Pulled Work on Canvas and Linen Author:Rosemary Drysdale Line drawings by the author. Includes bibliography and index. — Embroiderers will welcome this revival of an old technique which was used particularly in English and Danish embroidery. Pulled work is the pulling of stitches tightly, so that the threads of the ground material - canvas or linen - come together to form holes and create a lacy ... more »effect.
Over 100 different stitches are demonstrated in this book, each with a diagram, and the combinations are almost infinite in variety. Canvas work, popularly called needlepoint, is now a familiar technique and most workers have progressed beyond the ubiquitous tent stitch. New techniques to express creative talent are needed and the beautiful lacy patterns of pulled work are a natural next step. This book will open up a whole new world to the ambitious embroiderer.« less