[Illustration: FIG. 658. ROUNDED CORNERS ON NETTING.]

[Illustration: FIG. 659. LINEN STITCH SET WITH DARNING STITCH.]

[Illustration: FIG. 660. LINEN STITCH SET WITH CORD STITCH.]

ROUNDED CORNERS OF NETTING (fig. 658).--Darning stitches, made over a
thread carried diagonally across one square and the adjacent corners of
that and two other squares, produce the figure illustrated in fig. 658.
The accompanying detail shows the mode of working.

The number of stitches depends on the material you use; there should be
no more than can lie quite flat, side by side, on the diagonal thread.

LINEN STITCH, SET WITH DARNING STITCH (fig. 659).--There are some
patterns it would hardly be possible to work on netting unless you could
soften the outlines by darning stitches, as shown in the foregoing
figure.

When employed as a setting to linen stitch, there should be fewer than
in fig. 658; you may also, instead of interrupting them at every corner,
carry them all round a square, (see the right detail of the figure).

LINEN STITCH SET WITH CORD STITCH (fig. 660).--Many figures are also
either corded or edged with twisted thread; both ways are represented
in the illustration. In the latter case you can use the same thread as
for the linen stitch, or if you wish the setting to be very pronounced,
a thicker one. For instance, if the netting be made of Cordonnet 6 fils
D.M.C No. 25[A] we recommend Fil a pointer D.M.C No. 15 or 20[A] for
the setting. This difference of material is especially noticeable in the
old Cluny Guipure, where the figures worked in linen stitch are edged
with a thread like a cord. But if the linen stitch be bound with cord
stitch, the same thread must be used for it, as for the foundation. A
soft material, like Coton a repriser, makes the best padding for the
overcasting stitches.

[Illustration: FIG. 661. FLOWER IN DOT STITCH ON A FOUNDATION OF LINEN
STITCH.]

FLOWER IN DOT STITCH ON A FOUNDATION OF LINEN STITCH (fig. 661).--With
the help of this stitch, which is described in the chapter on white
embroidery and represented in fig. 179, a great variety of little
supplementary ornaments can be made, on every description of netted
ground.

[Illustration: FIG. 662. BORDERING IN BUTTONHOLE STITCH.]

BORDERING IN BUTTONHOLE STITCH (fig. 662).--Scalloped edges in netting
should be buttonholed; 2 or 3 padding threads should be run in first,
following the bars of the netting, over which the buttonholing is d