The Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch is such a pretty stitch! And it’s really easy! As far as movement of the stitch goes, it’s a combination of the twisted chain stitch and the feather stitch. It creates a pretty zig-zag line that takes gentle curves well.
There are lots of applications for Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch. You can use it in regular surface embroidery for borders, to create jagged stems, as a decorative line for swirls and curves. You can use it as an effective seam treatment in crazy quilting. It’s used in some Mountmellick embroidery projects. It’s a versatile stitch, and worth adding to your stitching repertoire!
In the photo above, the aqua thread (which is floche, stitched on wool felt) is the Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch. The lower stitch, in bright pink, is the wheat stitch.
You can also check out this tutorial on how to change your thread in the middle of a line of Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch. Sometimes, it’s hard to figure out how change to a new thread when you’re trucking along on a line made with a more complex stitch.
Here’s the video for the Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch (email subscribers, please visit the website to view):
You can find lots more how-to videos for hand embroidery stitches here on Needle ‘n Thread, and over the next couple months, the collection of videos will be expanding! I’m also slowly switching out all the older videos with newer, cleaner versions. I’m always open to stitch requests, too, so if you have any, leave a comment below or e-mail me!
Hope you enjoy it!
What a beautiful stitch. Can’t wait to try it out. Thanks.
Excellent tutorial and a lovely stitch. I will be giving it a try as well. Thanks you!
Hi Mary and all folks here.
Aside from the excellant tutorials, references and resources one of the things I love most about this site is the generosity of readers that share their (discovered) links. I find more each time I “enter” and save them to my favorites (sub-needlework). I can spend hours reading what folks are doing and following their links.
Thanks to all. And particularly you, Mary, for developing and continuing this site.
Doreen
Mary,
Thank you SO MUCH for your videos. I am one of those people who CANNOT understand the drawn diagrams in stich encyclopedias, so your videos are a LIFESAVER. I have already learned so much from Needle N Thread.
THanks again,
Diane
hola Mary ..me viene muy bien ,este tema.tengo en proyecto un bordado.y quiero probar con puntadas que se ajusten al tema.haber estas puntadas,quedarian muy bien.bajo el techo del edificio a trabajar y asi
gracias y que estes bien Mary
un abrazo
thanks so much for the video of the spanish knot so very good and can’t wait to try.
Cheers Glenys
My Dear Mary,
Thank you so much for giving the technics and helping all the way we need to improve our abilities.
I have a wonderful handycraft, done by myself.As a gratitude,I would love to shair it with you.
Please let me know the way to send it.
Huges and kisses!
Roin
Hi Mary, thank you for sharing.I didn’t know this stitch and the video is excellent…as usual!
Ciao Anna
Hello Mary,
Thank you for all your informative emails about embroidery. I am an avid read of all your news and tips.
Best wishes,
Barbara (Melbourne, Australia)
I just started getting your e-mails last week and I am SO IMPRESSED!!! Your tutorials are so clear and easy to understand and that is really saying something since I am just beginning to learn about embroidery. Thank you so much for your “oh so interesting” e-mails.
I began embroidery and crewl work at age 4 but then “life” happened and I was away from it for almost 20 years. Christmas I did a project promised at age 13 should a certain stage be reached in life for someone. It involved simple satin and chain stitching primarly. Now I’ve got the bug! I am also disabled now with lots of time on my hands and an inability to much else. I wanted a refresher but even with experience had trouble with most diagrams. I learned from family afterall originally. Your videos have been such a God send! Thank you so much! And I have even picked up a few very helpful new tips!