Ground worked with darning and cord stitches (fig. [676]).—Patterns, executed chiefly in darning stitches, in a comparatively coarse thread, present a closer and heavier appearance than those we have been describing. Here, every other square of the netting is filled, as closely as possible, with stitches; the empty squares between are intersected diagonally with corded threads.
Ground worked with squares and wheels (figs. [677], [678], [679]).—A ground very often met with in old embroidered netting, consists of diagonal lines of squares, closely filled with darning stitches, alternating with diagonal lines of squares, each with a small wheel in the middle.
Fig. 676. Ground worked with darning and cord stitches.
Fig. 677. Ground worked with squares and wheels.
In fig. [678], the darning stitches, and the wheels, which are both worked with the same material, cover 4 squares of the netting.
