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Slanting Stitch, Crossed Stitch, and Russian Crossed Stitch

Slanting stitch (fig. 409).—Worked entirely on the right side. Take up the back thread of a stitch in the preceding row, take hold of the crochet thread without turning it round the needle and draw it through in a loop, and then finish the stitch like a plain stitch.
Fig. 409. Slanting stitch.
Crossed stitch.—The name […]

Rose Stitch and Russian Stitch

Rose stitch (fig. 406).—This consists of rows of plain stitches, worked backwards and forwards. Insert the needle from the right side, under both the horizontal loops of the preceding row.

Fig. 406. Rose stitch.
Russian stitch (fig. 407).—This is worked like the foregoing, only that all the rows have to be begun from the same end, […]