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velvet stitch [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trimming and Embroidery
DEF

a pile stitch held firmly with a Cross stitch, worked over 1 double thread intersection on penelope canvas or 2 threads on mono canvas. It makes a finer (closer together) stitch when worked on penelope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Passementerie et broderie
CONT

[Le point d'Astrakan] consiste en boucles couchées, retenues chacune par un point de croix. Pour être régulières, ces boucles se font à l'aide d'un moule, qui peut être en bois ou en os, ou encore une grosse aiguille à tricoter. Le fil, de préférence tordu, est prix en simple ou en double, selon sa grosseur.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

An arrangement of two warp-knitted stitches in which the second in relation to the first is knitted four wales away in the following course

OBS

In this unit, both stitches may be open or closed, or one of them may be closed and the other open

OBS

The term "velvet lap" refers to the movement of the guide bar when a velvet stitch is produced

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses
DEF

Ensemble comprenant deux mailles jetées dans lequel la deuxième maille est tricotée dans la rangée suivante et dans la quatrième colonne à partir de celle où se trouve la première maille

OBS

Les deux mailles de cette unité peuvent être ouvertes ou fermées ou l'une peut être ouverte et l'autre fermée

OBS

Le terme «jeté velours» s'applique aux mouvements de translation de la barre à passettes qui correspondent à la formation de mailles velours

Spanish

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