An invitation I couldn't resist!
A Crewel Beginning:In response to my obvious apprehension RaeleneV, posted the following step by step guide to producing long and short stitch leaves for Design No. 1. You can only reach the same conclusions that I did: the stitch really should be called Long and Longer Stitch. those instructional line drawings we often see do give you a sense of the technique but worked thread shows far more