Seams, sewing with running and backstitch, 35. Serge, 209. Sewing, an art, 3. Sewing apron, 127-129. Sewing case, 118. Sewing machine: how to regulate, 83. how to run, 84-86. how to thread, 84-86. invented, 81. kinds of, 81. parts of, 81-83. things to remember about stitching with, 85. Sewing on lace insertion or edging, 97. Shearing sheep, 204-206. Shears, 205. Sheep, 204. Sheep industry, 205. Shoes: buying, 243. care of, 162. Shuttle, 67-68. Silhouette, 254, 255, 261. Silk: cocoons grown for, 112. dyeing, 133-135. fibers, 111, 132. how produced, 109. kinds of, 122-126. moths, 109. names of, 122-126. raw, 114-115. reeling, 114. throwing, 132-133. weaving by hand, 136-137. weighting, 135, 279-280. where manufactured, 131. winding, 133. Silk-scraps, articles made from, 116-122. Silkworm: life story of, 109-112. where grown, 110. Sizing: test for, 281. Skirt pattern, 47. Skirts: changing and lengthening pattern for, 50, 51. pressing, 157. to cut, 51, 52. to make, 53-55. Soap bark, 158. Soap solution, 158. Spinning, method of: in modern factory, 73, 227. primitive, 71. Spinning: cotton, 72-77. flax, 191-194. silk (_See_ silk throwing). wool, 225-228. Spinning wheel: for flax, 75. for wool, 74. Sprinkling linen, 190. Stains: blood, 187. coffee, 186. fruit, 186. grass, 187. how removed, 185. ink, 187. tea, 186. when to be removed, 185. Stitches for decorating, 118-120. (_See_ Embroidery stitches.) Stitching stitch: making, 25-26. other uses of, 27. use of, 23. Stockinet, 167. Stockings: darning, 167-169. how made, 167. kind to buy, 170. sewing rips in, 170. Studying lines, 261. Studying values, 255, 257, 259. Suits, pressing, 157. Table runner, 139. Taffeta, 122. Tears, learning to darn, 163-166. Textiles: for apron, 7, 8. weighted, 279. Textile sample books, 8. Textile surprise book, 10. Textile surprise box, opening, 58. Textile test: burning, 282. chemical, 284. for combination, 280. for fading, 283. for finishing, 281. for shrinkage, 284. for sizing, 281. for strength, 283. with microscope, 282. Threading and running a machine, 84-86. Ticking, 10, 149. Torchon lace, 93, 95. Toweling, material for, 6. Towels, material for, 6-7. "Tram", 133. Tweed, 210. Underwear: cotton material for, 101. relation to health, 245-247. Uses of lace, 93-97. Valenciennes lace, 94, 96. Velvet, 125.