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  2. Stitch (textile arts) - Wikipedia

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    Chain stitch, made with one thread; Lockstitch, made with two threads; Overlock, made with one to five threads; Coverstitch, made with two or four threads (a twine) More advanced machine stitches mimic traditional hand stitches using variations on the basic stitches. [2] Many of these stitches though found centuries ago, are still used today.

  3. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    stitch A stitch is a single turn or loop of the thread or yarn in sewing, knitting, and embroidery. All stitches made with a sewing needle with an "eye" or hole are variations on seven basic stitches: running stitch, backstitch, overcast stitch, cross stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, chain stitch, and knot stitch. [30]

  4. Stitch (Lilo & Stitch) - Wikipedia

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    Stitch, also known as Experiment 626 (pronounced "six two six"), is a fictional character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise.A genetically engineered, extraterrestrial life-form resembling a blue koala, he is the more prominent of the franchise's two title protagonists, the other being his human adopter and best friend Lilo Pelekai.

  5. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    The chest drain stitch and corner stitch are variations of the horizontal mattress. [citation needed] Other stitches or suturing techniques include: Purse-string suture, a continuous, circular inverting suture which is made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. [13] [14] Figure-of-eight stitch; Subcuticular stitch ...

  6. Knitting - Wikipedia

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    Alternating wales of red and yellow knit stitches. Each stitch in a wale is suspended from the one above it. Like weaving, knitting is a technique for producing a two-dimensional fabric made from a one-dimensional yarn or thread. In weaving, threads are always straight, running parallel either lengthwise (warp threads) or crosswise (weft threads).

  7. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

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    Sailmaker's stitch – may refer to any of the hand stitches used for stitching canvas sails, including the flat stitch, round stitch, baseball stitch, herringbone stitch. [2] Slip stitch – form of blind stitch for fastening two pieces of fabric together from the right side without the thread showing

  8. Is 'the husband stitch' a medical myth? Women speak out ... - AOL

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    Thompson believes there’s a connection between the husband stitch and the rates of modern maternal care’s use of the episiotomy — an incision) made in the perineum, which is tissue between ...

  9. Needlepoint - Wikipedia

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    Canvases may be stitch-painted, meaning each thread intersection is painstakingly painted so that the stitcher has no doubts about what color is meant to be used at that intersection. Alternatively, they may be hand-painted, meaning that the canvas is painted by hand but the stitcher will have to use their judgment about what colors to use if a ...