palestrina stitch
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...
Basque Knot
Also known as: Basque Loop Stitch, Knotted Loop Stitch, Knotted Pearl Stitch This stitch is worked from right to left and has a wider base with the knot falling on the stitch line. It looks like a barbed knotted stitch. Traditionally basque loop is used with the Basque stitch (of...
Pearl Knot Stitch
This stitch is a very simple stitch worked from right to left. Make these stitches close enough to see it look like like a string of pearls, which explains the name. I will be working over a single stitch line. Fig 1: Begin by bringing out the needle at the...
Stitch Dictionary
The stitch dictionary is arranged in alphabetical order and will help you to go to a stitch directly. Just click on the alphabet given in the index to go to the stitch beginning with that alphabet. Some stitches are known by multiple names and all names are included here. Hovering...
Sorbello Stitch
Sorbello Stitch is also known as Punto de Sorbello [ES], Point de Sorbello [FR], Sorbello-Knoten [DE], Punto Sorbello [IT], Ponto Sorbello [PT]. About the Sorbello Stitch The Sorbello Stich originated from Sorbello, a small village near Naples. It is an even-weave fabric stitch and looks like a series of...
Triple Palestrina Stitch
About the Triple Palestrina Stitch This stitch is just a Palestrina stitch with an extra knot. This makes the knot look bigger and fuller. You need to know the Palestrina stitch to be able to do this stitch. How to do the Triple Palestrina Stitch Fig 1: Lay one Palestrina...
Reversed Palestrina Stitch
About the Reversed Palestrina Stitch This stitch is worked similarly to the Palestrina Stitch but in an entirely reversed fashion. We work this from right to left. What was right becomes left, and left becomes right. The top becomes the bottom, and the bottom becomes the top. 😀 How to...
Palestrina Stitch
Palestrina Stitch is also known as Double knot stitch, Tied coral stitch, Old English knot stitch, Twilling stitch, Purl stitch [EN], Punto de Palestrina [ES], Point de Palestrina [FR], Palestrinastich [DE], Punto Palestrina [IT], Ponto de Palestrina [PT]. About the Palestrina Stitch Palestrina stitch has its origin in the village...
Palestrina Family
About the Palestrina Family Palestrina Stitch and most of its members draw their origin from Italy. This stitch forms an essential part of many of Italy’s ancient embroideries. The characteristic of this stitch is a line with knots. Usually, these knots are near placed, but variations can lead to longer...
