| LINK-STITCH ON THREE OR FIVE STATIONS |
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In this unsupported sewing, in addition to the sewing stations near the head and tail like those in the link-stitch on two stations, one or three other stations are relatively evenly distributed 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 next station towards the middle of the gathering. It then passes behind the thread at the adjacent station on the previous gathering and then goes back into the same station that it exited from. The sewing continues in this manner until the thread reaches the last station and which point the linkage is like that of the link-stitch sewing on two stations. As the sewing progresses, chains of one type of linkage are formed at the outermost stations and another type of linkage at the station or stations between them. Although this sewing could theoretically be done on three or more stations, it has been observed so far only on three or five stations in manuscripts from Southeast Asia.
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AUTHORS: PAUL HEPWORTH AND KARIN SCHEPER