The Manuscript Codex * Structure
LINK-STITCH ON FOUR STATIONS

In this unsupported sewing, in addition to the sewing stations near the head and tail like those in the link stitch on two stations, two other stations are created towards the middle of each gathering. The thread goes into the gathering at the first station, passes along the spine-fold on the interior of the gathering and exits at the second station, goes back into the gathering at the third station and then exits the gathering again at the fourth station. At the first and fourth stations, the thread is treated in the same manner as described in the link stitch on two stations. However, at the second station the thread is taken behind the one passing between stations two and three on the preceding gathering. Thus a very loose linkage is formed near the middle of the gatherings between the one being sewn and the one previous to it. What distinguishes this particular link stitch is that the thread does not pass continuously inside the spine-fold between the outer sewing stations. Instead it passes on the spine side between the second and the third stations.
 
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AUTHORS: PAUL HEPWORTH AND KARIN SCHEPER