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Corduroy Stitch (plus Horizontal Corduroy Stitch)

The Corduroy Needlepoint Stitch is a simple and versatile stitch that resembles the texture of corduroy fabric.

Stitch Details

You can see the diagram of this stitch below.

Secure your thread on the backside of the canvas by making a small knot and insert the needle from the back of the canvas to the front at the starting point
Make a stitch diagonally upwards to the right by skipping a canvas intersection
Insert the needle into the canvas hole below stitch number 1 and repeat step 2
Repeat these stitches until the column is complete
Then at the end of the column (at the back of the canvas), skip three lines of the canvas to the right and one to the bottom, then insert the needle from the back to the front
Perform a diagonal stitch upwards to the right by skipping a canvas intersection
Using as limitation the right column where we made the previous stitch and the left column already made, we make longstitch diagonally inside those two columns
Repeat as many times as necessary

The Horizontal Corduroy Needlepoint Stitch is a variation of the basic Corduroy Stitch, creating a textured horizontal pattern

You can see the diagram of this stitch below.

Follow the same steps of the original Corduroy stitch horizontally, making the first row with stitches that skip an intersection, the second row with diagonal stitches in the opposite direction of the desired length, and repeat in the same order.