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168 POINT DE REPRISE.

Fig. 47.

This stitch is employed in almost every pattern; it is a simple darning stitch. The illustration shows the manner of working it. The holes are entirely filled up, threads passing alternately over and under the working thread.

POINT DE TOILE, OR TRELLIS WORK.

Fig. 48.

In working this stitch great care must be taken to make the threads cross each other evenly. The number of threads in a hole must be regulated by the size of the hole; but there must be the same number of long and cross threads and the numbers must be even—two, four, six, etc.; an odd number of threads would spoil the work. The cut shows how it can be worked both continuously, and when holes are missed.