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1. The lengthwise and crosswise grain of fabric refer to the directions parallel to the warp and weft, respectively. 2. With the grain indicates parallel to the threads of a woven fabric, lengthwise or crosswise. 3. Dyed in the grain refers to dyeing with kermes, a red insect dye. [9] gusset
Crossed stitch [5] Herringbone stitch [6] Linen stitch is a pattern that creates a tightly knit fabric that resembles woven linen. Tailored garments are especially suited for the linen stitch. It is a durable stitch, and is often used to reinforce the heels of hand-knitted socks. It includes knit and purl stitches, as well as slipped stitches. [7]
A sequence of stitches in which each stitch is suspended from the next is called a wale. [8] To secure the initial stitches of a knitted fabric, a method for casting on is used; to secure the final stitches in a wale, one uses a method of binding/casting off. During knitting, the active stitches are secured mechanically, either from individual ...
The Butler-Bowdon Cope, 1330–1350, V&A Museum no. T.36-1955.. The Anglo-Saxon embroidery style combining split stitch and couching with silk and goldwork in gold or silver-gilt thread of the Durham examples flowered from the 12th to the 14th centuries into a style known to contemporaries as Opus Anglicanum or "English work".
Sewing Fisherman's Wife by Anna Ancher, 1890. Sewing is the craft of fastening pieces of textiles together using a sewing needle and thread.Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era.
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Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
It sounds like a crude joke: A doctor stitches up a woman extra tight following childbirth while throwing a wink at her husband. Yet “the husband stitch” — when a doctor provides an “extra ...