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THE FELLERFOOT Press inner ring as far as it will go, so that the entire damaged area is lying uniformly on the needle plate. The damaged area now centered in the darning ring can easily moved in any direction. When beginning it will be useful to sew a full circle around the damaged area to prevent running. Then sew aline of stitches across the direction of the fabric stitches. The lines should be of different lengths and as close to one another as possible. This is done by sliding the darning ring to and fro. As soon as the hole is completely sewn over, cover these lines in the direction of the already knit stitches by moving the darning ring from left to right and vice-versa. The inner ring can also be turned by one-quarter turn and the darning ring then again moved forward and backward. Start these covering lines somewhat beyond the outermost stitch lines (see fig. 24 b). The covering lines, which should be of different lengths, must be disposed side by side in line with the fabric stitches. Now fill the small spaces in the mended area until the hole is uniformly covered. In order to connect two pieces of material (linen, shirts a.s.o.) by means of a firm seam, the feller is used, whereby the felled seam is obtained in two operations. 1st operation (fig. 27) Arrange the fabric sections to be joined on top of each other, in such a manner that the bottom section slightly projects from the top one, and pass with 26