Embroidery stitches

thumb|Cross-stitch Sampler (needlework)|sampler, [[Germany]] alt=A cross stitch approximation of the Wikimedia Commons symbol using three thread colors and 28 count Aida cloth. The image is a focus stack of 9 images.|thumb|Example of a modern counted cross-stitch - Wikimedia Commons logo stitched on 28 count Aida cloth Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches (called cross stitches) in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture. The stitcher counts the threads on a piece of evenweave fabric (such as linen) in each

embroidery stitch made by looping yarn under the needle to form simple or complex chains, with many variations

flat embroidery stitch

thumb|"Cashmere darn", a fine darning technique for twill fabric thumb|"Swiss darning" to repair knits

right|thumb|250px|Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry showing text and outlines in stem stitch.

thumb|right|Nakshi Kantha|Traditional kantha stitching in [[Bangladesh]] Kantha (Bengali: কাঁথা; Hindi: कान्था), also spelled kanta or qanta, is a type of embroidery craft in Bangladesh and eastern regions of India, particularly in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Odisha. thumb|Antique quilted kantha inscribed with the meditative chant Ram Krishna, courtesy the Wovensouls collection, Singapore In Odisha, old saris are stacked on each other and hand-stitched to make a thin piece of cushion. This is normally used above a bed cushion or instead of a cushion. Kantha saris are traditi

thumb|Detail of a mid-19th-century kimono decorated using , with white [[cotton threads on an indigo-dyed plain weave background (Metropolitan Museum of Art)]] thumb|upright=2|Child's sleeping mat (), late 1800s. The stitches are decorative, but also functional; they hold the pieced cotton rags together

small linear stitch sewn in a line by passing a needle in and out of the fabric

decorative stitch used primarily in embroidery

stitch to reinforce edges or for decoration

thumb|Counted stitch blackwork, 1530s (left), and free stitch blackwork, 1590s (right).

right|thumb|200px|Drawing of Cretan embroidery in closed Cretan stitch from Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, 1912 right|thumb|150px|Featherstitch Featherstitch or feather stitch and Cretan stitch or faggoting stitch are embroidery techniques made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib. Fly stitch is categorized with the featherstitches.

type of sewing stitch

x-shaped embroidery stitch

embroidery stitch worked to look the same from both sides