Scrims [noun]

Well, I was ready for any scrim of a shortage—I mean any sort of a scrimmage.

She asked this question after she had shown the scrim curtains she had found and brought home with her.

I've lost my check-book somewhere in the scrim, and so I wonder if you'd send her some money.

Both of them, peering through the scrim curtains, saw a tall white figure disappear into the spring-house.

Take a square of scrim or Hardanger canvas eight inches large.

Work the design on it and when the cross-stitching is all finished pull out the scrim thread by thread.

Sometimes you will have to snip the thread of the scrim if your needle accidentally gets caught in them.

Personally I do not think it pays to work elaborate patterns on scrim as the background is not substantial enough.

Scrim curtains with a single row of the smaller beads add a pretty touch of colour to the otherwise plain window.

Dimity, dotted swiss, scrim, plain net or grass linen are materials that are inexpensive as well as artistic.