Counted thread embroidery patterns

Fabrics for embroidery are available in different thread counts and in cotton, linen, and blends. Find out which fabric is best for your project.

The white work embroidery is self-explanatory. The name alone hints at what this stitching is all about. It is the fine delicate embroidery done on white cloth with white thread, as seen on table l…

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Khamak shawl, Afghanistan Khamak is a fine hand embroidery technique. By counting the threads of the fabric weave in order to stitch geometric shapes with silk-thread, this art form is specifically...

Embroidery is a decorative needlecraft that uses yarn or thread on canvas or fabric, but can also incorporate materials such as beads, pearls, or ribbon.

Learn to make this elegant & beautiful drawn thread embroidery design, perfect for enhancing various projects. Speak your Heart through Hands & Happy Stitchi...

Today, we’ll take a quick delve into the archives here on Needle ‘n Thread and touch on some embroidery techniques that I really, really love but that I haven’t had a lot of time to indulge in. I’m remedying that with the next Stitch Snippet project that will launch in July (it’s called Sweet Marguerite ...

Examples of cross-stitches using different numbers of stands of floss across various fabric thread counts using full-cross stitches and half-cross (tent) stitching.

After Jane's comment on my previous post and her request for information about kogin, here are some photos of kogin stitched by my friend Keiko Hori. She learned how to stitch kogin while visiting Aomori prefecture over twenty years ago. I didn't know she stitched it (as well as sashiko, patchwork, quilting and counted embroidery techniques) until we got chatting about it in the supermarket in Yuza on my last trip. A couple of days later, I went to her house for a kogin lesson. I really…