Structural Category	Composite
Specific Usage	Join; Surface
Other Names	Masking; Russian Joining

Comments

Barbara Snook describes this stitch as a surface stitch. Jacqueline Enthoven describes it as a surface stitch or a join.

Diagrams

For diagrams, see Enthoven, Jacqueline. The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, p. 224, fig. 581.

Bibliographic Sources

Enthoven, Jacqueline. The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, p. 224, fig. 581.
Snook, Barbara. Needlework Stitches, p. 27.