Art in Needlework: Embroidery, by Lewis Day and Mary Buckle, Part 1
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How to Work Cruel Stitch
To work wider stem stitch, H, after the first two stitches, bring your needle out precisely above and in a line with them. Put it in again 1-eighth of an inch in advance of the last stitch, producing a longer stroke which gives the measure of those following. Cool and outline stitches, J, worked side by side, gives somewhat the effect of a braid. Cruel stitch is worked solid in the heart shape in the center of the sampler.
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