INDEX

American cloth, 143

Antique hemstitch, 73

Antique seam, 96

Applied work, 80

Arrow-head filling, 31

Art and craft, 5

Art canvas, 177

Background, open, 105

Backgrounds, 25, 29, 82, 104

Back stitching, 152

Bag, a useful, 153

Bag, work, 169

Bags, 132

Balance, 23

Bands, needle-woven, 105

Basket, Japanese, 169

Basket or stroke stitch, 71

Basket pattern, 33, 70

Basket stitch, 67

to work, 71

Baskets, 132

Beads, 19, 28

Blanket, Scottish, 9

Blanket stitch, to work, 58

Bokhara embroideries, 17

Border, 129

diapered, 60

geometrical, 124

interlacing, 151

pattern, 19

stitch, 151

vandyke, 30

Braid hat band, 133

Braid, Honiton, 144

Braid stitch, 53

Braids, 28, 76, 89, 119

Braids, hand-made, 28, 117

Brocade, 16

Building up of the pattern, 6

Bullion knots, 83

Bullion stitch, 84

Button-hole stitches, 56

bars, 86

crossed, 58

double, 61

edging, 150

filling of a space, 59

loops, open, 139

pyramid, 107

rings, 122

Button-hole stitch, flowers in, 59

Button-hole stitch, leaves in, 61

Buttons, 28

Buttons, indestructible, 123

Cable chain, 52

Cable chain, to work, 52

Canvas, 8, 67, 129, 131, 132, 177

Canvas stitches, 131

Carbon paper, 173

Carpet chenilles, 10

Carrick bend, 125

Celtic canvas, 129

Central fillings, 122

Chain stitch, 45, 79, 126, 143

in two colours, 47

to work, 46

twisted, 45

Chenilles, carpet, 10

Chequered fern stitch, 75

Chequered pattern, 70, 101

Chequered pattern, to work, 70

Chequers, 29

Chinese knot, 126

Circles, 22, 79

Colour, 12-17

Colour, juxtaposition of, 16

Colour, restful, 14

Colour scheme, 6, 80

Colours, six bright, 15

Colours, warm, 13

Common sense, 6

Construction, 6, 20

Cool colours, 14

Cope, Jesse, 82

Cope, Syon, 82

Coptic work, 40

Coral stitch, 48

Cords, 66

Cords, hand-made, 27

Corners, 20

Cosy cover, 112

Cot coverlet, 138

Couching, 68, 79

Couching, ancient method of, 81

Crash, Russian, 9, 37

Cretan stitch, 51

Cretonne, 16

Crochet, 69, 155

a useful cord, 161

chain slip-knot, 156

double stitch, 157

dropping picots, 164

flowers, 158

hooks, 78, 158

insertion, an, 166

lace picots, 164

ladder insertion, 157

leaves, 160

long treble stitch, 157

mesh, 165

picots, 163, 165

plain picots, 164

raffia, 167

single stitch, 156

treble stitch, 157

tricot, 162

two-chain picots, 164

Crossed button-hole, 58

Cross stitch, 101, 130, 131

Cross stitch, Italian, 130

Curtain, part of a, 55

Curving lines, 23

Cushion case, 170

Cut work, 136

Damask, 8

Damask darning, 32

Darning patterns, 29

Darning, single, 33

Darning stitches, 29, 106

Darns, latchet, 66, 170

Decorative back stitch, 61

Decorative initials, 111

Design, 21

Design, habit of, 5

Design, transferring the, 172

Designs, interlacing, 90, 127

Diagonal filling, 34

Diagonal lines, 21, 79

Diapered border, 60

Dominant colour, 16

Double button-hole, 61

Double-net stitch, 144

Drawing, 5

Drawn work, Italian, 137

Eastern embroiderers, 69

Ecclesiastical embroideries, 1

Edgings, 9, 27, 122, 149

Embroiderers, Eastern, 69

Embroideries, Bokhara, 17

Embroideries, ecclesiastical, 1

Embroideries, peasant, 136, 140

Embroideries, washing woollen, 175

Embroidery, Hedebo, 137

Embroidery, Rhodian, 35, 36, 140

Embroidery, Richelieu, 143

Embroidery threads, linen floss, 177

Embroidery, white, 83

Emery cushion, 12

Eyelet holes, 140

Faggoting, 93

Fern stitch, 74

Filet background, 104

Filet pattern, 77

Fillings, 29

arrow-head, 31

central, 122

diagonal, 34

honeycomb, 62

in squares, 35

leaf, 152

openwork, 29, 144

pyramid, 30

star, 31

Fingering wools, 177

Finishing touches, 6, 115

Finishings, 26

Fishbone, 71

Fishbone stitch, 50

Fitments, 26, 27

Flat knot, a, 116

Flowered hat band, 129

Flowers in button-hole stitch, 59

Fork-pin insertion, 99

Foundation net, 144

Frames, 11, 79

French knots, 28, 82

French tape, 75

Fringe, knotted, 115

Fringe, to prepare a, 114

Fringes, 28, 66, 68, 114

Galoon, 65, 66, 83

Galoons and gimps, washing, 28

Geometrical border, 124

Geometrical forms, 5, 19

German linen work, 111

Gimp, 117

Goblin stitch, 132

Good filling, a, 34

Good taste, 6

Greenhouse shading, 8

Groundings, open, 34

Habit of design, 5

Hand-made braids, 28, 117

Hand-made cords, 27

Harmony, 24

Hat bands, 129

Hedebo embroidery, 137

Hems, openwork, 72

Hemstitch, antique, 73

Hemstitching, method of, 115

Herring-bone, 65

Herring-bone foundation, 110

Herring-bone stitch, 94

Hints about materials, practical, 176

Hints, useful, 172

Honeycomb filling, 62

Honeycomb, to work, 63

Honiton braid, 144

Huckaback, 8

Indestructible buttons, 123

Indian work, 90

Individuality, 26

Initials, decorative, 111

Insertion stitches, 133

pyramid, 107

simple, 103

vandyke, 73

Interlacing border, 151

Interlacing designs, 90, 127

Interlacing knots, 91

Interlacing stitch, 108

Isolated pyramids, 107

Italian cross stitch, 130

Italian drawn work, 137

Japanese basket, 169

Jesse Cope, 82

Joining of selvedges, 97

Juxtaposition of colour, 16

Knot, a flat, 116

Knot work, 123

Knots, 83, 126, 127

Knots, French, 28, 82;

netting knot, 148;

ornamental knot, 123;

reef knot, 125;

weaver's knot, 124

Knotted fringe, 115

Lace edge, 78

Lace-making, 135

Lace pillow-cushion, to make a, 118

Lace stitch, simple, 112

Lace stitches, 144

Point d'Alencon, 95

Point de Bruxelles, 144

Point de Reprise, 76, 106, 107

Point de Sorrento, 145

Point de Venise, 153

Point rentré et retiré, 81

Point Turc, 149

Laces, 122

Laces, needle-point, 135, 137

Lacis, 136

Ladder hemstitch, 72

Ladder stitch, 45

Laid stitches, 70, 171

Laid work, 67, 69

Latchet darns, 66, 170

Latchets of wool, 27

Leaf fillings, 152

Leaves, 130

Leaves in button-hole stitch, 61

Line stitch, 67

Linen floss embroidery threads, 177

Linen work, German, 111

Linens, 7

Lines, 20

Lines, curving, 23

Lines, diagonal, 21, 79

Lines, straight, 5, 19, 22, 23, 29

Link stitch, 51

Link stitch, to work, 52

Linked chain, 46

Loop stitch, 98

Loop stitch border, 75

Luncheon set, 86

Macramé, 116

Masses, 20

Material, practical hints about, 176

Materials, 7

Mesh, 121

Metal rings, 123

Mexican stitch, 63

Mexican stitch, to work, 63

Mount-mellick work, 85

Needle-made picots, 121

Needle-point laces, 135, 137

Needle-weaving, 28, 67, 87, 101

Needle-weaving, pattern in, 18

Needle-weaving, reversible, 103

Needle-woven bands, 105

Needles, 10

Net stitch, 71

Netting knot, 148

Nightdress case in blue and white, 127

Oddments, remnants and, 7

Open background, 105

Open button-hole loops, 139

Open groundings, 34

Openwork fillings, 29, 144

Openwork hems, 72

Orange, 14

Oriental stitch, 42, 51, 65

Originality, 29

Ornamental knot, 123

Oversewing, 101

Outline stitch, 143

Pattern book, venetian, 91

Pattern, building up of the, 6

Pattern in needle-weaving, 18

Pattern making, 5

Pattern, primitive, 18, 106

Pattern, wave, 32

Patterns, 29, 70, 137

Peasant embroideries, 136, 140

Persian quilting, 46

Persian work, 90

Personality of the worker, 4

Petal or loop stitch, 48

Petit point, 132

Picot, Venetian, 149

Picots, 149

Picots in bullion stitch, 84

Picots, needle-made, 121

Plaited stitch, 71

Portière, a, 59

Pouncing, 172

Primitive pattern, 18, 106

Principle of repetition, 20

Principles of colour, 12

"Punch work," 141

to work, 142

Punto a gruppo, 116

Pyramids, 123

filling, 30

insertion, 107

isolated, 139

Quilting, Persian, 46

Raised stitchery, 94

Reef knot, 125

Remnants and oddments, 7

Repetition, principle of, 12

Restful colour, 14

Reticella, 136

Reversible back stitch, 62

Reversible needle-weaving, 103

Rhodian embroidery, 35, 36, 140

Ribbon, velvet, 96

Richelieu embroidery, 143

Richelieu work, 77

Ring stick, 122

Rings, 123

Rings, metal, 123

Rope stitch, 46

Rosettes, 108

Roumanian stitch, 73

Rugs, 133

Runner, table, 63

Russian crash, 9, 37

Russian stitch, 96

Satin stitch, 25, 67, 143

Seam, antique, 96

Selvedges, joining of, 97

Scissors, 11

Scottish blanket, 9

Sideboard cloth, 67

Silks, 10

Simple insertions, 103

Simple lace stitch, 112

Simplicity, 23

Single darning, 33

Six bright colours, 15

Snail-trail, 48

Snail-trail, method of working, 48

Spaces, value of, 20

Split stitch, 47

Square stitch, 35, 36, 68

Square stitch in slanting lines, 37

Star-filling, 31

Stitches, antique hem, 73;

arrangement of, 134;

back, 152;

basket or stroke, 71;

blanket, 58;

border, 151;

braid, 53;

bullion, 84;

button-hole, 56;

canvas, 131;

chain, 45, 79, 126, 143;

chequered fern, 75;

coral, 48;

Cretan, 51;

decorative back, 61;

double-net, 144;

fern, 74;

fish-bone, 50;

goblin, 132;

herring-bone, 94;

insertion, 133;

interlacing, 108;

Italian cross, 137;

lace, 112;

ladder hem, 72;

ladder, 45;

laid, 70, 171;

line, 67;

link, 51;

loop, 98;

Mexican, 63;

net, 71;

Oriental, 42, 51, 65;

outline, 143;

petal or loop, 48;

plaited, 71;

raised, 94;

reversible back, 62;

rope, 46;

Roumanian, 73;

Russian 9, 37;

satin, 25, 67, 143;

simple lace, 112;

split, 47;

square, 35, 36, 68;

square stitch in slanting lines, 37;

surface, 151, 152;

tacking, 25, 66;

tailor's button, 58;

tambour, 45;

tent, 130, 132;

unity of, 24;

weaving, 128.

Stitchery, 6, 24

Straight lines, 5, 19, 22, 23, 29

Stretching, 173

Stroke stitch, basket or, 71

Surface stitches, 151, 152

Syon Cope, 82

Table mat of white linen, 75

Table runner, 63

Tacking stitch, 25, 66

Tailor's button stitch, 58

Tambour stitch, 45

Tape, French, 28, 82

Tapestry-weaving, 103

Tassels, 28, 66

Tassels, simple, 120

Technique, 24

Tent stitch, 130, 132

Tête de Bœuf, 52

Tête de Bœuf, to work, 52

Thimble, 11

Threads, 9

Toile cirée, 76, 93

Transferring the design, 172

Treatment, 26

Twisted chain, 45

Unity of stitch, 24

Value of spaces, 20

Vandyke border, 30

Vandyke insertion, 73

Veining, 95

Venetian pattern book, 91

Venetian picot, 149

Velvet, 79, 131

Velvet ribbon, 96

Warm colours, 13

Washing galoons and gimps, 28

Washing woollen embroideries, 175

Wave pattern, 32

Weaver's knot, 124

Weaving, 77

Weaving stitch, 128

Weft threads, 41

White embroidery, 83

White ground, 15

White work, washing, 175

Wool, latchets of, 27

Woollen embroideries, washing, 175

Wools, 9

Wools, fingering, 177

Work bag, 169

Worker, personality of the, 4

Working of tambour stitch, 46

Woven textures, 9

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