A couple of years ago when I was doing a Paula Vaughan that required backstitching a lot of twigs, I was unsatisfied with the disjointed way the backstitching looked. I overwrapped that backstitching, and I liked how it looked so much I've overwrapped backstitching ever since, even when the backstitching lay in the trough. It gives it a nice "rope" look, and more substantial (less cartoonish, I think Jim called it), and smooths out the curves.
Does anyone else do this? Has anyone else heard of this? If you have, what is it called?
I would like to convey this in my instructions, but don't know where to start looking for references.
TIA