. This you will be able to do most easily by holding the work so as to make the stitches towards you.
Fig. 646. Leaves worked in darning stitch. Begun.
Fig. 647. Leaves worked in darning stitch. Completed.