Structural Category	Flat
Specific Usage	Surface
Other Names	Brick; Irish; Leaf; Opus Plumarium; Plumage; Shading; Tapestry Shading

Comments

The first row is made up of alternating long and short Satin stitches. Subsequent rows are worked with equal sized Satin stitches.

Diagrams

For diagrams, see Snook, Barbara. Needlework Stitches, p. 49.

Bibliographic Sources

Enthoven, Jacqueline. The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, p. 61.
Snook, Barbara. Needlework Stitches, p. 49.
Thomas, Mary. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1989), p. 104.
Wilson, Erica. Erica Wilson's Embroidery Book, p. 41.