Cretan stitch

Cretan stitch can be used in many decorative ways. With it, you can fill a shape, create a border, create a line, or if you arrange rows of Cretan stitch in lines, it makes a wonderful filling stitch to work within a shape. You can use it to couch down …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 357

Stitches This band of stitching is made up of a row of Cretan stitch which has a  detached chain stitch worked on the end or each bar. I then added a seed bead. Thread  The Creten stitch is worked in DMC perle #8 thread. and the detached chain stitches are …