buttonhole stitch
An embroidery stitch used in making aHEADBAND , and
executed by drawing the needle and thread from the
upper through the lower edge of the core, and out
over the lower thread of the preceding stitch. The
stitches are repeated, sometimes in alternate
colors, e.g., blue and green, to form a firm line
of adjacent loops around the core. (83 , 111 )
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