crewel-stitch

One of the first things she did on her arrival at the school was to present Kitty Sharston with a white work-bag embroidered with cherries in crewel-stitch, and with a cherry-colored ribbon running through it.

A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School L. T. Meade 1884

Split-stitch (C on the sampler), again, resembles either crewel-stitch or satin-stitch, according as it is worked in the hand or on a frame.

Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

CREWEL-WORK, in which crewel-stitch hardly occurs.

Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

Then, holding the thread downwards, instead of proceeding as in crewel-stitch (A) you slant your needle so as to bring it out a thread or two higher up than the half-stitch, but precisely above it.

Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

The way to work solid crewel-stitch will be best explained by an instance.

Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

Old examples of work done entirely in crewel-stitch, as distinguished from what is called crewel work, are seldom if ever to be met with.

Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

INTERLACING-STITCH SAMPLER -- A, Interlaced crewel-stitch; B, interlaced back-stitch; C, back-stitch twice interlaced; D, interlaced chain-stitch; E, interlaced darning; F, interlaced herringbone; G, herringbone twice interlaced; H, an interlaced version of C in

Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

In working in the hand, you take a rather shorter stitch back than in crewel-stitch, piercing with the needle the thread which is to form the next stitch.

Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

The band at J is buttonhole stitching wide apart, the bars filled in with surface crewel-stitch.

Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

CREWEL-STITCH SAMPLER -- A and C, crewel-stitch; B and D, outline-stitch; E, back-stitch; F, spots; G and H, stem-stitch; J, crewel and outline-stitches in combination.

Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877