What is Counted Thread Embroidery?

1. Assissi
2. Berlin Work, Cross Stitch
3. Blackwork (Spanish)
4. Drawn Thread
5. Hardanger
6. Huck Embroidery
7. Lagartera
8. Kasuti (Ethnic Indian Embroidery) 
9. Pulled Thread

Free Counted Thread Embroidery Books

The major source of embroidery books in the Public Domain is The Antique Pattern Library

Resource: Project Gutenberg's Beeton's Book of Needlework, by Isabella Beeton, pages 561-584

1. Berlin Work includes every kind of stitch which is made upon canvas with wool, silk, or beads. The principal stitches used are common cross stitch, Gobelin stitch, leviathan stitch, raised or velvet stitch, tent stitch, and others. 
2.  Before beginning to work upon a piece of canvas the raw edges must be hemmed or [560] sewn over with wool. 
3. Care must be taken not to crumple the canvas in the course of the work. It is best to roll one end of the canvas upon a round piece of deal while the other end is kept down upon the table with a lead cushion. Handsome artistic patterns should always be worked in a frame. 
4. When you undertake to work a large pattern begin in the centre, and complete one half before you commence the other. 
5. Always work the stitches in the same direction, from the top downwards--this is very essential to the beauty and regularity of the pattern. 
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