Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c27.22

c27.22

No. 4 is the most complicated of all, and appears to be peculiar to Sinhalese embroidery. Centipede It is called pattēya (centipede) or mudum męsma (back-bone stitch); it is an elaborated stitch herringbone. Two needles are in use together; sometimes even the three colours are worked together. This stitch is most often used for binding the outer edges of large and small betel-bags.