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Rh with outline work, the materials are very much the worker's own choice. Crewels and silks are chiefly used for working, and may both be used to great

Fig. 9.

in the same piece of work, the design being for the most part worked in crewel, the high lights put in with silk. Fine chenille also can sometimes be used with great effect, as, for instance, in working golden-rod, which can be worked very effectively and expeditiously in two shades of yellow chenille. A new thread should always be begun on the right side of the work and finished there also.

Fig. 10.

A very effective stitch for a certain class of designs is shown in Figs. 10 and 11. It has a great number of names, such as leaf stitch, Kensington stitch, Janina stitch, etc., etc., and is described in