About RSN Stitch Bank
Goldwork
Goldwork is the use of various types of metal threads and embellishments to adorn fabric. The majority of the metal thread remains on the surface of the fabric. Goldwork is historically associated with high-status embroidery due to the cost of the materials.
Goldwork techniques can be worked in silver or other metal threads.
Goldwork Stitches
Basketweave (goldwork)
Bricking
Carpet felt padding
Chipping
Couching around a right-angle
Couching in a circle (goldwork)
Cutwork purls over soft string
Elizabethan twist application
Felt padding
Finishing stitch
Flat cutwork (goldwork)
Hard string padding (goldwork)
Holding stitch
Pearl purl application
Pekinese stitch
Plate application
Plunging
S-ing (goldwork)
Soft string padding
Spangles held on with purls
Turning metal thread couching
Underside couching