Star stitch Star
stitch is also called Algerian eye stitch and Star eyelet stitch. It is generally
used on canvas as a counted thread stitch. Worked on even weave fabric, it is
made up of stitches arranged in a square.
It is made of a minimum of eight stitches all originating
at the center creatin an eyelet there. The length of each stitch may vary but
they all fall in the same square making an angle of 45 degrees with each other
at the center. The angle is reduced when no of stitches in each vertical plane
increases.
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