Numbered & A-B Needlepoint Stitches

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

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.



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1X1 Spaced Trame`     Clothes, Buildings, Rolling Hills, Backgrounds

1 X 3 Spaced Cross Trame`    Clothes, Buildings, Rolling Hills, Backgrounds

Algerian Eye   Quilt on a bed, Clothing, Flowers

Algerian Eye Over lapping Filling    Borders, Foliage, Clothes

Algerian Eye Variation    Isoloated stitch or groupings

Alicia Lace  Clothes, Backgrounds, Animals, Small or larger areas

Alternating Cross Straight   Borders, Samplers

Alternating Flat  Clothes, Buildings, Borders (one or more rows), Foliage, Backgrounds, Sky, Clouds

Arty's    Buildings, Walkways, Sky, Clothing, Foliage, Rolling Hills, Backgrounds

Askrakhan Velvet  Hair, Foliage, Birds, Animals, Fuzzy things

Back    Accent areas, Outlines

Bargello   Mountains, Clothes, Fields, Clouds, All over pattern for pillows

Barred Beetle    Foliage, Backgrounds (be careful with contrasting color combination)

Basketweave    Good for all areas

Bath    Samplers, Abstract

Battlement   Samplers, Borders

Belgium Cross      Borders, Backgrounds

Belly Feathers   Samplers

Ben   Samplers, Larger areas

Binding    Covering edges of plastic or other canvas

Breton   Stems, Accents, Eyes, Details

Brick   Hair, Buildings (turn graph 90 Degrees), Clothing, Backgrounds, Hills, Clouds, Foliage

Brick Cashmere    Buildings, Walkways, Clothes, Backgrounds

Bucky's Weaving   Clothes, Background (caution, the weaving will snag), Buildings

Bullion Knot    Hair, Animals, Foliage, Borders, Details

Button   Flowers, Buttons, Silly Eyes, Accents

Buttonhole  Borders, Outlines, Rainbows, Leaves, Petals

Buttonhole Flowers   Flowers, Silly Eyes, Details

Buttonhole Half Moon   Accent, Silly Eyes, Moons, Samplers

Byzantine   Backgrounds, Clothes

Byzantine Scotch   Fields, Samplers, Large areas