Most seams are sewn with backstitch, especially on curved, slanted or loose edges.

The stitches used for counted thread blackwork are double running or holbein stitch, backstitch, and sometimes stem stitch.

The needle in the simplest backstitch comes up from the back of the fabric, makes a stitch to the right going back to the back of the fabric, then passes behind the first stitch and comes up to the front of the fabric to the left of the first stitch.

Argyle socks and sweaters are normally done in intarsia, although the thin diagonal lines are often overlaid in a later step, using Swiss darning or sometimes just a simple backstitch.

Basic backstitch is used to outline shapes in modern cross-stitch, in Assisi embroidery and occasionally in blackwork.

A versatile and easy to work stitch, backstitch is ideal for following both smooth and complicated outlines and as a foundation row for more complex embroidery stitches such as Herringbone ladder filling stitch.

Although superficially similar to Holbein stitch, commonly used in Blackwork embroidery, backstitch differs in the way it is worked, requiring a single journey only to complete a line of stitching.

* Basic backstitch or point de sable.

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The `` orphaned poems '' mentioned in the letter to Meynell comprised a group of five sonnets, which were published in the 1913 edition of Thompson's works under the heading `` Ad Amicam '', plus certain other completed pieces and rough drafts gathered together in one of the familiar exercise books.

Putting the pieces of this mosaic together, Rector had the vague outlines of a biography.

Now unsolder and disassemble the frame except for the two 12'' '' and the first two 3-3/4'' '' bars ( `` A '' and `` B '' pieces ), which are soldered together.

Pin right sides of pieces together, keeping edges even and matching rows or patterns.

A number of C clamps hold the pieces together on the jig until the glue sets.

Two pieces of amber may be united by smearing the surfaces with linseed oil, heating them, and then pressing them together while hot.

* Bonded Baltic amber – gemstone consisting of two or more parts of natural, modified or reconstructed Baltic amber bonded together with the use of the smallest possible amount of a colorless binding agent necessary to join the pieces.

The latter two completed his design for an altarpiece of the Vision of Saint Nicholas ( San Nicola da Tolentino, Rome ) using two separate marble pieces linked together in one event and place, yet successfully separating the divine and earthly spheres.

The shaft was fitted into the socket of the fore shaft and a bone ring was then placed over the joint to hold the two pieces together, as well as, protecting the wooden shaft from splitting.

However, over time, the new aesthetic caused radical changes in how pieces were put together, and the basic layouts changed.

The skin on some pieces bristles with black hair (...) A former smith from Poltava, Kulesh worked together with Centurashvili.

When patched together, these phrases combined to create musical pieces which could be performed by human players.

During transcription, all intron RNA is cut from the RNA primary transcript and the remaining pieces of the RNA primary transcript are spliced back together to become mRNA.

It was built in the Ionic order and consists of seven fluted columns, unusually carved from single pieces of stone ( most columns were constructed from a series of discs joined together ).

In arc welding an electrode is used to conduct current through a workpiece to fuse two pieces together.

In the 21st century, European avant garde composers like Richard Barrett, Fausto Romitelli, Peter Ablinger, Bernhard Lang, Claude Ledoux and Karlheinz Essl have used the electric guitar ( together with extended playing techniques ) in solo pieces or ensemble works.

Many epic poems of various cultures were pieced together from shorter pieces of traditional narrative verse, which explains their episodic structure and often their in medias res plot developments.

The job of an editor isn ’ t simply to mechanically put pieces of a film together, cut off film slates, or edit dialogue scenes.

Before the widespread use of non-linear editing systems, the initial editing of all films was done with a positive copy of the film negative called a film workprint ( cutting copy in UK ) by physically cutting and pasting together pieces of film, using a splicer and threading the film on a machine with a viewer such as a Moviola, or " flatbed " machine such as a K .- E .- M. or Steenbeck.

The two pieces of film were then trimmed and cemented together so that the action appeared continuous when the film was shown.

This property can have dramatic consequences, as illustrated by the use of friction created by rubbing pieces of wood together to start a fire.

Generally, two pieces come together from either side behind the trigger and are locked in place, which can be unlocked with a key or combination.

These were entrusted to a native boat builder, Haj Ahmed Yusuf, who slowly and methodically worked out how the pieces fit together.

In knitting certain articles of clothing, especially larger ones like sweaters, the final knitted garment will be made of several knitted pieces, with individual sections of the garment knit separately and then sewn together.

Mama knew she was playing her son's favorite pieces and feeling close to him, and did not disturb her.

Some pieces of the plane and Gary Powers ' uniform are on display at the Monino Airbase museum, close to Moscow.

Though by the close of the 1989 season the team boasted a powerhouse bullpen in the AL Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen ( set franchise record with 23 wins in ), two time All-Star Mark Gubicza ( 15 game winner in 1989 ) and 1989 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Tom Gordon ( won 17 games in 1989 ), the organization felt they were still missing a few pieces that would give the divisional rivals Oakland Athletics a run for their money.

A knight should always be close to where the action is, meaning it is best used on areas of the board where the opponent's pieces are clustered or close together.

The magnet is made in the shape of a horseshoe to bring the two magnetic poles close to each other, to create a strong magnetic field there that can pick up heavy pieces of iron

At the end of this sequence, the last one in the room would close the door, and the picture would break up in pieces and crash down.

Roughly dome-shaped and covered in Iron Age La Tène designs, it was discovered broken in several pieces and partly buried close to a Bronze Age stone circle, inside which it probably once stood.

For example, in the central Javanese gamelan, the largest gong is called gong ageng, ranges in size up to 1 meter in diameter, has the deepest pitch and is played least often ; the next smaller gong is the gong suwukan or siyem, has a slightly higher pitch and replaces the gong ageng in pieces where gong strokes are close together ; the kempul is smaller still, has a higher pitch, and is played more frequently.

The name means " to cut into pieces at close range ", although it includes techniques for all ranges.

In 1990, Gordon Burns told contestants that over the years, some of the tests had taken 15 or 20 minutes to complete, but that in one programme in the 1980 series, when the competitors ' tables had been placed too close together for this round, two competitors accidentally picked up pieces from each other's table, making it impossible to complete the puzzle, and nearly an hour went by as they vainly attempted to finish, before the problem was realised.

Michaels reached during the jump and came perilously close to the sloping surface of the dam, which was studded with irons struts that could have torn him to pieces.

Greg Espinoza contributed many of the Arduin covers and interior illustrations ( close to 80 pieces ) from approximately 1978 to 1981.

# Tongs which have long arms terminating in small flat circular ends of tongs and are pivoted close to the handle, as in the common fire-tongs, used for picking up pieces of coal and placing them on a fire.

Hawthorne and O ' Sullivan became close friends, and Hawthorne had more pieces published in O ' Sullivan's magazine than in any other periodical.

Krabbé didn't keep very close to the book and removed some of the longer pieces ( especially regarding the friendship between Max and Onno and the youth of Quinten ) and changed some events for dramatic reasons.

The range of motion allowed the director to move the Turk's arm up and down, and turning the lever would open and close the Turk's hand, allowing it to grasp the pieces on the board.

Much of his better-known work, however, originated from his close collaboration with the East German writer Heiner Müller, resulting in stage compositions as well as shorter pieces ( concerts as well as audio plays ) loosely based on Müller texts, such as Verkommenes Ufer ( Waste Shore, 1984 ), Die Befreiung des Prometheus ( The Liberation of Prometheus, 1985 ), or Wolokolamsker Chaussee ( Volokolamsk Highway, 1989 ).

At most institutions the system allows a small amount of discretion and a candidate may be elevated to the next degree class if their average marks are close to, or the median of their weighted marks achieves the higher class and they have submitted many pieces of work worthy of the higher class.

Intended to fall into pieces at the close of the fair ( reportedly because the architect believed every great city needed ruins ), the only surviving building, Bernard Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts, remained in place, slowly falling into disrepair ( although the hall used to display painting and sculpture during the Fair was repurposed as a garage for jeeps during World War II ).

In 2007 he was inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame which cited him as one of the most gifted English footballers of his generation exhibiting " sublime balance and close control, unrivalled passing and vision and extraordinary shooting ability, both from open play and set pieces ".

His sublime balance and close control, unrivalled passing and vision and extraordinary shooting ability, both from open play and set pieces, made Hoddle the most gifted English player of his generation.

The number of heavy cannon was relatively close with the Swedish having newer models and light cannon compensating for the disparity in heavy field pieces.

Beginning in 1502 with religious pieces, conspicuous among them being " Auto da Alma " and the famous trilogy of the " Barcas ", he soon introduces the comic and satirical element by way of relief and for moral ends, and, before the close of his career in 1536, has arrived at pure comedy, as in " Ignez Pereira " and the " Floresta de Enganos ", and developed the study of character.