Basket weave | needlepoint | Britannica (original) (raw)

Also known as: diagonal stitch

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needlepoint stitches

• In needlepoint
  In the 20th century the basket weave, or diagonal, stitch has achieved widespread popularity. It produces a firmer fabric but also uses more yarn than the tent stitch.
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plain weave

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  In plain weave
  …dimity and bengaline, and the basket weave, in which two or more filling yarns, or a single heavier yarn, pass alternately over and under two or more warp yarns, as in oxford shirting and monk’s cloth.
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