Fig. 673. Ground worked in darning and loop stitch.
Ground worked in two sizes of thread (fig. [674]).—Carry the coarse thread, from right to left, under the first knot of the netting, and then under the next, from left to right. This has to be done twice, to and fro, so that the squares of the netting are edged on both sides with a double layer of threads.
Fig. 674. Ground worked in two sizes of thread.
When the whole foundation has been thus covered, take the fine thread and make loop stitches in the squares between the other rows of stitches, passing the needle for that purpose over the double stitch. Lastly, intersect the loop stitches with straight threads and pass the needle each time through the knot of the netting.
Ground worked with cross stitches in one size of thread (fig. [675]).—This pattern, very like the foregoing one, consists of 3 diagonal rows of stitches, worked to and fro, with cross stitches made over them.
Fig. 675. Ground worked with cross stitches in one size of thread.
You may also begin with the cross stitches, in the fine thread, and work the triple stitches over them, in the coarse.