THE GENESEE FAKMER. 



379 



the sewing will, from many causes, grow worse and worse, 

 presented in Figure 10, On thick cloths there is less diffi- 

 Figure 10. 



in making a perfect stitch, with the appearance of the seam 

 upon both sides, as shown in Figure \l On.uch materull! 

 Figure 11. 



fie fnnnth ; ""' '''"^"^ ^^' ^^^^^^?- ^nd ironing, it may be 

 o^h Ti? H "•"'"1^ purposes : but if the thre.a<I breaks; and 

 loth pulled as in Fgure 12, the loops must of necessity De 

 Figure 12. 



1 out, as far as the ends of the thread will allow them On 

 matena s there .s not body enough to permit the cTossine 

 to be drawn mto the centre, and there' is no other wfyo? 



ridce of the cloth, as shown m Figure 9. The thread will 

 .m washing, and when the matei^al is stretched in ironrng 



•.hfZl\.A^-^ ?■ ^^"^ "'"'°^' ^^^'■e 's required to be used 

 rJ^^ "^ "■""'"^ garments made with the shuttle stitch 

 Everf ^h ,f,r '"'"^ "^f "i' 'l"'''^ serviceable on th a /Ib- 

 tvery shutt e seani-whether upon thick or upon thin fab- 



?hatTt m.v blVr''" 'f, ^'■'^'"''"y fe«tened^with a hand 

 , mat It may be prevented from rippinw 



fnrTH-?,™"f, '"/t'^^l ?*■ '"'^'''"S ""« s'i'ch, which is some- 

 whSm.^'^l'l"'^ ^"""^ ^""'^'" butit'isstill ashuufe 

 ^hook t^elhr^^H rec'Procatmg shuttle or a bobbin and a 

 Z hook , the thread m either case must be carefully taken 

 le or,gmal spools and wound upon the bobbin These 

 s contam very limited quantities of thread, and, as the 

 must readily perceire, the coarser the thread the fewer 

 r of yards the bobbin will contain, 



,, '^!,"ti"'f''' '^^l''^ '^'^ ^^''^ j"«' described and illustra- 

 w as great an advance upon the Tambour stitch (which 

 T^ 'U K® ^'■OY«r A Baker stitch was upon the Shuttle 

 The Tambour stitch (shown in Figure 13) has been much 

 Figure 13. 



4nr7.^T ?n ' ^Tl^' . ^"' '^ ^^"^^ ^"es of loopingson the 

 01^ n^rfiijf '='°"'' '*"'''■ the manner of the knitting stitch, 

 e nnv^^r """-e Secure, for if the thread breaks, and 

 ) fhp^^l ",r° "',*' ^^'"' P''^'^<^* of cloth (as shown in Fig- 

 ) the loops will ravel or rip the entire length of the seam. 



Figure 14. 



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