Structural Category	Looped
Specific Usage	Surface
Other Names	Tulle

Comments

This stitch is first worked left to right then returns to the left by working an overcast stitch in each loop between the stitches of the previous row. Some reference books use Tulle and Whipped Lace Filling interchangeably.

Diagrams

For diagrams, see Nordfors, Jill Denny. Needle Lace and Needleweaving, pp. 52-54.

Bibliographic Sources

Nordfors. Jill Denny, Needle Lace and Needleweaving, pp. 52-54.
Snook, Barbara. Needlework Stitches, p. 49.
Thomas, Mary. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1989), p. 112.