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Couched

Couched stitches are used to hold a laid thread in place using either the same thread or a contrasting one. These stitches are normally small and worked at regular intervals to secure the laid thread in place. They are always worked over the laid thread, they never pierce it.

Couched Stitches

Basketweave (goldwork) Battlement couching Bricking Cloud filling stitch Couched herringbone stitch Couching Couching around a right-angle Couching in a circle (goldwork) Cross bar filling trellis Cross bar with link trellis Elizabethan twist application Fly stitch filling Hard string padding (goldwork) Interlaced cross bar Oblong double-tied cross stitch Pearl purl application Pineapple half drop stitch Plate application Rococo stitch Romanian couching Soft string padding Tapered trailing Thorn stitch Tied Gobelin stitch Tied pavilion stitch Trailing Trellis Turning metal thread couching Underside couching Web stitch