C Needlepoint Stitches

Click on the picture of the stitch you would like to view.  You will then find another photo and graph on how to work each one.

To help aid you in stitch placement on your projects, some ideas suitable for each are listed on the right of the picture. These are only some suggestions. You will find more information on the stitch page.

Carl    Uses:  Clouds, Clothes, Mountains, Fields

Carla B.    Uses:  Large backgrounds, Samplers

Cashmere   Uses:  most areas

Cashmere Checker   Uses:  All purpose, Clothes, Fields, Small areas

Chain    Outlines, Stems, Hair, Foliage, Animals, Borders, Clothes

Chain Couching    Outlines, Stems, Hair, Foliage, Animals, Borders, Clothes

Chain Filling    Hair, Foliage, Animals, Birds, Clothes, Mountains, Fields

Check    Uses:  Stars, Accent, Samplers

Checkerboard  Samplers

Chop Sticks   Uses:  Fields, Clothers, Hair, Foliage, Rice

Chottie's Plaid  Clothes, Backgrounds, Wearable Items such as cuffs

                        & collars

                        As a complete project such as pillow top, lamp shade

                        or other decoratve item

Combination Cross     Clothes, Foliage, Buildings (walls, bricks), Backgrounds

Continental  All purpose stitch

Corn Field    Fields, Border (as one or more rows)

Couching   Clothes, Hair, Foliage, Animals, Birds, Buildings, Borders, Details, Mountains

Cretan  Foliage, Details

Criss Cross   Uses:  Samplers, Broders, Foliage

Cross   All purpose

Cross and Smyrna Checker   Foliage, Clothes

Cross Corners III   Uses:  Clothes, Fields, Samplers, Foliage

Cross Cushion   Uses:  Borders, Samplers, Isolated

Cross Plus Two   Fields, Foliage

Cross Stitch Trame`  Counted cross, Trame` adds padding and durability

Cross Tied Gobelin    Uses:  Stripes, Fields, Samplers, Borders

Cushion   Buildings, Borders, Clothes, Backgrounds