A stitch in which the needle is first driven through the fabric from the right side, then pushed back up through the material from the wrong side.

(sewing) A simple running stitch that catches only a few threads of the fabric, showing very little of the thread on the right (outer) side of the garment.

(slang) A group that meets for knitting and chat.

(bookbinding) The stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a book.

A stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.

A form of embroidery in which a length of wool (or similar) is laid across the surface of a piece of fabric and held in place by fine stitches

A stitch used to attach a layer of appliqué to a piece of fabric such that the layer can move as on a hinge

(knitting) the most basic form of welting, produced in the round by knitting and purling alternate rows, or in the flat by knitting (or purling) every stitch

A stitch in lace-making, used to fill in open spaces with threads resembling a cobweb.

A form of backstitch in which the needle comes up through the strands of the previous stitch.