The star stitch is a canvas embroidery stitch consisting of eight straight stitches, all worked into the same central mesh with their outer edges arranged together to form a star. The squares can be worked individually or in rows. This stitch is used in Hardanger work and drawn-thread work.
Stem stitch (also known as crewel stitch, point de cable or stalk stitch) is an embroidery technique creating a cabled effect along the line of the embroidery design.
With the outline stitch, the thread is taken forward on the surface of the cloth, then taken to the back and moved backwards and up again next to the thread on the surface.
A split stitch (Fr: point fendu) is an embroidery technique that closely resembles the chain stitch. The split stitch is formed when the working thread, after a small straight stitch, is taken backwards underneath the ground cloth, but instead of coming up next to the thread on top (as in outline stitch and stem stitch), the point of the needle ‘splits’ the working thread, and the needle/thread is pulled through the split portion.
A buttenhole eyelet (also known as a buttonhole wheel, buttonhole stitch wheel, or wheel stitch) is a technique worked as a buttonhole stitch, but in circular form rather than in a straight line. Each stitch is worked into the same central hole in order to create one large hole in the centre.
The double buttonhole stitch is an embroidery technique consisting of two rows of buttonhole stitches or blanket stitches. A row of stitches are worked leaving a space between each stitch and then the work is turned around 180 degrees and another row of stitches is worked, making sure that the stitches of the second row fit into the spaces left by the first. Sometimes another thread or a ribbon is threaded through the stitches.
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The fly stitch is an embroidery technique with a characteristic V-shape, which can be worked singularly (detached) or in rows.
The straight stitch (also known as stroke stitch) is a simple technique that consists of one or more single (isolated) stitches of various lengths and worked in the same or various directions.
The chain stitch is an ancient embroidery technique, used in many parts of the world, in which a series of interconnecting loops are made with a needle or a small hook. The chain stitch has been identified from garments found in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun