Triangular Turkish stitch (figs. [855], [856], [857], [858], [859]). Amongst the many pretty stitches for which Turkish embroideries are distinguished, there is one in particular, which though apparently very difficult, is in reality quite the reverse; it resembles line stitch upon straight threads, only that in the East it is generally worked in diagonal lines, each row requiring two journeys to and fro.
In the first, fig. [855], the needle must always be carried, first over, then under two threads in a diagonal line and so on to the end of the row.
Coming back, you pass the needle under the stuff and the stitch on the right side, and bring it out at the bottom of the stitch; then you make a back stitch over two horizontal and two vertical threads, pass the needle over two straight threads, put it in behind the same, bring it out again near the upper stitch and then insert it near the bottom vertical stitch; after this you carry it to the second stitch lower down and pass it over the same. Four threads should meet in every hole which the needle makes. The third and fourth row should be worked in a colour that forms a sharp contrast with the one in which the two first rows are worked and constitute with these one complete row of stitches, fig. [856].
Fig. 855. Triangular turkish stitch worked diagonally. First journey completed and second back, begun.
Fig. 856. Triangular turkish stitch worked diagonally. Two journeys to and fro forming the complete row.
Figs. [857], [858] and [859] show how the same stitch can be worked in straight, instead of in diagonal rows.