Knowra Embroidery Embroidery Embroidery decorates fabric by stitching thread or other materials onto it. Designs can be worked by hand or machine, with stitches forming lines, textures, and filled areas.
Embroidery stitch : A thread loop or pass through fabric that forms a basic unit of embroidery. Different stitch structures create the lines, textures, and filled shapes used in embroidery.
Cross-stitch : An embroidery technique that builds designs from crossed stitches, often arranged on an even-weave grid. Its repeated X-shaped units make a design through a distinctive, countable stitch system.
Coptic textiles : Textiles produced in Egypt during the late Roman and early medieval periods, often featuring woven or embroidered decoration. Surviving examples preserve early needlework and textile designs.
Sashiko : A Japanese stitching tradition using repeated running stitches for reinforcement and decorative patterning. It combines visible decoration with the practical reinforcement of cloth.
Betsy Ross flag : A thirteen-star American flag associated by tradition with Betsy Ross, though the story lacks firm contemporary evidence. Its contested history illustrates how needlework became attached to national mythology.
Embroidery floss : A divisible thread, commonly made of cotton, used for hand embroidery. Its strands can be separated to vary thread thickness and stitch appearance.
Chain stitch : A stitch formed from linked loops of thread on a fabric surface. Linked loops create a continuous line that can outline or fill embroidered motifs.
Bayeux Tapestry : An eleventh-century embroidered linen hanging depicting the Norman Conquest of England. Despite its name, it is a major surviving work of embroidery.
Boro : A Japanese textile practice of patching and stitching worn cloth for continued use. Its visible repairs show embroidery-adjacent stitching serving reuse and durability.
The Subversive Stitch : Rozsika Parker's 1984 book examining embroidery, gender, and the history of women's work. It reframed embroidery as both a craft and a site of social meaning.
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