Saddle Stitch Variations
See “The Three Saddle Stitches”.
- multicolor: candy stripe
Exterior Embellishments
one or more threads woven in the stitches
Exterior Running Stitch
Exterior Rope
Exterior Loops
also known as “Norvegese” or “Goiser” or “Chain”
- Single-Color
- Two-Tone
Exterior Crosses
A few tips:
- Space the holes slightly further apart than usual for the thickness of the stitching thread.
- Use thinner thread for the decorative crosses than for the stitches. For example, 0.030″ Maine Thread twisted waxed cord for the crosses and 0.040″ Maine Thread twisted waxed cord for the stitches.
- Don’t put the decorative thread through needles, just stitch the bare ends through the loops. You may want a needle for burying the ends of the thread at the end of the stitch line.
Multiple Stitches Per Hole
Crosses and Knotwork
- Only punch the holes on the outside of the pattern, not in the center where strands intersect.
- Don’t backstitch at the end to finish. Create a rectangular pattern at the end and backstitch there.
- Prepare all the threads at one time, bunched together.
Two-Cord / Crosses
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Three-Cord
- Only punch the holes on the outside of the pattern, not in the center where strands intersect
- Middle goes short. Top goes long.
Four-Cord
- Easier to stitch one thread from beginning to end, then the next, and so on.
Multiple Stitch Lines
- Parallel Lines
- Staggered Lines
Parallel Lines
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Offset Lines
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Offset Crosses
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