Knotted stitch
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A knotted stitch, also known as knot stitch, is any embroidery technique in which the yarn or thread is knotted around itself. A knotted stitch is a type of decorative embroidery stitches which form three-dimensional knots on the surface of a textile.[1] Common knotted stitches include French knots, coral stitch,[2][3] and Pekin knot (also known as forbidden stitch, Pekin stitch, and seed stitch)[4][5] which is sometimes also referred as French knot although there is a difference in techniques between these two stitches.[1] Knotted stitches can be subdivided into individual or detached knots, continuous knotted stitches, and knotted edgings.
History
[edit | edit source]Knotted embroidery originated in ancient China; the oldest example of it dates from the Warring States period in the form a pair of silk shoes.[1] Knotted embroidery was popular in the Han dynasty and fine silk clothing were embellished with the Pekin knot in this period.[1] Knotted embroidery were also used on the mandarin square of the Ming and Qing court clothing of officials.[1] The Pekin knot is one of the two main types of Chinese embroidery stitches, with the other being the satin stitch.[5]
Embroideries tradition which started in China were passed to other countries through the Silk Road.[6]
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Embroideries from China and Western Asia were imported to the British Isles, North America and Western Europe by the British East India Company in the 1690s along with many other traded goods.[1] Eastern knotted embroidery became popular among Westerners.[1] The liking for the Pekin knot eventually influenced the development of tatting in Western Europe and the British Isles when Europeans sought the knotted effects of the stitches but did not want the time-consuming process of stitching tightly packed little knots continuously for long hours.[1]
Applications
[edit | edit source]Individual knots are often found used as detached filling stitches.[3]
Knotted edgings are used as a decorative trims, and can also be used to fill open spaces in cutwork and in needlelace.
Detached knots
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Individual knots include:[2][3]
Knot gallery
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French knots
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Bullion knot
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Bullion knots
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Four-legged knot stitch
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Turk's head knot
Continuous stitches
[edit | edit source]Knotted stitches include:[2][3][9]
- Ceylon stitch
- Coral stitch or coral knots[10]
- Zig-zag coral stitch
- Double knot stitch or Smyrna stitch[11]
- Knotted cable chain stitch, a knotted variant of cable chain stitch
Stitch gallery
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Ceylon stitch
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Coral stitch
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Zig-zag coral stitch
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Double knot stitch
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Double knot variation
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Knotted cable chain stitch
Knotted edgings
[edit | edit source]Knotted edgings include:[9]
- Antwerp edging
- Armenian edging
- Hollie stitch
See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
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- ^ a b c d Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 42-43
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- ^ a b Christie, Grace (Mrs. Archibald), Samplers and Stitches, a handbook of the embroiderer's art, London 1920
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References
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- Caulfield, S.F.A., and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.
- Christie, Mrs. Archibald (Grace Christie), Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, London, John Hogg, 1912, online at Project Gutenberg
- Christie, Mrs. Archibald (Grace Christie), Samplers and Stitches, a handbook of the embroiderer's art, London 1920
- Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery, Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Reader's Digest, Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
