Honeycomb darning
- Honeycomb filling stitch

Honeycomb darning is a simple pulled thread stitch formed of alternating angled stitches which in combination form a honeycomb pattern.
N.B. Thérèse de Dillmont calls this ‘Thirteenth pattern’ in her Encyclopedia of Needlework.
It was evidently in use during the 19th century as it is referenced in an English Victorian pamphlet Needlework for ladies for pleasure and profit dating from 1886.
Method
Work from right to left. Bring the needle up just inside the outline of your design. Make a vertical stitch up over four threads.
Make a horizontal stitch under four threads, to the left.
Pull the thread tight.
Make a vertical stitch down over four threads.
Pull the thread tight again.
Make a horizontal stitch under four threads to the left.
Continue to the left in the same way until you complete the first row.
Make a holding stitch on the outline or in the border where this holding stitch will be covered later on, and then bring the needle up four threads down from the hole of the previous row.
Make a vertical stitch over four threads, taking the needle down through the hole of the previous row. Work the new row from left to right.
Bring the needle up four threads to the right, through the next hole along, and pull again. Repeat to complete the row. Continue until you fill your design area.

Structure of stitch
Common uses
Embroidery Techniques
Related Stitches
References
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Various Authors, The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery (2018) , p.320
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Thérèse De Dillmont, Encyclopedia of Needlework (1886)