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US 4,075,962 AGranted
Needlework technique using ribbon
OwnerPatricia D. Mabryinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a technique analogous to needlepoint employing a ribbon and a needlework canvas. The ribbon is worked through the mesh openings of the canvas to lay a multiplicity of flat untwisted sections along perpendicular axes to completely cover the canvas between suitable margins.
Claims18
A method of making a needleworked ribbon piece on a needlework canvas having a front, a back and a multiplicity of equally spaced interconnected strands lying along perpendicular x and y axes and defining a multiplicity of mesh openings, comprising
- first steps for laying up a multiplicity of first flat untwisted ribbon sections on the front of said canvas extending in the direction of the x axis;
- second steps for laying up a multiplicity of second flat untwisted ribbon sections on the front of the canvas extending in the direction of the y axis for completely covering the canvas front between margins of the piece;
- the steps including
- juxtaposing, inside the margins, four sides of each first section to a side of a different second section,
- juxtaposing, inside the margins, four sides of each second ribbon section to a side of a different first section;
- and
- securing the ribbon ends to the piece.
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A needlework piece comprising
- a needlework canvas having a multiplicity of perpendicular strands defining generally identical mesh openings, the strands extending along perpendicular x and y axes and being small relative to the openings;
- and
- a ribbon having a width between 1-2 times the distance between the centers of adjacent parallel strands;
- the ribbon extending through a multiplicity of first mesh entry openings to a multiplicity of front surface positions on the canvas, then to a multiplicity of back surface positions on the canvas through a multiplicity of second mesh exit openings, each first mesh opening being spaced from the second mesh opening by at least one intermediate mesh opening, the first, intermediate and second openings being parallel to one of the axes;
- the ribbon extending through a multiplicity of third mesh entry openings to a multiplicity of front surface positions on the canvas, then to a multiplicity of back surface positions on the canvas through a multiplicity of fourth mesh exit openings, each third mesh opening being spaced from the fourth mesh openings by at least one intermediate mesh opening, the third, intermediate and fourth openings being parallel to the other of the axes;
- the ribbon providing a multiplicity of first and second flat untwisted ribbon sections across the intermediate mesh openings on the front surface of the canvas;
- the first and second ribbon sections being alternately exposed on the canvas front;
- the first and second ribbon sections extending in the directions of the x and y axes respectively and completely covering the canvas front between margins of the piece;
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- each ribbon section spaced interiorly of the margins extending in the direction of one axis and being juxtaposed by four ribbon sections extending in the direction of the other axis.
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