Embroidery Embroidery is used to add another dimension to your work once the knitting and blocking is complete. It is most effective on simple stitch patterns—stockinette stitch is the best. Many types of yarn can be used for embroidery, but you should select one that is smooth enough to go through the knitted fabric. Make sure that the weight and content of the yarn is appropriate for the knit piece. Yarns that are too thin will sink into the fabric, and a too-thick yarn will stretch out the piece. The embroidery yarn should have the same care properties as the yarn used for your sweater and should be colorfast. Complex patterns can be drawn on lightweight non-fusible interfacing and basted in place. Embroider over the interfacing and through the knit fabric. Cut away the interfacing once the pieces are complete. If the knitted fabric is lightweight, back the embroidery with a non-fusible interfacing on the wrong side of the work. Work evenly and not too tightly, using a blunt needle with an eye large enough to accommodate the yarn but not so large that it will split the stitches. Thread the yarn by folding it around the needle and inserting the folded end into the eye. Do not knot the end of your yarn, but weave it through to the place where you will begin embroidering. Back stitch is used for outlining and Stem stitch is used for stems or Couching is used to catch yarn laid lines. Draw the needle up. In one outlining. Bring the needle up, then on top of a knit piece. Place the yarn motion, insert the needle a little insert it a short distance to the right as desired, leaving a short strand at behind where the yarn emerged and at an angle and pull it through. For either end. Make stitches over the draw it up the same distance in stems, keep the thread below the yarn as shown. To finish, thread the front. Continue from right to left, by needle. For outlines, keep the thread short strands and pull them through inserting the needle where the yarn above the needle. to the underside of the piece. first emerged. Cross stitch is a filling stitch. Pull Herringbone stitch is used to hem, Blanket or buttonhole stitch can the yarn through and make a to fasten down facings or as a filling be used to apply pieces such as diagonal stitch to the upper left stitch. Working from left to right, pockets, to reinforce buttonholes or corner. Working from right to left, bring the needle up, then across for hemming. Bring the needle up. make a parallel row of half cross diagonally and take a short stitch. Go Keeping the needle above the yarn, stitches. Work back across the first down diagonally and take a short insert it and bring it up again a short set of diagonal stitches in the stitch. distance to the right, as shown. Pull opposite direction, as shown. the needle through to finish the stitch. Chain stitch forms a line of chains Lazy daisy stitch is used to make Satin stitch is ideal as a filling for outlining or filling. Draw the flowers. Work a chain stitch, but stitch. Be careful not to pull the needle up and *insert it back where instead of going back into the stitch, stitches too tightly to avoid it just came out, taking a short insert the needle below and then puckering. Bring the needle up at stitch. With the needle above the above the stitch in one motion, as one side and insert it at an angle, yarn, hold the yarn with your thumb shown. Pull the needle through. covering the desired space in one and draw it through. Repeat from Form new petals in the same way. motion. Repeat this step. the *. French knots can be used for Bullion stitch is similar to French Duplicate stitch covers a knit flower centres, or they can be knots. Bring the needle up. Reinsert stitch. Bring the needle up below the worked in bulky yarn to form it as shown and wrap the yarn four stitch to be worked. Insert the rosettes. Bring the needle up and to six times around it. Holding the needle under both loops one row wrap the thread once or twice yarn taut, pull the needle through. above and pull it through. Insert it around it, holding the thread taut. Reinsert the needle a short distance back into the stitch below and Reinsert the needle at the closest from where it emerged and pull it through the centre of the next stitch point to where the thread emerged. through. in one motion, as shown. .