Illustration: FIG. 872. ANOTHER KIND OF RAISED STEM STITCH.]

RAISED STEM STITCH (figs. 871, 872).--Take a very thick thread, such
as Fil a pointer D.M.C No. 10 or 20, or one of the coarser numbers of
Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C, lay it as a foundation thread along the line of
your pattern and work over it wide stem stitches, as represented in
figs. 172 and 173, either in the same number of thread used for the
foundation thread, or a finer, according to the stuff you are
embroidering upon.

You may overcast the same stitch in the manner indicated in fig. 872,
using a different colour for the second layer of stitches to produce an
agreeable variety.

BORDER IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF STITCHES (fig. 873).--The straight lines
of this border are all worked in old German knotted stitch in ecru
thread, forming a thick round cord which stands out from the surface in
high relief; the flatter outlining of the outside figures is done in
basket stitch in soft blue knitting cotton. The little oblong figures
within the two inner lines of the border are worked in Gobelin stitch,
in red embroidery cotton, and the filling of the figures, outlined in
basket stitch, in one or other of the Irish lace stitches, worked in
white lace thread, either so that all the stitches enter the stuff, or
form a network over it.

The work may be simplified by sewing Soutache D.M.C or Lacet superfin
D.M.C along the straight lines instead of embroidering them in basket
stitch.

[Illustration: FIG. 873. BORDER IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF STITCHES.
MATERIALS--For the old German knotted stitch: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C No.
2, ecru--For the basket stitch: Coton a tricoter D.M.C No. 16,
Bleu-Indigo 312--For the Gobelin stitches: Coton a broder D.M.C No. 20,
Rouge-Turc 321--For the lace stitches: Fil a dentelle D.M.C No. 40,
white.]

ROUMANIAN STITCH (figs. 874, 875).--This consists of stitches that are
worked in the width of the stuff, intersected by back-stitches set
slightly slanting.

Though the engraving is so clear as to render it hardly necessary, we
subjoin an exact description of the way the stitches run.

Bring out the needle on the left, 2 or 6 threads beyond the line your
embroidery is to follow; with regard to the number of threads you take
up, you must be guided by the quality of the stuff and the material you
have selected: put the needle in on the right, the same distance in
advance of the line as before and bring it out in the middle of the
stitch; the