Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c27.24

c27.24

No. 5 is the ordinary chain stitch which is used so much in this work. Chain stitch No. 6 is also a chain stitch, but with coloured threads intertwined, one on each side of the needle as it is worked. Sometimes a red thread is used on one side and a blue on the other. No. 6A shows the back of Nos. 5 and 6.