New Stitches for Summer 2022

29 July 2022

25 new stitches have been added to the RSN Stitch Bank, bringing the total number to 250. Each stitch entry contains information about its history, use and structure as well as a step-by-step method with photographs, illustrations and video.

Explore the New stitches

Bricked wave (pattern)

Bullion picot

Buttonhole bars (cutwork)

Buttonhole couronne

Buttonhole edging

Cable stitch

Carpet felt padding

Closed diagonal darning…

Closed herringbone darning…

Couched herringbone stitch

Couching in a circle…

Cretan stitch

Diagonal chevron stitch

Diagonal drawn filling

Double faggot filling stitch

Hard string padding (goldwork)

Interlaced cross bar

Interlocking 'I's (pattern)

Oatmeal stitch

Picot

Shisha stitch (variation 1)

Threaded chain stitch

Three-sided stitch

Tied herringbone stitch

Turned satin stitch

The Royal School of Needlework has created the RSN Stitch Bank to mark its 150th anniversary and continue its founding mission to preserve the art of hand embroidery. The RSN Stitch Bank aims to digitally conserve and showcase the wide variety of the world’s embroidery stitches and the ways in which they have been used in different cultures and times.

The RSN Stitch Bank is an ongoing project. More stitches will be added regularly and the RSN will be working with partners around the world to include stitches from different traditions.