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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. [1] Fly stitch is categorized with the featherstitches.
Feather stitches can be used for a wide variety of purposes, including foliage, and branches borders, smocking, and crazy quilting. Most are looped stitches, worked alternatively from left to right. [5]: 60–61 They can be worked on plain or even-weave fabrics. [6]: 28–29 Feather stitch; Closed feather stitch; Maidenhair stitch
These stitches and their variations are named according to the position of the needle and direction of sewing (running stitch, backstitch), the form or shape of the stitch (chain stitch, feather stitch) or the purpose of the stitch (tailor's tack, hem stitch). [2] Sewing machine stitches are classified by their structure:
Beads, cloth, feathers, feather quills, leather, porcupine quills Rasht embroidery: Rasht, Gilan Province, Iran Chain stitch: Felt, silk thread Redwork: United States: Backstitch, outline stitch Red thread, white cloth Richelieu Purportedly from 16th century Italy, revival in 19th century England and France: Buttonhole stitch: White thread ...
types of hand sewing stitches. This is a list of stitches used in hand and machine sewing.The most common standard for stitches in the apparel industry is ASTM International ASTM D6193-16(2020) [1] The standard also covers various types of seams.
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Aran knitting patterns are heavily textured knitting patterns which are named after the Aran Islands, which are located off the west coast of Ireland from County Galway and County Clare. The patterns are knitted into socks, hats, vests, scarves, mittens, afghans, pillow covers, [ 1 ] and, most commonly, sweaters.