.--In the closer stuffs, of a coarse
texture, the threads of which do not admit of being drawn together, as
you can those, of a loose thin stuff, where, by simply pulling your
thread a little tighter you get open spaces, you must begin by cutting
out every fourth or fifth thread. After which, you overcast all the
rows, first one way, and then the other, with stitches covering 4
threads, each way. On this foundation with strong, loosely-twisted
cotton, Coton a broder D.M.C or Coton a tricoter D.M.C No. 25, 30, 35,
or 40, make long stitches, as indicated in the illustration.

[Illustration: FIG. 165. TWENTY-SECOND PATTERN.]

TWENTY-THIRD PATTERN (fig. 166.)--From the point where the thread
comes out of the stuff, make 16 stitches, four times over, all coming
out of the same hole, over 8, 6, 4 and 6 threads, thus forming a star.
Leave an interval of four threads between the stars, and unite the
intervening threads by cross-stitches one way, and whip-stitches, the
other.

[Illustration: FIG. 166. TWENTY-THIRD PATTERN.]

TWENTY-FOURTH PATTERN (fig. 167).--Make a succession of diagonal
stitches, increasing in length, and advancing one thread at a time,
until the seventh stitch covers seven threads, and completes the
triangle. Then begin a second triangle on the nearest, adjacent thread.

[Illustration: FIG. 167. TWENTY-FOURTH PATTERN.]

TWENTY-FIFTH PATTERN (fig. 168).--Cover your whole surface with
squares of 16 stitches, as in fig. 147, and fill in the intervening
squares with 23 stitches, all radiating from one centre.

[Illustration: FIG. 168. TWENTY-FIFTH PATTERN.]

TWENTY-SIXTH PATTERN (fig. 169).--Diagonal trellised stripes, made as
indicated in fig. 165, and overcast, form the ground. Twelve threads are
to be left between the stripes, upon which, work six-cornered,
lozenge-shaped groups of stitches, set at right angles to each other, in
diagonal rows.

[Illustration: FIG 169. TWENTY-SIXTH PATTERN.]

TWENTY-SEVENTH PATTERN (fig. 170).--We conclude our chapter with a
circular design, which combines a variety of stitches, and introduces
our workers to two new patterns, as well as to an advantageous way of
hiding the junction of several kinds of stitches by semicircles of
button-hole stitching.

[Illustration: FIG. 170. TWENTY-SEVENTH PATTERN.]

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.

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