rking downwards from the top, as described in the preceding chapter in
figs. 646 and 647. As may be seen from the second middle leaf, your
darning stitches have to be made over five threads, subdivided into two
and three.

[Illustration: Fig. 714. INSERTION WITH SMALL WHEELS.]

INSERTION WITH SMALL WHEELS (fig. 714).--Here, you have to make two
rows of Russian stitches opposite each other and carry the thread to the
point of intersection, then, you make a wheel over five threads and pass
the needle under the completed wheel to reach the next point of
intersection. Half wheels may also be added at the edge of the braid, as
in figs. 658 and 659.

[Illustration: Fig. 715. INSERTION WITH BIG WHEELS.]

INSERTION WITH BIG WHEELS (fig. 715).--Carry the thread horizontally
across the middle of the space intended for the insertion, to the
opposite side, and then conduct it by means of overcasting stitches into
the corner; thence make a loose loop over to the opposite corner, pass
the needle under six or eight threads of the braid edge, slip it under
the horizontal thread first laid and behind the loop, and finish the
stitch on the other side in the edge of the braid.

Throw the thread again across the empty space and over the first thread,
bring your needle back to the middle, make a big wheel over four
threads, passing each time under the same threads, then overcast the
single thread, come back to the edge of the braid and make the second
loop, bringing out the thread at the same place where the other stitches
came out.

INSERTION WITH CONES (figs. 716 and 717).--Over plain but very
distended Russian stitch, make darning stitches backwards and forwards,
beginning at the point and reaching to the middle, so as to form small
cone-shaped figures.

To reach the point of the next cone you overcast the thread of the
Russian stitch several times.

You may also, as in fig. 717, double the Russian stitch and make the
darning stitches in such a manner that the points of the cones touch
each other and their bases meet the edge of the braid. The same thing,
worked the reverse way, that is, with the points turned outwards to the
edge, produces a not less pretty effect.

[Illustration: Fig. 716. INSERTION WITH CONES.]

[Illustration: Fig. 717. INSERTION WITH CONES.]

[Illustration: Fig. 718. INSERTION WITH EMBROIDERED SQUARES.]

INSERTION WITH EMBROIDERED SQUARES (fig. 718).--After making rows of
loose buttonhole stitches alon