Structural Category	Couched
Specific Usage	Surface
Other Names	Couching; Short

Comments

Spaced threads are laid horizontally and held in place by vertical couching stitches. This stitch is easily shaded.

Diagrams

For diagrams, see Snook, Barbara. Needlework Stitches, p. 42.

Bibliographic Sources

Snook, Barbara. Needlework Stitches, p. 42.
Thomas, Mary. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1989), p. 92.
Wilson, Erica. Erica Wilson's Embroidery Book, p. 56.