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Stitches and Mechanism.

instead of one to complete a single stitch.

Fig. 1.—Stem Stitch‎—a peculiar use of short stitches.

A hooked or crochet needle with a handle is held more or less vertically for working a chain stitch upon the surface of a material stretched in a frame, but this is a method of embroidery involving the use of an implement distinct from that done with the ordinary and freely-plied needle. Still, including this last-named method, which comes into the class of embroidery done with the needle

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