ed,
from between the sixth and seventh of the 12 threads between the first
rows. Where the stitches of the two rows meet, the working thread of the
second row must be drawn through, under that of the first.

SIXTEENTH PATTERN (fig. 159).--Between every two rows of cross-stitch,
leave an interval of 6 threads, counting those on each side of the rows.
Over these 6 threads work 2 rows, as shown in fig. 148, but so, that in
the second, the lower stitch of the first row and the upper one of the
second, cover the same threads.

[Illustration: FIG. 159. SIXTEENTH PATTERN.]

SEVENTEENTH PATTERN (fig. 160).--This consists of stripes, 4 stitches
wide, like those of fig. 155, with 3 threads between, which are overcast
in the ordinary manner.

[Illustration: FIG. 160. SEVENTEENTH PATTERN.]

EIGHTEENTH PATTERN (fig. 161).--Small squares of 7 stitches, inclined
alternately, to the right and left, and so formed, that the longest
stitch of one square is crossed by the first short stitch of the next,
so that a space only 6 threads wide and 4 long, remains uncovered. The
intervening stripes are filled with 3 rows of overcasting stitches,
covering 2 threads each way.

[Illustration: FIG. 161. EIGHTEENTH PATTERN.]

NINETEENTH PATTERN (fig. 162).--The steps formed by this pattern are
11 stitches high, and 11 wide, and each stitch covers 4 threads.

[Illustration: FIG. 162. NINETEENTH PATTERN.]

Eight threads intervene between each row of steps, which are covered at
the bend, by a square of stitches, from the last of which, the thread is
carried on at once, to the four single stitches.

TWENTIETH PATTERN (fig. 163).--The 4 squares set opposite to each
other, with 2 threads between, are edged all round by 3 rows of
overcasting.

[Illustration: FIG. 163. TWENTIETH PATTERN.]

TWENTY-FIRST PATTERN (fig. 164).--Begin by rows of stitches, like
those described in fig. 155, over 4 and 2 threads, with 4 threads
between, not counting those covered with cross-stitch. Between the two
rows of cross-stitch, join 6 threads together by a back-stitch, and
carry your thread over the two last of the 6, to the 2 first of the next
cluster. The narrow diagonal stripes are separated by 24 threads,
exclusive of those covered by the cross-stitches. These spaces are
filled in with squares, 10 threads wide and 10 long, formed by
back-stitches crossed on the wrong side.

[Illustration: FIG. 164. TWENTY-FIRST PATTERN.]

TWENTY-SECOND PATTERN (fig. 165)