Alternate Name: Straight-line Stitch Related: Arrowhead Stitch
An Arrowhead Stitch variation. Worked back and forth, from right to left and back again. Creates an overall diamond pattern.

Related: Woven Hem Stitch
A drawn thread stitch that requires alternately drawing out two threads and leaving two threads to create a square grid, or lattice, foundation. The remaining threads are Whipstitched together and the design woven in, either horizontally or verically.

A canvas stitch that creates a close, woven effect for background fillings.

Related: Tête de Boeuf Stitch, Detached Wheatear Stitch
Worked along a vertical line, top to bottom. The two diagonal lines are stitched first as an anchor for the loop.

Common Name: Buttonhole Stitch Wheel

A variation of Overcast Stitch in which the stitches are spaced apart. Used in hand-sewing to stitch seams and hems. In embroidery it is most often seen in combination with other stitches.

Considered by some to be a more accurate method of outlining a curved shape than Outline Stitch. Creates a slightly raised line.

Alternate Name: Whipped Buttonhole Stitch

Related: Chain Stitch, Whip Stitch
A composite stitch made up of Chain Stitch whipped with the same or contrasting thread.

Alternate Name: Cordonnet Stitch A line of Running Stitch in which the stitches are whipped together with a similar or complimentary color.

A raised effect used for leaf fillings, etc.

Common Name: Back Stitched Spider's Web, Raised Spider's Web, Ribbed Wheel

Related: Outline Stitch, Stem Stitch, Whip Stitch
To create a heavier outline, a foundation of Stem/Outline Stitch is gone over with Whip Stitch that encircles the foundation line but doesn't pierce the fabric.

Related: Encroaching Gobelin Stitch, Gobelin Stitch
A variation of Gobelin Stitch. Each stitch is longer and more slanted, being stitched over two vertical and three horizontal threads of the canvas.

Common Name: Rice Stitch

Alternate Name: Straight Line Stitch A drawn fabric stitch. Reverses to Double Stitch Filling.

Common Name: Bullion Knot

Alternate Name: Queen Anne Stitch

Alternate Name: Openwork Insertion Stitch, Needle Weaving

A labor-intensive edge decoration that produces a fairly large picot. Best worked with a firm, heavy thread and requiring a straight pin to support the picot until completed.

Common Name: Spider's Web, Woven Spoke Stitch, Woven Spot, Woven Wheel

Common Name: Fly Stitch

Related: Arrowhead Stitch, Interlaced Yugoslav Border Stitch
Similiar in appearance to Arrowhead Stitch, but worked more along the lines of Holbein Stitch.

Common Name: Twisted Zigzag Chain (?)

Related: Zigzag Chain Stitch
A variation of Cable Stitch.

Alternate Name: Vandyke Chain Stitch Related: Zigzag Cable Stitch
Worked in the same way as Chain Stitch, but along two parallel lines to form a zigzag pattern. To keep the angled loops lying flat, when reinserting the needle through the fabric, stitch through the end of the last loop.

Worked in the same manner as Coral Stitch, from right to left, but along two parallel lines with the knots formed in a zigzag, rather than a straight line. Makes an attractive border.

Worked in along two parallel lines, from right to left and then left to right following the same guidelines. Best used as a border, but could probably be used to fill a rectangular area.