Category Archives: Berlin Work

ILLUSTRATION 586.–Tent stitch. Each stitch is worked over 1 stitch in height and 1 in width, and is worked in rows from left to right.

ILLUSTRATION 585.–The double leviathan stitch is a variety of the preceding; it is worked over 6 threads in height and as many in width. Make a common cross stitch over these 6 threads, then a long cross stitch in height … Continue reading →

ILLUSTRATION 584.–The leviathan stitch is worked exactly like the preceding, only the stitches are not worked on the same threads in the different rows, as may be seen from illustration.

ILLUSTRATION 583.–The leviathan stitch consists of 1 slanting and 1 straight cross stitch over 4 threads in height and 4 in width. Each stitch is completed immediately. No. 583 shows one half of the stitch completed and the wool as … Continue reading →

ILLUSTRATION 582 shows the rep stitch–a variety of the preceding. The first half of it is worked slantways over 6 threads in height and 2 in width, the second half, like the common cross stitch, from right to left over … Continue reading →