Structural Category	Couched
Specific Usage	Surface
Other Names

Comments

This stitch is used only on double canvas. It is a form of couching.

Diagrams

For diagrams, see Thomas, Mary. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1989), p. 131. 

Bibliographic Sources

Lantz, Sherlee and Maggie Lane. A Pageant of Pattern for Needlepoint Canvas, p. 278.
Snook, Barbara. Needlework Stitches, p. 77.
Thomas, Mary. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1989), p. 131.
Wilson, Erica. Erica Wilson's Embroidery Book, p. 160.