the warp, one that matches
the stuff, for the shot or woof.

[Illustration: FIG. 46. DAMASK DARNING. COVERED GROUND.]

Figs. 47 and 48, illustrate two specimens of darning, formerly done in
the convents, from which it will be seen, that the warp and the woof
were first drawn in with rather fine thread and the pattern then worked
into this foundation with coarser, or else, coloured thread. When this
kind of darn is in two colours, take, for the darker shade, Coton a
broder D.M.C, or Coton a repriser D.M.C, which are both of them to be
had in all the bright and faded shades, to match alike both old and new
linen.

[Illustration: FIG. 47. DAMASK DARNING ON NEEDLE-MADE GROUND.]

[Illustration: FIG. 48. DAMASK DARNING ON NEEDLE-MADE GROUND.]

Fig. 49, which is executed in two colours, and is likewise copied from
an old work on darning, shows you the manner in which a dice-pattern is
to be reproduced.

[Illustration: FIG. 49. DAMASK DARNING WITH COLOURED THREAD.]

(4) DARNING, LOST IN THE GROUND (fig. 50).--A kind of darn used for
repairing rents, the edges of which fit exactly into one another.
Neither the torn threads of the material nor the rough edges must be cut
off; the torn part is to be tacked upon a piece of oil-cloth, wrong side
uppermost, and the edges, drawn together by a thread, run in backwards,
and forwards, across them. The stitches must be set as closely together
as possible, and regularly inverted, as in every other darn. A much
finer thread relatively than that of which the material is composed
should, in all cases be used for darning. In this instance also, for the
sake of greater distinctness, the size of the thread has been magnified
in the illustration. Coton surfin D.M.C, will be found the best for
darning both calico and linen.

[Illustration: FIG. 50. DARNING LOST IN THE GROUND.]

FINE DRAWING (fig. 51).--The art of making invisible darns in cloth,
though such a useful one, is all but unknown. It is a tedious process
and one which, though easy enough to understand, requires great care in
the execution.

[Illustration: FIG. 51. FINE DRAWING.]

Use as fine a needle as possible and thread it with hair, instead of
silk, or any other kind of fibre. Red and white hair is the strongest,
and stronger than the ravellings of the stuff. Of course the hair has
first to be carefully cleansed from grease. Pare the edges of the rent,
on the right sides, quite clean and even, with a razor, so that both