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  2. Counted-thread embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Counted cross-stitch embroidery, Hungary, mid-20th century. Counted-thread embroidery is any embroidery in which the number of warp and weft yarns in a fabric are methodically counted for each stitch, resulting in uniform-length stitches and a precise, uniform embroidery pattern. [1]

  3. Assisi embroidery - Wikipedia

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    In the oldest pieces, the figures were drawn freehand on the fabric and surrounded with Holbein stitch. The background, often cream linen, [2] was filled as well as possible. For more modern pieces the pattern was constructed carefully on a paper grid in much the same way as counted cross-stitch patterns are created.

  4. Couching - Wikipedia

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    In Roumanian stitch, long satin stitches are each held in place with a small diagonal stitch made in the center. In Roumanian couching, bundles of laid threads are held in place with Roumanian stitches. In underside couching, a heavy couching thread (historically, a stout linen) is brought up from the wrong side of the work, looped over the ...

  5. Cross-stitch - Wikipedia

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    Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches (called cross stitches) in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture. The stitcher counts the threads on a piece of evenweave fabric (such as linen ) in each direction so that the stitches are of uniform size and appearance.

  6. Drawn thread work - Wikipedia

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    Drawn thread embroidery is a very early form of open work embroidery, and is the basis of lace.Drawn thread work from the 12th century was known as Opus Tiratum and Punto Tirato [1] from the Arab Tiraz workshops in Palermo.

  7. Cross stitches - Wikipedia

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    Canvas work in cross stitch became popular again in the mid-19th century with the Berlin wool work craze. Herringbone, fishbone, Van Dyke, and related crossed stitches are used in crewel embroidery, especially to add texture to stems, leaves, and similar objects. Basic cross stitch is used to fill backgrounds in Assisi work. [3]