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Handicrafts & Carpets Exercise 1.8.48
Hand Embroidery Artisan - Gift Items

Tertiary work of watti tout, duwalut

Objectives: At the end of this exercise you shall be able to
• practice tertiary work of watti tout
• practice tertiary work of duwalut.

Requirements
Materials
• Needle - as reqd. • Cloth - as reqd.
• Thread - as reqd. • Thimble - as reqd.
• Hoop - as reqd.

PROCEDURE

TASK 1: Practice tertiary work of watti tout
1 “Watti” in Kashmiri means thick or bold. 2 A slightly thicker thread or multiple strands of the same
thread are used. (Fig 3)
2 “Tout” refers to outline stitching.
3 So, watti tout is a thick outline stitch worked around Fig 3
the motif. (Fig 1)

How It’s constructed
Fig 1

1 The design is traced onto the fabric. (Fig 2)

Fig 2

3 The outline is stitched using a tight backstitch or stem
stitch, but repeated 2–3 times to make it bold. (Fig 4)

Fig 4

TASK 2: Practice tertiary work of duwalut
1 Double thread embroidery. (Fig 1) Refer Ex.No 40 (Task 2)
2 In this embroidery double thread is used.

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