a chess-board
pattern. You begin with a diagonal stitch over two threads and bring
your needle up again into the same line it started from. The second
stitch covers three threads, the third six, the fourth eight; the next
three decrease, successively in length, in the same proportion.

[Illustration: FIG. 147. SIXTH PATTERN.]

SEVENTH PATTERN (fig. 148).--Two kinds of cotton have to be used for
this pattern, one of them soft and flat, like Colon a repriser D.M.C[A]
(darning cotton) or Coton a tricoter D.M.C (knitting cotton)[A] for the
flat stitches, and the other strongly twisted, like Cordonnet 6 fils
D.M.C No. 8, 10, 12 or 15,[A] for the cross stitches.

[Illustration: FIG. 148. SEVENTH PATTERN.]

The five flat stitches cover three threads in width and six in height,
and lie from right to left and from left to right. In the second row,
which must be two threads distant from the first, the stitches must lie
in the contrary direction. In the lozenge-shaped space between, make
four cross stitches, over four threads in height and two in width.

EIGHTH PATTERN (figs. 149 and 150).--Make five stitches over 8
horizontal threads, miss 6 threads and make another 5 stitches. The
groups of long stitches above and beneath the first row, encroach over
two threads of the first group, so that a space of only four threads
remains between two groups. The stitch between these groups is generally
known as the rococo stitch.

[Illustration: FIG. 149. EIGHTH PATTERN.]

Bring out your needle between the third and fourth of these threads, and
insert it again above, drawing it out afterwards between the second and
third horizontal thread, and securing the first stitch with a back
stitch. Make the three remaining stitches, as explained in fig. 150.

[Illustration: FIG. 150. EXPLANATION OF THE ROCOCO STITCH IN FIG. 149.]

NINTH PATTERN (fig. 151).--This consists of straight bands of flat
stitches, covering three threads each way, with spaces 8 threads wide
between, ornamented with a small pattern in stroke stitch, (see chapter
on Tapestry and Linen embroidery).

[Illustration: FIG 151. NINTH PATTERN.]

DAMASK STITCH FOR FIGS. 103 AND 105 (fig. 152).--The stitches, here
represented on a large scale, form the border to the square in cut
open-work in fig. 105. The long diagonal stitches, on either side, can
be made to look fuller and more distinct, by using a soft, coarse
cotton.

[Illustration: FIG. 152. DAMASK STITCH FOR FIGS. 10