Knotted stitch
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A knotted stitch is any embroidery technique in which the yarn or thread is knotted around itself. Common knotted stitches include French knots and coral stitch.[1][2] Knotted stitches can be subdivided into individual or detached knots, continuous knotted stitches, and knotted edgings.
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[edit] Applications
Individual knots are often found used as detached filling stitches.[2]
Knotted edgings are used as a decorative trims, and can also be used to fill open spaces in cutwork and in needlelace.
[edit] Detached knots
Individual knots include: [1] [2]
- French knot
- Bullion knot
- Four-legged knot stitch
- Turk's head knot
[edit] Knot gallery
 French knots |
 Bullion knot |
 Bullion knots |
 Four-legged knot stitch |
 Turk's head knot |
[edit] Continuous stitches
Knotted stitches include:[1] [2] [3]
- Ceylon stitch
- Coral stitch or coral knots
- Zig-zag coral stitch
- Double knot stitch
- Knotted cable chain stitch, a knotted variant of cable chain stitch
[edit] Stitch gallery
 Ceylon stitch |
 Coral stitch |
 Zig-zag coral stitch |
 Double knot stitch |
 Double knot variation |
 Knotted cable chain stitch |
[edit] Knotted edgings
Knotted edgings include: [3]
- Antwerp edging
- Armenian edging
- Hollie stitch
[edit] Edging gallery
 Antwerp edging |
 Armenian edging |
 Hollie stitch |
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery, Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964, ISBN 0-442-22318-8, p. 153-163
- ^ a b c d Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). ISBN 0-89577-059-8, p. 42-43
- ^ a b Christie, Grace (Mrs. Archibald), Samplers and Stitches, a handbook of the embroiderer's art, London 1920
[edit] References
- Caulfield, S.F.A., and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.
- Christie, Mrs. Archibald (Grace Christie), Embroidery and Tpestry Weaving, London, John Hogg, 1912, online at Project Gutenberg
- Christie, Mrs. Archibald (Grace Christie), Samplers and Stitches, a handbook of the embroiderer's art, London 1920
- Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery, Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964, ISBN 0-442-22318-8
- Reader's Digest, Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). ISBN 0-89577-059-8
