Do you know that some girls are often confused and call the hemstitch, the hemming stitch?
You have learned the hemming stitch; now you will try the hemstitch.
Now that you know the hemstitch, you can use it in many places.
See if you can discover the difference between the hemming stitch and the hemstitch?
Both are used at the top of the hem to hold it in place, but often the hemstitch is used in other places, too.
hemstitch in the usual way, then turn the work and take up each group on the other side of the drawn threads (Figure 176).
Double hemstitching means to hemstitch the other side opposite the hem, by taking up the same bundles.
