Pekinese stitch
How the Pekinese stitch is worked, what it is used for, and the stitches that go with it.
- Family
- line
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Thread use (x)Line, knot, detached, couching, edging and composite stitches: cm of thread per cm of stitched line. Filling stitches: cm of thread per square cm of solid cover with all six strands (halve the strands and the figure doubles). Working figures used by the thread length estimator; they include the thread on the back but not starts and ends.
- 4.6 x
- Used for
- A decorative braided line for borders and outlines, often in two colours.
- How it works
- A row of back stitch laced with a second thread that loops forward under one stitch and back under the previous one, forming small interlocking loops along the top edge of the line.
- Related stitchesStitches built from this one, or worked the same way
- Back stitch
Nearby in embroidery stitches6 of 35