Stitch Library by Technique

There is no one official or right way to classify the stitches 

On this page – Stitch Library by Technique, you will find hand embroidery stitches categorized by the technique used to embroider, also called stitch families. 

I think that hand embroidery stitches can be grouped by the technique used to make them or by their purpose in surface embroidery. I wrote an article « Hand embroidery stitches, stitch groups, and families. The classification of hand embroidery stitches by purpose and technique » on this matter.

If you are not sure about the embroidery technique and are looking for a specific stitch by its name, check out the Stitch library A-Z page.

For the visual search – head to the Visual Dictionary of Stitches. And for the video lessons – open the Embroidery video tutorials A-Z page.