Introduction of hand embroidery needle method

One of the stitches of Suzhou embroidery: direct embroidery

Straight stitch: Embroidered entirely with vertical thread, with thread lifting needles at the edge, all parallel, and neat edges. Color matching is based on one color line, and there is no sum color. Where the stitch is too long, thread nails are used, which later evolved into the method of laying needles and carving lines.

The second stitch of Suzhou embroidery: rolling needle

Disc needle is a kind of needle method to represent curved body. Comprises a cutting needle, a connecting needle, a needle roller and a rotating needle. Among them, the cutting needle was the earliest, and later it developed into a rotating needle.

The third stitch method of Suzhou embroidery: needle loading

It started in the Tang Dynasty, prevailed in the Song Dynasty, and was further developed in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Luxiang Garden was also in charge of embroidery, and Shen Shoushi was in the Qing Dynasty.

Single set: also known as flat set. Its embroidery method is as follows: the first batch of needles starts from the edge and the edge is neat; The second batch of falling needles is in the first batch, and the first batch needs to leave a gap to accommodate the second batch of falling needles; The third batch needs to go to the end of the first batch, and then leave the gap of the fourth batch of needles; The fourth batch is connected to the end of the second batch ...; After that, and so on.

The fourth stitch method of Suzhou embroidery: Hehe stitch method

There is a symmetrical long and short needle. This needle uses long and short needles alternately, and the back needle is drawn out from the middle of the front needle, with uneven edge, which has the advantage of smooth color matching and can be used to embroider simulated images.

The fifth stitch of Suzhou embroidery: grasping the needle

Also known as pushing the needle, it is a needle method that uses a short straight needle to follow the posture of the body, and the back needle follows the front needle, one needle at a time. It can be said that this kind of needling is the development of straight needling.

The sixth stitch of Suzhou embroidery: plain stitch

Plain stitch: Embroidery with gold thread and silver thread instead of silk thread. The method: firstly, lay gold thread or silver thread on the embroidery ground, and then needle it with short silk thread. Every needle gauge is one and a half minutes, and it is circuitously filled according to the embroidery pattern, including two or three rows and several rows. Tie the thread on the flower like a cross pattern, just like the sole pattern.

The seventh stitch of Suzhou embroidery: staggered stitches

It uses a variety of stitches to achieve a moderate depth of yin and yang, and strives to make the embroidery realistic.

Row stitch: it is a mixed stitch method with long and short stitches.

The Eighth Stitch of Suzhou Embroidery: Weaving Embroidery

It is an embroidery method similar to knitting. Include yarn poking, dot, velvet laying, net embroidery, embroidery, cross peach blossom, Mao Xiu, etc. These stitches are suitable for embroidery patterns, so they can also be called "pattern embroidery".

The ninth stitch of Suzhou embroidery: Rao embroidery

This is a stitch in which needles and threads are intertwined and buckled into embroidery. Sowing, zipper, buckle embroidery, braided strands and feather needles all belong to this category. Seed-beating: This is one of the traditional stitches in Suzhou embroidery. Can be used to embroider the core, but also can independently embroider the pattern.

The tenth stitch of Suzhou embroidery: use a needle

Needle application is a method of adding needles to other needles. This kind of needling requires sparse but not dense, scattered but inconsistent, lively but not stagnant, and uneven.

The eleventh stitch of Suzhou embroidery: auxiliary stitch

This stitch is not an independent stitch, but an auxiliary stitch to enhance the similarity and vividness of embroidery scenes. The needling methods belonging to this category are: auxiliary needling, needling, scale needling and so on.

The twelfth needle of Suzhou embroidery: variant embroidery