at thought frighten folk away, they may as well be scared
off at once. Art can do very well without them.

INDEX.

ADAPTATION of stitch, 103, 188, 253

ANTIQUE stitch, 66
(_See also Oriental-stitch_)

APPLIQUE, 140, 144 _et seq._, 220, 222, 224

ARAB work, 152

ARTLESS art, 37, 236

ATTACHMENT of cord, 124

BACKSTITCH, 30, 37, 41, 53, 83, 86, 172, 226, 230

BASKET patterns, 134

BEADS, 248

BEGINNING & FINISHING, 252

BLANKET-STITCH, 56

BRAID-STITCH, 42, 43

BROAD surfaces (covering), 178

BROCADE, 244

BULLION, 165

BULLION-STITCH, 75, 76, 162, 165

BUTTONHOLE-STITCH, 8, 55 _et seq._, 69, 122, 145, 158, 178, 182

BUTTONHOLING (lace), 84, 86

BYZANTINE embroidery, 12, 24

CABLE-CHAIN, 42

CANVAS, 7, 25

CANVAS stitches, 12 _et seq._

CANVAS-STITCH embroidery, 22

CARD underlay, 162, 246

CASHMERE embroidery, 228

CASHMERE-STITCH, 18

CHAIN-STITCH, 38 _et seq._, 61, 83, 129, 145, 156, 158, 178, 182,
202, 226, 245

CHENILLE, 245

CHINESE embroidery, 78, 96, 129, 136, 140, 152

CHURCH work, 41, 136, 148, 166, 216 _et seq._

CLASSIFICATION of stitches, 9, 175 _et seq._

CLOTH, 125, 126, 159, 243

COLOUR, 110, 208

COLOUR gradation, 98, 114, 118

COLOUR and outline, 146, 185

COMBINATION of stitches, 182

COPTIC embroidery, 12, 226

" tapestry, 2

CORAL, 166, 248

CORD, 122

" (couched), 128, 144, 178, 182

" (attachment of), 124

COTTON, 243

COUCHED cord, 128, 144, 178, 182

" gold, 131 _et seq._, 182

" outline, 146

COUCHING, 22, 114, 120, 121, 122 _et seq._, 244

" (reverse), 130

COUNTERCHANGE, 154

CRETAN embroidery, 12

CRETAN-STITCH, 61
(_See also Ladder-stitch_)

CREWEL, 244

CREWEL-STITCH, 26 _et seq._, 83, 86, 103, 105, 178

" (surface), 86

CREWEL work, 26, 36, 37

CROSS-STITCH, 12, 14, 16

CROSSED buttonhole-stitch, 56

CUSHION-STITCH, 20, 21

CUT-WORK, 156

DAMASK, 243, 244

DAMPING, 254, 255

DARNING, 8, 22, 83, 90, 106 _et seq._, 178, 179

" (Japanese), 86

" (surface), 84

DESIGN, 150, 219, 233 _et seq._

" traditional, 238, 240

DESIGN and