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Rh right hand of the first cluster and draw it out again at the left of the first four clusters. Draw it through and repeat. This stitch is extremely simple and is generally known, having been in common use for Java canvass work, as well as for linen. Where articles are to be subjected to much washing, it is not as desirable as the various arrangements of thread clusters by means of the knot first described.

Other arrangements of drawn threads are shown in Figs. 69-72.

Fig. 69.

The manner in which these designs are worked is so easily seen in the cuts that a written description would be superfluous.

The worker can employ her own ingenuity in devising new combinations, while the use of colored wools, and the addition of rows of Holbein stitch, lend interest and variety to the work.