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Stitch Picture Dictionary

This Embroidery Stitch Picture Dictionary will help you to identify the stitches even if you don’t know the names! Dig through our embroidery stitch library of 300 stitches below—click over a picture and go directly to the stitch tutorial page. When I started researching and documenting hand embroidery stitches way...

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Knotted Cretan Stitch

This is a variation of the Cretan stitch. It shows a technique where knots can be added on the elbows to give it a decorative look. The thicker the thread, the bigger the knot that will be formed. It can look similar to a zigzagged coral stitch. I will work...

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Scottish Cretan Stitch

The Scottish Cretan stitch is a decorative variation of the Cretan stitch. Blocks of Cretan stitches are made to make a beautiful pattern for a border. The look can be varied by making the Cretan stitches bigger or smaller, or closed or open. You need to know the Cretan stitch...

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Cretan Stitch Family

About the Cretan Stitch Family This family of stitches originated from the island of Crete, Greece. The women of this region have been using the Cretan Stitch and its variations for several centuries. These stitches can be used for fillings, borders, and botanical patterns. This stitch has a technical style...

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Hand Embroidery Stitches and Stitch Families

About Hand Embroidery Stitches Stitching or sewing has a history dating back to prehistoric times. It is believed, with archaeological pieces of evidence, that sewing must have come into being since the stone ages when people had begun to sew to attach pieces of animal skin using needles made of...