"Double stitch" Quotes from Famous Books
... the cotton is too coarse, or the canvas too fine, to make the double stitch, carry the thread back along the whole line and make the half-stitches across it, from left to right; the same in the case of a piece of work, which you buy with a ... — Encyclopedia of Needlework • Therese de Dillmont
... work 1 double stitch, then (1 pearl and 2 double stitches alternately 7 times), 1 pearl, 1 double, draw the loop quite close, place the two ends together, knot them firmly and cut off the ends; it is better to knot the gold twice ... — Golden Stars in Tatting and Crochet • Eleonore Riego de la Branchardiere |