FLAT STITCH

1. Back stitch Very flat line; bring needle back and return

2. Battlement couching Similar to Jacobean couching using 3 different

colors

3. Couching Line or filling stitch

4. Chevron stitch Start lower bring the needle and make it to the
right.

5. Cross stitch Complete one half of the cross at a time

6. Dot stitch Similar to running stitch but slightly raised

appearance

7. Fishbone stitch Overlap slightly at the center forming a vein.

8. Herringbone stitch Wide line stitch to fill a simple shape

9. Jacobean Couching Stitch for flower centers

10. Long and short Stitches alternately long and short

stitch

11. Roumanian stitch Lay a satin stitch and with the slanting stitch
across the center

12. Running stitch Taken in and out of an equal length of fabric

13. Satin stitch Straight stitches are repeated side by side

14. Seeding stitch For filling, small straight stitches of equal length
placed at random

15. Split stitch Stitch or in rows to form a broken surface

16. Stem stitch Very versatile, single fine line and raised in a
broad line

17. Straight stitch Single and spaced and can be used either in a
regular or irregular pattern or uneven in size

18. Surface satin stitch Slightly broken appearance and use less wool
than satin

19. Thorn stitch Length of yarn is tied to the surface of the

fabric with a decorative stitch
 LOOPED STITCH
1. Buttonhole stitch Versatile stitch for a single row
and neat edging or filling stitch

2. Open buttonhole wheel Stitch toward imagined center

point

3. Buttonhole wheel Taken formed into a center point

in a small hole

4. Chain stitch Bring the needle out on the

design line

5. Detached buttonhole Chain or buttonhole across the

shape to be filled

6. Detached chain Round or with a tail as for fly

stitch

7. Fly stitch Take it in opposite side and bring

it out again

8. Resettle chain Attractive stitch worked into 2

movements

9. Wheatear stitch 2 straight converging stitches

KNOT STICHES
1. Coral Knot Line stitch, knots can worked
closely as spaces

2. French knot Closely or widely spaced.