to its place. Thread a very fine needle with the two
ends of a thread of silk or Fil d'Alsace D.M.C No. 700, run it in at the
corner of the stuff, and draw it out, leaving a loop behind. Into this
loop, slip the first of the threads, which as it were, form a fringe to
the patch, and tighten the loop round it, and so on with each thread,
alternately taking up and leaving threads in the stuff, as in ordinary
darning.

[Illustration: FIG. 54. DRAWING IN A PATCH.]

To put a patch into a thin material, in this manner, you must darn in
the threads, a good long way, into the material, in order that the
double layer of threads may be less visible.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] See at the end of the concluding chapter, the table of numbers and
sizes and the list of colours of the D.M.C threads and cottons.

[Illustration: STRIPE OF CUT OPEN-WORK ON WHITE LINEN.]

Single and cut Open-work.

The above heading comprises every sort of needle-work, to which the
drawing out of threads is a preliminary. By sewing over the single
threads that remain, and drawing them together in different ways, an
infinite variety of patterns can be produced. Many pretty combinations
also, can be made of open-work, cross-stitch, and other kinds of
embroidery.

MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR OPEN-WORK.--For all the coarser stuffs, such as
Holbein-linen, Java and linen-canvas and the like, now in such favour
for the imitation of old needlework, it will be best to use: Fil a
pointer D.M.C, No. 30[A] and Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C, Nos. 10 to 20,[A]
and for the finer stuffs, such as antique-linen and linen-gauze;
Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 50 to 150,[A] Fil d'Alsace D.M.C, Nos. 20 to
100, and Fil a dentelle D.M.C, Nos. 25 to 80.

Coloured patterns can also be executed in open-work, with Coton a broder
D.M.C Nos. 16 to 35, and Coton a repriser D.M.C, Nos. 25 to 50[A].

THE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF OPEN-WORK.--The one is called, single
open-work, the Italian Punto tirato, in which the first step is to draw
out one layer of threads; the other, cut open-work, the Italian Punto
tagliato, for which, both the warp, and the woof threads, have to be
drawn out.

SINGLE OPEN-WORK (PUNTO TIRATO).--This, in its simplest form, is the
ornamental latticed hem, in common use where something rather more
decorative than an ordinary hem (fig. 8) is required, and consists in
drawing out one layer of threads, either the warp or the woof.

SINGLE HEM-STITCH (fig. 55).--Draw ou