In embroidery, caching can be called "sewing" or you think of it more as a process.
Similar to the application, attaching the fabric to the surface of the fabric you are working on, placing a piece of embroidery yarn (or a similar material) on your fabric on the couch, and sewing it onto the work.
It can be worked in straight lines or curves, and can also be used in a pattern in place of other outline sewing, such as back stitching or stem stitching.
When this stitch works, you typically have two piece threads at a time. They can be the same or different colors and use different strands.
1. To do the caching, bring a needle with the main thread at the beginning of the line you are working with (point 1). Take the needle down at the end of the line (point 2).
2. If the line you are working on is curved, keep the thread loose enough that you can move the thread along the line. You can adjust it as you work.
3. Tie the original thread with the second piece flasks. Come up top (point 3) on one side and bottom (point 4) on the other side of the main thread.
4. Repeat the stitch along the thread line to secure it to the fabric.
Completed Couching Examples and Inspiration
Couching can look differently in different ways depending on how you work it and the materials you use.
In the example above, the original thread is worked on three strands of a light purple, excluding six strands and the Te King stitches approximately 1/4-inch.
Using a different color gives it a stripped look and you can be truly creative with it.
Using less strands makes the stitching stitch more attractive. If you use matching floss and only one strand, the tanking almost disappears.
The example below (shown partially taxed) is also six strands for the main thread. The tacking stitches are six strands of the same color and they are very close together.
The tying stitches work together to make it very similar to a very small padded satin stitch.
For more variations, try using other materials such as yarn, ribbons or DMC's memory thread. These will give your work some extra texture that you will never be able to achieve with Embroidered Floss alone.
Once you've done some couch exercises, try adding it to your next embroidery project!
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