Fig. 681. Ground of geometrical figures.
In the second and subsequent rows, the needle has to pass twice under the angles that were first formed, in order that, over the whole surface, all the corners may be equally covered and connected.
Netted insertion worked in plain darning stitch (fig. [682]).—The taste for ornamenting not only curtains but bed and table linen also, with lace and insertion of all kinds, to break the monotony of the large white surfaces, is becoming more and more general and the insertion here described will be welcome to such of our readers as have neither time nor patience for work of a more elaborate nature.
The way to make straight netting has already been fully described in figs. [625], [626], [627], [628], [629] and [630], and darning stitch in fig. [637].
To those who wish to be saved the trouble of making the netting themselves, we can strongly recommend various fabrics, intended to take its place, more especially Filet Canevas, which is an exact imitation of the finest hand-made netting. The centre part of the pattern in fig. [682], is worked in rows of horizontal darning stitches, the narrow border in vertical ones.
Ground of netting embroidered (fig. [683]).—We have already had occasion, in the foregoing explanations, to point out the advantage of embroidering with two sizes of thread, but it is only in a piece of work of a certain size that it is possible really to judge of the excellent effect produced by the use of two threads of different sizes.
