Home and school sewing by Patton Frances

Author:Patton, Frances
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sewing
Publisher: New York, Newson & company
Published: 1901-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

III. 66.—Position of the Left Hand in Stocking Darning.

3. Eest hands and try it again, repeating the exercise until you can hold the fingers in position comfortably.

4. Draw the stocking over the left hand, with the hand in this position.

5. See that the weave representing the warp of the stocking runs parallel with the arm.

6. Hold the stocking firmly, but not stretched, over the left hand, with the hole in the centre of the formed C.

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III. 66.—First Fart of tlie Dam, Showing the Outline.

7. Gather all extra fullness into the palm of the hand.

8. Outline the size and shape of the darn by basting with uneven basting one-half inch outside the hole. The darn is frequently made the shape of the hole instead of a square on its diagonals. See Illustration No. 66.

9. Begin at 1, pointing the needle from you, and make two small running stitches.

10. Leave a half inch of thread; do not use a knot or backstitch.

11. With the needle pointing towards you, make the next row of stitches, taking up the threads of the stocking that were passed over in the preceding row.

12. So continue each row, letting the outline of basting

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stitches define the termination of each row, being careful to leave the thread loose at each end to form a loop to allow for shrinkage and elasticity of weave.

13. When the hole is reached, take the stitches over one edge and under the opposite edge, reversing this when coming back on next row of darning.

14. Continue making each row a little longer until 2 and 3 are reached. (See Illustration No. 66.) Then decrease in the same proportion to 4.

Filling in the Darn.

1. Begin weaving at No. 5 and pass the needle under

the first stitch and over the second, under the third and

over the fourth, and so on. In returning, pass over the

threads taken up before and under the threads left down.

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