Double Leviathan Stitch

Double Leviathan Stitch
DOUBLE LEVIATHAN STITCH
An embroidery stitch, consisting of a large cross stitch with long cross stitches filling the holes on each side and also an upright cross stitch over the whole. Another style of double plain used for dress materials has 60 ends and 56 picks per inch, namely, 30 ends and 28 picks per inch in each cloth, but one warp is 62's hard spun Egyptian and the other 2/20's mercerised. The weft for both is 64's. In this make the designs are often simple squares and the like such as can be woven on a dobby loom.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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