ne side only.

PIQUE STITCH.--This stitch also is only worked on one side. Put the
needle in under one of the vertical threads of a stitch and complete the
plain stitch. This is a stitch that looks very well on the wrong side;
the bars of the loop lie quite close together, which makes it
particularly suitable for unlined articles of clothing. It requires a
large-sized needle to do this stitch well, especially if the material be
a heavy one.

SLANTING STITCH (fig. 409).--Worked entirely on the right side. Take
up the back thread of a stitch in the preceding row, take hold of the
crochet thread without turning it round the needle and draw it through
in a loop, and then finish the stitch like a plain stitch.

[Illustration: FIG. 409. SLANTING STITCH.]

CROSSED STITCH.--The name which is given to the preceding stitch when
both the threads of the stitches in the row before, are taken up
together, instead of the back one only.

RUSSIAN CROSSED STITCH (fig. 410).--To work this stitch which runs in
slanting lines, put the needle in between the vertical threads of the
stitches and underneath the two horizontal ones.

[Illustration: FIG 410. RUSSIAN CROSSED STITCH.]

COUNTERPANE STITCH (fig. 411).--Counterpanes can be made in a less
close stitch than those just described.

[Illustration: FIG. 411. COUNTERPANE STITCH.]

To produce a soft and elastic fabric turn the thread round the needle
and insert it under both the horizontal threads of a loop, take up the
thread without turning it round the needle, draw it through in a loop,
make an over, and draw the thread through all the three loops, that you
have on the needle.

KNOTTED STITCH (fig. 412).--This stitch likewise is composed of plain
stitches, which, however differ in a slight degree from those we have
described hitherto.

[Illustration: FIG. 412. KNOTTED STITCH.]

Make an over, put the needle through the two horizontal threads of the
stitch below, make another over and draw it back through the two loops
and the first over, make another over, and draw the thread through the
last two loops.

LOOP STITCH (fig. 413).--Worked as follows: when you have put the
needle into the loop of a stitch below, carry the thread, downwards from
above, round a stripe of cardboard or a flat wooden ruler, then finish
the stitch in the usual way. These long loops, each about 2 c/m. in
length, can also be made over the forefinger and held fast by the thumb
as you work, but it is mor