Cable Chain Stitch
Cable Stitch
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Cable Stitch [1]
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Cable Stitch [2]
Sometimes called Cable Stitch in drawn fabric work.
Chained-border Stitch|292
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Candlewicking Knot
Colonial Knot|125
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Casalguidi
Castelguidi
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Cashmere Stitch
A canvas stitch.
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Cast-on Stitch
A common stitch in Brazilian embroidery.
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Catch Stitch
Herringbone Stitch|98
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Caterpillar Stitch
Bullion Knot|78
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Centipede Stitch
Loop Stitch|49
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Ceylon Stitch
A looped filling stitch.
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Chain of Grain
Portuguese Stem Stitch|59
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Chain Stitch
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Chain Stitch on Canvas
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Chained Feather Stitch
Feathered Chain Stitch|92
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Chained-Border Stitch
A drawn fabric stitch.
Cable Stitch
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Checker Filling Stitch
A drawn fabric stitch.
Chequer Filling Stitch
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Checker Stitch
Canvas stitch used for covering large areas.
Chequer Stitch
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Checkerboard Running Stitch
A simple Running Stitch variation that is formed with three or more lines of Running Stitch, each stitched under the spaces created of the previous line to form a checkered pattern. The example also shows a Checkerboard Running Stitch variation with Back Stitch above and below.
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Checkered Chain Band
Checkered Chain Stitch is worked over a foundation of evenly spaced horizontal Straight Stitches.
Chequered Chain Band
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Checkered Chain Stitch
A Chain Stitch variation that is worked with two different colored threads simultaneously.
Alternating Chain Stitch, Chequered Chain Stitch, Magic Chain Stitch, Magic Stitch
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Chessboard Filling Stitch [1]
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Chessboard Filling Stitch [2]
A drawn fabric filling stitch.
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Chevron Cross Stitch
A drawn fabric stitch.
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Chevron Stitch
A primary embroidery stitch worked from left to right along parallel lines. Rows of Chevron Stitch can be stacked to make an attractive border or filling.
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Chevron-Stem Stitch
Best worked in a frame or hoop. Horizontal foundation threads are spaced evenly within the are to be filled. The stitches are then looped around the horizontal threads without going through the fabric.
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Chinese Knot
Blind Knot, Forbidden Knot, Peking Knot
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Chinese Stitch
Pekinese Stitch|66
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Circular Couching
Spider's Web, Woven Spoke Stitch, Woven Spot, Woven Wheel
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Closed Base Picot
A needleweaving technique that creates a dimensional raised picot. The stitch is actually woven over a straight pin and the pin removed after the picot has been secured to the fabric.
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Closed Blanket Stitch
Closed Buttonhole Stitch|60
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Closed Buttonhole Stitch
A Blanket Stitch variation in which the vertical stitches are alternately angled to create triangles.
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Closed Cretan Stitch
Cretan Stitch|86
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Closed Feather Stitch
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Closed Herringbone Stitch
Used for shadow work. The reverse is Double Back Stitch.
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Closed Triple Back Stitch
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Closed Wave Stitch
Looped Shading Stitch
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Cloud Filling
A filling stitch found in Jacobean embroidery.
Mexican Stitch
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Cobbler Filling Stitch
A drawn fabric stitch.
Straight Overcast Ground
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Coil Stitch
Bullion Knot|78
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Colonial Knot
Candlewicking Knot
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Coral Knot
Coral Stitch|85
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Coral Stitch
Beaded Stitch, Coral Knot, German Knot Stitch, Knotted Stitch, Snail Trail
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Cord Stitch
Used for joining together two edges of material, such as the sides of a pillow cover.
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Corded Bar
Overcast Bar|261
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Cordonnet Stitch
Whipped Running Stitch|115
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Couched Filling
Trellis Couching|173
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Couching
A common method to create outlines and fill design areas. The most basic couching uses one thread to stitch another thread or group of threads, cording, etc to the background fabric. Commonly used in goldwork embroidery.
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Crested Chain Stitch
Spanish Coral Stitch
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Cretan Catch Stitch
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Cretan Open Filling Stitch
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Cretan Stitch
Long-armed Feather Stitch
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Crewel Stitch
Stem Stitch|65
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Crisscross Herringbone Stitch
Covers a large area quickly. Best with heavy thread and using a hoop. Herringbone Stitches may be tacked down at intersecting points with small Straight Stitches or Detached Chain Stitches.
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Cross & Straight Stitch
Each Cross Stitch is completed separately, with a Straight Stitch between each.
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Cross Stitch
A primary embroidery stitch.
Berlin Stitch, Counted Cross Stitch, Point de Marque, Sampler Stitch
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Cross Stitch Flower
A Cross Stitch variation that weaves two Cross Stitches together to form a flower.
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Cross Stitch on Canvas
Gros Point
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Crossed Back Stitch
Double Back Stitch|228
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Crossed Blanket Stitch
Crossed Buttonhole Stitch|87
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Crossed Buttonhole Stitch
More accurately called Crossed Blanket Stitch, as the vertical stitches, if uncrossed, would be spaced apart.
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Crossed Corners Cross Stitch
Rice Stitch|22
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Crossed Faggot Filling
A drawn fabric stitch. Single Faggot Stitch is worked over the entire area, over three threads instead of four. The second stage is worked into the large holes created.
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Crossed Fly Stitch
Fly Stitch Filling|314
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Crow's Foot
A tailoring technique, used to reinforce stress points on a garment, that can be used as an attractive embroidery motif.
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Crown Stitch
A loose horizontal stitch, held down by three vertical Straight Stitch rays.
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Crowned Fly Stitch
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Cushion Stitch
A drawn fabric stitch. It has been noted that Cushion Stitch is sometimes used as an alternate name for Florentine Stitch.
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