Double Needle Stitch of Miao
1 min readDouble Needle stitch is a special technique in Miao embroidery At first glance it is similar to Braid stitch works but in fact the skills and techniques used are totally different.
It is made with two needles pulling two silk lines at interval A silk line is first split into two with one thinner and one thicker. The thicker one is for surface embroidery while the thinner for real work, fixing the surface lines onto the background cloth.
The silk lines must be processed with honey locust wax to make them smooth and easy for managing. It usually need The silk fines of Double Needle Stitch are closely finked The work begins from the external contour to the center of the pattern, so that the silk lines of the work should he in clear order.
Double Needle works are the finest quality when they have typical patterns with matching color and are evenly stitched smoothly. The people who come from Taijiang Country are keen on this stitch.
