Leaves These are stitches which lend themselves to depicting leaves. Leaves Stitches Chinese knot Closed fly stitch Colonial knot Cretan stitch (closed) Detached woven picot Double feather stitch Ermine stitch Fan (pattern) Feather stitch Feathered chain stitch Fern stitch Fishbone stitch Fly stitch French knot Leaf stitch (canvaswork) Leaf stitch (surface) Long-tailed daisy stitch Open fishbone stitch Point russe Raised fishbone stitch Raised leaf stitch Satin stitch Slanted satin stitch Straight stitch Thorn stitch Turned satin stitch