d side of a
previous stitch.

[EVERY ONE BASTETH THE FAT HOG, WHILE THE LEAN ONE BURNETH.]

1914. Tapestry Stitch.

Tapestry stitch crosses two threads of the canvas in the length, and
one in the width. It is sometimes called Gobelin stitch, because it
resembles somewhat the Gobelin tapestry. It is not suited for coarse
canvas, and, in working from a Berlin pattern, _two_ straight stitches
must be counted as one square cross stitch.

1915. German Stitch.

German stitch is worked diagonally, and consists of the first part of
a cross stitch, and a tent stitch alternately worked.

1916. Irish Stitch.

Irish stitch is worked parallel with the selvedges of the canvas. None
of the stitches cross the threads in the _width_. In the first row,
take the thread alternately over four and two threads; in all future
rows take the stitches over four threads,--which, as they rise--first
from the long and then from the short stitch, will produce the same
appearance in others.

1917. Handling Wool.

With regard to wools, they should never be wound, as the least
handling crushes the pile and spoils them. Chenille needs still more
careful handling.

1918. Stiffening Work.

To stiffen large pieces of work, wet the wrong side thoroughly with
gum water or gum tragacanth, and dry it before a fire (the wet side
nearest the fire), before removing it from the frame.

1919. Beads in Canvas Work.

Beads in canvas work have the treble merit of being at once brilliant,
durable, and attractive.

1920. Tapestry Painting.

Tapestry painting is an imitation of the famed Gobelin tapestry, which
is hand-woven over fine cord. The imitation is painted on a
machine-woven rep canvas: the term rep is a corruption of the Saxon
term _wrepp_, or _rape_, a cord, Dutch _roop_, from which we get the
word rope. In the Gobelins the shading of the different tints of wool
that form a picture, or other designs, are put in by hand work, or
shuttles moved by the hand, and on the wrong side of the picture, and
the threads of wool, the weft run longitudinally, not horizontally, so
that when the design is finished the picture is turned horizontally,
and is complete. In Tapestry Painting the _rep_ of the canvas is from
right to left (horizontal), and this is then painted over and forms a
picture in imitation of the Gobelin tapestry. The latter is so named
after