- Alternating Chain Stitch (see Chain stitch, Alternating. Also called Checkered Chain, Two-Colored Chain, Magic Chain Stitch)
- Back Stitch
- Basket Stitch
- Basque Stitch
- Blanket Stitch
- Bonnet Stitch
- Braided Chain Stitch
- Bullion Knot Stitch
- Backstitch
Backstitch, Laced
Backstitch, Whipped
Basket Stitch (Spanish Stitch, Plait Stitch)
Beaded Drizzle Stitch (see Drizzle Stitch, Beaded)
Basque Stitch
Blanket Stitch (see Buttonhole Stitch; also called Spaced Buttonhole Stitch)
Bokhara Couching (Bokharan couching)
Braid Stitch (see Cable Plait Stitch; also called Figure Eight Stitch)
Braided Chain Stitch (see Hungarian Braided Chain Stitch)
Bullion Knots (Coil Stitch, Knot Stitch, Caterpillar Stitch, Worm Stitch, Roll Stitch, Post Stitch, Slug Stitch, Grub knot)
Bullion Buttonhole Wheels (with buttonholed edge)
Bullion Rose Bud
Bullion Stem Stitch
Buttonhole Stitch (Blanket Stitch)
Buttonhole, Detached (Detached Buttonhole Filling)
Buttonhole, Up & Down
Buttonhole Wheels -
- Backstitch
- Backstitched Chain Stitch
- Barb Stitch
- Basket Stitch
- Basque Knot
- Basque Stitch
- Berwick Stitch
- Blanket Stitch
- Blanket Stitch Filling
- Blanket Stitch Filling in Circles
- Blanket Stitch Sewing
- Bokhara Couching
- Brick Stitch
- Bullion Knot Stitch
- Bulls Head Stitch
- Burden Stitch
- Butterfly Chain Stitch
- Buttonhole Bar
- Buttonhole Shading
- Buttonhole Stitch
- Buttonhole Wheel
- Cable Chain Stitch
- Cable On Stitch
- Cable Plait Stitch
- Chain Stitch
- Chevron Stitch
- Couching Stitch
- Crested Chain Stitch
- Cretan Stitch
- Cross Stitch
- Cross Buttonhole Stitch
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Cable Chain Stitch
Cable Plait Stitch (Braid Stitch, Figure Eight Stitch)
Cast-On Stitch
Chain Stitch
Chain Stitch, Alternating (Checkered Chain Stitch, Magic Stitch, Two-Colored Chain Stitch)
Chain Stitch, Braided (see Hungarian Braided Chain Stitch)
Chain Stitch, Cable
Chain Stitch, Crested (Spanish Coral Stitch)
Chain Stitch, Detached (Daisy Stitch, Lazy Daisy)
Chain Stitch, Heavy
Chain Stitch, Knotted
Chain Stitch, Open (Square Chain Stitch)
Chain Stitch, Twisted
Chevron Stitch
Chinese Knot
Colonial Knot (Figure Eight Knot, Candlewick Knot)
Coral Stitch (Coral Knot Stitch, Beaded Stitch, German Knot Stitch, Knotted Stitch)
Couching -
- Cable Chain Stitch
- Ceylon Stitch
- Chain stitch (regular and reverse)
- Chain Stitch Filling
- Chevron Stitch
- Chevron Stitch Filling
- Closed Blanket Stitch
- Closed Cretan Stitch
- Closed Fly Stitch
- Closed Herringbone Stitch
- Colonial Knot
- Connected Fly Stitch
- Coral Stitch
- Corded Detached Blanket Stitch
- Couching Stitch
- Couching Stitch Filling
- Cretan Stitch
- Cross Stitch Filling
- Crossed Blanket Stitch
- Crossed Fly Stitch Filling
- Crown Stitch
- Double Chain Stitch
- Double Cross Stitch
- Drizzle Stitch
- Daisy Stitch (Detached Chain)
Detached Buttonhole (See Buttonhole, Detached; also called Detached Buttonhole Filling)
Diamond Stitch (Knotted Diamond Stitch)
Double Chain Stitch (see Chain Stitch, Double)
Double Feather Stitch (see Feather Stitch, Double)
Double Herringbone Stitch (see Herringbone Stitch, Double)
Drizzle Stitch
Drizzle Stitch, Beaded -
- Darning Stitch
- Detached Chain Stitch
- Double Blanket Stitch
- Double Chevron Stitch
- Double Chevron Stitch Filling
- Double Feather Stitch
- Double Lazy Daisy Stitch
- Double Threaded Back Stitch
- Double Threaded Running Stitch
- Duplicate Stitch
- Feather Stitch
- Fishbone Stitch
- Fly Stitch
- French Knot
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Feather Stitch
Feather Stitch, Double
Fern Stitch
Fishbone Stitch
Fishbone Stitch, Raised
Fly Stitch – Horizontal (Open Loop Stitch, Y Stitch)
Fly Stitch – Vertical
French Knot
French Knots, Elongated (see Pistil Stitch) - Ghiordes Knot (Turkey Work)
Granitos
Guilloche Stitch - Heavy Chain Stitch
- Herringbone Stitch
- Heavy Chain Stitch (see Chain Stitch, Heavy)
Herringbone Stitch
Herringbone Stitch, Double
Hungarian Braided Chain Stitch (Hungarian Braid Stitch, Hungarian Chain Stitch, Braided Chain Stitch) - Knotted Diamond Stitch
- Knotted Loop Stitch
- Knotted Stem Stitch
- Knotted Diamond Stitch (see Diamond Stitch)
Knotted Pearl Stitch (Reverse Palestrina Stitch) - Ladder Stitch
- Lazy Daisy Stitch
- Long and Short Stitch
- Laced Backstitch
Laced Running Stitch
Ladder Stitch
Lattice (Lattice Work, Lattice Stitch)
Laying Tool (How to use one)
Long & Short Stitch - Mountmellick Stitch
- Mountmellick Thorn Stitch
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- Magic Chain Stitch
- Maidenhair Stitch
- Meandering Stitch (Parallel Running Stitch)
- Mirrored Blanket Stitch
- Old English Knot Stitch (see Palestrina Stitch)
Open Chain Stitch (see Chain Stitch, Open; also called Square Chain Stitch)
Open Cretan Stitch
Outline Stitch
Oyster Stitch -
- Open Backstitch
- Open Chain Stitch
- Otomi Stitch
- Outline Stitch
- Overlock Stitch
- Palestrina Knot Stitch
- Pekinese Stitch
- Palestrina Stitch (Twilling, Double Knot Stitch, Old English Knot Stitch, Smyrna Stitch, Tied Coral Stitch)
Palestrina Stitch, Reversed (see Knotted Pearl Stitch)
Pistil Stitch (Elongated French Knots)
Plait Stitch (see Basket Stitch; also called Spanish Stitch)
Plaited Braid Stitch
Portuguese Knotted Stem Stitch - Rosette Chain Stitch
- Running Stitch
- Raised Cup Stitch
Raised Fishbone Stitch (see Fishbone, Raised)
Raised Stem Stitch (see Stem Stitch, Raised)
Reverse Palestrina Stitch (see Knotted Pearl Stitch)
Romanian Couching
Rope Stitch
Rose Leaf Stitch
Rose Leaf Stitch Bud
Rosette Chain Stitch
Running Stitch
Running Stitch, Whipped
Running Stitch, Laced - Satin Stitch
- Scroll Stitch
- Sheaf Stitch
- Shell Stitch
- Sorbello Stitch
- Spiderweb Stitch
- Split Stitch
- Stem Stitch
- Satin Stitch
Scroll Stitch
Seed Stitch
Shisha Stitch (Traditional)
Shisha, Variation 1
Shisha, Variation 2
Shisha, Variation 3 (Very Simple!)
Shisha with Beetle Wings
Spanish Stitch (see Basket Stitch; also called Plait Stitch)
Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch
Spider Web – Ribbed
Spider Web – Woven (see Woven Wheel)
Split Stitch
Square Chain Stitch (see Chain Stitch, Open)
Stem Stitch
Stem Stitch, Bullion (see Bullion Stem Stitch)
Stem Stitch, Raised -
- Satin Stitch
- Scallop Stitch
- Scotch Darning Stitch
- Scottish Cretan Stitch
- Scroll Stitch
- Seed Stitch (Rice Stitch)
- Sewing with Blanket Stitch
- Single Feather Stitch
- Sorbello Stitch
- Split Backstitch
- Split Stitch
- Split Stitch Filling
- Star Stitch
- Stem Stitch
- Stem Stitch Filling
- Stepped Running Stitch
- Straight Stitch
- Sun Wheel Stitch
- Surface Satin Stitch
- Twisted Chain Stitch
- Tambour Stitch (Chain Stitch with a tambour hook)
Trellis Stitch
Tulip Stitch
Turkey Work (Ghiordes Knot Stitch)
Turk’s Head Knot Stitch
Twilling (see Palestrina Stitch)
Twisted Chain Stitch - Up & Down Buttonhole Stitch (see Buttonhole, Up & Down)
- Vandyke Stitch
- Vandyke Stitch
Victorian Tufting - Whipped Back Stitch
- Woven Picot Stitch
- Woven Wheel Stitch
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Wheatear Stitch (Wheat Stitch)
Whipped Backstitch (see Backstitch, Whipped)
Whipped Running Stitch
Woven Filling
Woven Picot
Woven Wheel (Spider Web, Woven Circle)
Embroidery techniques and tips
- Long and Short Stitch for Round Shapes. Learn how to Embroider a Sphere and a Circle
- How to start and end embroidery stitches
- How to transfer a pattern with the lightbox method
- How to transfer embroidery pattern with tissue paper
- How to clean pattern transfer marks from fabric
- Difference between Blanket and Buttonhole stitches
References:
https://www.needlenthread.com/videos#Embroidery-Stitches-A-Z
https://practicalembroidery.eu/stitch-library/