one-edged stitches of
the kind are sometimes called "blanket-stitch."

The only difference between versions such as B and C on the sampler, and
simple buttonhole, is that the stitches vary in length according to the
worker's fancy.

[Sidenote: TO WORK E.]

The CROSSED BUTTONHOLE STITCH at E is worked by first making a stitch
sloping to the right, and then a smaller buttonhole-stitch across this
from the left.

The border marked D in sampler consists merely of two rows of slanting
buttonhole-stitch worked one into the other. Needlewomen have wilful
ways of making what should be upright stitches slant awkwardly in all
manner of ways, with the result that they look as if they had been
pulled out of the straight.

[Illustration: 22. BUTTONHOLE SAMPLER.]

[Illustration: 23. BUTTONHOLE SAMPLER (BACK).]

[Sidenote: TO WORK F.]

The border at F, known as "TAILOR'S BUTTONHOLE," is worked with the firm
edge from you, instead of towards you, as you work ordinary
buttonhole. Bringing the thread out at the upper edge of the work to the
left, and letting it lie on that side, you put your needle in again
still on the same edge, and bring it out, immediately below, on the
lower one. You then, before drawing the thread quite through, put your
needle into the loop from behind, and tighten it upwards.

[Illustration: THE WORKING OF H ON BUTTONHOLE SAMPLER.]

[Sidenote: TO WORK G.]

In order to make your ladder-stitch (G) square at the end, you begin by
making a bar of the width the stitch is to be. Then, holding the thread
under your thumb to the right, you put the needle in at the top of the
bar and, slanting it towards the right, bring it out on a level with the
other end of the bar somewhat to the right. This makes a triangle. With
the point of your needle, pull the slanting thread out at the top, to
form a square; insert the needle; slant it again to the right; draw it
out as before, and you have your second triangle.

[Sidenote: TO WORK H.]

The difference between the working of the lattice-like band at H, and
ladder-stitch G, is that, having completed your first triangle, you
make, by buttonholing a stitch, a second triangle pointing the other
way, which completes a rectangular shape.

[Illustration: 24. BUTTONHOLE, CHAIN, AND KNOT STITCHES.]

In the solid work shown at J, you make five buttonhole-stitches,
gathering them to a point at the base, then another five, and so on.
Repeat the process, this time point u