the threads left in
the preceding one. Turn the work round and do the same for the woof;
alternately taking up and leaving the warp threads, where the cotton
crosses the hole. The threads must lie so alone both ways, that the
darn, when completed, replaces the original web. The threads are only
drawn so far apart in the illustrations, for the sake of clearness.

When the material to be darned does not admit of a fleecy thread, such
as Coton a repriser D.M.C, one that as nearly as possible matches the
material, should be chosen from the D.M.C cottons.[A]

DIAGONAL LINEN DARNING (fig. 42).--Darns are sometimes begun from the
corner, so as to form a diagonal web, but they are then much more
visible than when they are worked straight to a thread, and therefore
not advisable.

[Illustration: FIG. 42. DIAGONAL LINEN DARNING.]

(2) SATIN OR TWILL DARNING (fig. 43).--By twill darning, the damaged
web of any twilled or diagonal material can be restored. It would be
impossible to enumerate all the varieties of twilled stuffs, but the
illustrations and accompanying directions will enable the worker to
imitate them all.

[Illustration: FIG. 43. SATIN OR TWILL DARNING.]

Begin, as in ordinary darning by running in the warp threads, then take
up one thread, and miss three. In every succeeding row, advance one
thread in the same direction. Or, miss one thread of the stuff and take
up two, and as before, advance, one thread in the same direction, every
succeeding row. The order in which threads should be missed and taken
up, must depend on the web which the darn is intended to imitate.

When the original is a coloured stuff, it is advisable to make a
specimen darn first, on a larger scale, so that you may be more sure of
obtaining a correct copy of the original web.

(3) DAMASK DARNING (figs. 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49).--A damask darn is
begun in the same way as all other darns are; the pattern is formed by
the cross-runnings and will vary with the number of warp threads taken
up and missed, in each successive running. The woven design which you
are to copy with your needle must therefore be carefully examined first.

Figs. 44 and 45 show the wrong and right sides of a damask darn, in
process of being made.

[Illustration: FIG. 44. DAMASK DARNING. WRONG SIDE.]

[Illustration: FIG. 45. DAMASK DARNING. RIGHT SIDE.]

Fig. 46 represents a completed one. In the case of coloured webs, a
light shade of cotton is generally used for