Contents

Inhalt

                                                       

  2    Introduction                                           51   Detached cham                                       95   Prints, smocking on

  4    Fabric                                                      52   Diagonal smocking                                96   Raised lattice stitch

  5    Threads                                                   53   Dolls, srnocking for                                97    Ribbon, srnocking with

  6    Needles                                                    53   Embroidery on smocking                       97    Ribbon weaving

  7    Securing the thread                              53   English smocking                                   98    Round yoke garrnents

  9    Smocking terms                                    53   Fabric manipulation                                99    Satin stitch

                                                                          54   Feather stitch                                        100    Seed stitch

                                                                          58   Flowerette                                              100    Sheaf stitch

10    Accent stitches                                      61   Fly stitch                                                101    Square yoke garments

10    Back stitch                                              61   Freeform srnocking                              102    Star stitch

10    Background smocking                          62   French knot                                           103    Stern stitch

11    Backsmocking                                        62   Geometric smocking                             104    Straight stitch

12    Bargello srnocking                                 63   Herringbone stitch                               104    Stripes, srnocking on

13    Beads in smocking                                 66   Honeycomb stitch                                105    Tartans, smocking on

15    Bishop garments                                    68   Horizontal smocking                            105    Template srnocking

15    Blocking and shaping                           69   Inserts                                                    106    Traditional smocking

20    Bullion knot                                            70   Jigsaw smocking                                   106    Trailing vine

28    Buttonholes in pleats                            70   Knits, srnocking on                              108    Trellis stitch

29    Cable stitch                                             73   Laundering srnocking                          113    Unpicking (reverse smocking)

33    Centering designs                                  73   Left handers                                          114    Van Dyke stitch

34    Cham stitch                                             73   Mirror image rows                                117    Vertical ladder stitch

36    Co[onial knot                                          74   Outline stitch                                         118    Vertical smocking

37    Colour                                                      75   Picture smocking                                  118    Wave stitch

37    Combinations                                         80   Pistil stitch                                             122    Wheat stitch

38    Couriterchange srnocking                    80   Plaid smocking                                      125    Zigzag stitches

48    Crossover smocking                              81   Pleaters                                                   126    Index

50    Design graphs                                        81   Preparation and pleating                     128    Bibliography