Surface Stitches

A-D    E-H    I-L    M-P    Q-T    U-Z

A-D

Algerian eye

Arrowhead

            Stacked arrowhead

            Threaded arrowhead

Arrowhead (variation 1)

Arrowhead (variation 2)

Back

            Double back

            Doubled padded back

            Pulled back

            Pulled back (variation 1)

            Spaced back

            Spaced double back

            Split back

            Threaded back

            Trellis back

            Triple back

Back and running

Basket

            Open basket

            Open basket filling

Basket filling

Bayeux

Bosnia

Braid

Breton

Brick

Bullion knot

            Chained bullion knot     

            Raised bullion knot

Burden

Buttonhole

            Alternating buttonhole

            Alternating buttonhole and straight feather

            Alternating chained buttonhole

            Chain and up and down buttonhole

            Closed buttonhole

            Crossed buttonhole

            Detached buttonhole filling

            Detached buttonhole filling with straight stitch return

            Detached knotted buttonhole filling

            Detached open buttonhole filling

            Double buttonhole

            Double buttonhole filling with straight stitch return

            Grouped buttonhole

            Spaced buttonhole

            Tailor's buttonhole

            Up and down buttonhole

Buttonhole cup

Buttonhole scallops

Buttonhole (variation 1)

Buttonhole (variation 2)

Ceylon

Chain

            Broad chain

            Cable chain

            Checkered chain

            Closed double chain

            Closed square chain

            Crested chain

            Detached chain

            Detached chain and buttonhole

            Detached chain and straight

            Detached twisted chain

            Double chain

            Heavy chain

            Hungarian braided chain

            Knotted cable chain

            Rosette chain

            Square chain

            Tambour chain

            Threaded chain

            Twisted chain

            Whipped chain

            Zigzag chain

            Zigzag twisted chain

Chevron

Chinese knot

Cloth

Coral knot

Coral knot (variation 1)

Couched filling

Couched honeycomb filling

Couching

            Bokhara couching

            Couching with detached chain and buttonhole

            Hemstitch couching

            Padded couching

            Roumanian couching

            Underside couching

            Upright cross couching

Couching and straight and overcast

Couching (variation 1)

Cretan

            Closed Cretan

            Knotted Cretan

            Open Cretan

Cretan and chain

Cretan and chain triangle

Cretan and chain triangle (variation 1)

Cretan and herringbone

Cretan and herringbone (variation 1)

Cretan and herringbone (variation 2)

Cretan and long stem

Cretan and long stem (variation 1)

Cretan (variation 1)

Cretan (variation 2)

Cross

            Diagonal cross

            Double cross

            Greek cross

            Greek cross filling

            Half cross

            Half padded cross

            Interlaced cross

            Italian cross

            Long-armed cross

            Montenegrin

            Oblong cross

            Padded cross

            Tied cross

            Upright cross

Cross and straight

Cross and upright cross

Cross-form

Cross (variation 1)

Darning

            Damask darning

            Double darning

            Overcast zigzag darning

            Pattern darning

            Surface darning

Dot

Dove’s eye

Dove’s eye filling

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E-H

Eastern

Eye

Eyelet filling

Faggot

            Double faggot

            Reverse faggot

            Single faggot

            Single faggot (variation 1)

            Single faggot (variation 2)

Feather

            Long-armed feather

            Single feather

            Single feather over withdrawn element

            Slanted feather

            Slanted double feather

            Straight feather

            Straight double feather

Feather (variation 1)

Fern

Fishbone

            Open fishbone

            Raised fishbone

Five strand catch

Flat

Fleur-de-lis

Florentine

Fly

            Long-armed fly

Four-sided

Four-sided (variation 1)

Four-sided (variation 2)

French

French filling

French knot

           Long-stemmed French knot

Ghost

Gobelin

            Encroaching Gobelin

            Slanting Gobelin

            Straight Gobelin

Hemstitch

            Antique hemstitch

            Diamond hemstitch

            Double hemstitch

            Ladder hemstitch

            Zigzag hemstitch

Hemstitch (variation 1)

Herringbone

            Closed herringbone

            Double herringbone

            Double interlaced herringbone

            Laced herringbone

            Threaded herringbone

            Tied herringbone

Hollie

Honeycomb

            Deflected honeycomb filling

            Honeycomb filling           

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I-L

Interlaced band

Italian squared ground

Lace filling

            Whipped lace filling

Lace filling (variation 1)

Ladder

Ladder filling

Laid work

Linen

Lock

Long and short

Loop

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M-P

Maltese cross

Maltese cross filling

One-sided insertion

Outline

            Encroaching outline

            Long outline

Overcast

            Detached overcast

Overcast and herringbone

Overcast stem

Palestrina knot

Pekinese

Pekinese (variation 1)

Petal

Pin

Punch

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Q-T

Roumanian

Running

            Double running

            Double running (variation 1)

            Double running (variation 2)

            Threaded running

            Threaded zigzag double running

            Whipped running

            Zigzag double running

Running (variation 1)

Russian drawn filling

Russian overcast filling

Satin

            Encroaching satin

            Encroaching surface satin

            Padded encroaching satin

            Padded satin

            Pulled satin

            Slanted satin

            Surface satin

            Surface satin (variation 1)

Satin (variation 1)

Scroll

Seed

Sheaf

Slanting slav

            Padded slanting slav

Sorbello

Spider web lozenge

Split

Square boss

Stem

            Alternating stem

            Encroaching stem

            Long stem

            Raised stem band

            Tied stem

Stem and outline

Straight

            Interlaced straight

Straight and back

            Diagonal straight and back

            Diagonal straight and back (variation 1)

Straight and back (variation 1)

Sword edging

Tent

            Basket weave tent

            Continental tent

            Vertical tent

Three-sided

Triangular two-sided Turkish

Triangular two-sided Turkish (variation 1)

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U-Z

Vandyke

Wave

            Reversed wave

Wave filling

Wave stitch filling

Web

Woven bar

Woven circle filling

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