Wrapped Coral Stitch

Wrapped Coral stitch

Wrapped Coral stitch is also known as Coral knot with an extra wrap. It is a variety of Coral Stitch that produces a thick bobbly line, ideal for surface embroidery. Wrapped Coral is quick to work, creating a knotted line that can be mistaken for a line of French knots. Wrapped Coral stitch follows a curve well and is great to use along the edge of items.

I go through phases of working this stitch. Then I rediscover it and ask myself why I don’t simply use it all the time.

I usually use a twisted thread, such as cotton perle #5, and work the stitches close together so the knots look like a string of beads.

How to work Wrapped Coral Stitch

Work this stitch from right to left, and it is most effective if you work the knots close together.

Bring your thread out on the right-hand side and make a small coral knot. If you need a refresher on how to hand embroider coral stitch I have a tutorial here

Once you have made the first coral stitch, slide the needle under the bar of thread that sits to the right of the knot and then take your thread through.

Take your thread around the knot. This is the ‘wrap’ — hence the name. Make another coral stitch and continue down the line.

 

This is a quick and effective linear stitch that has an interesting texture. It follows a curve well.

I hope you enjoy experimenting with Wrapped Coral Stitch.

titches, or using repetitions of the same stitch to create areas of texture and shape. All these techniques and more will give you creative variations. I have included numerous demonstrations of small tweaks that create big effects to send you down your own creative path.

Thread Twisties!

Experimenting with different threads can be expensive. You would normally have to buy a whole skein of each type of thread. My thread twisties are a combination of different threads to use in creative hand embroidery. These enable you to try out stitching with something other than stranded cotton. For the price of just a few skeins, you can experiment with a bundle of threads of luscious colours and many different textures.

These are creative embroiders threads. With them, I hope to encourage you to experiment. Each Twistie is a thread bundle containing silk, cotton, rayon and wool. Threads range from extra fine (the same thickness as 1 strand of embroidery floss) to chunky couchable textured yarns. All threads have a soft and manageable drape. Twisting them around a needle makes experimental hand embroidery an interesting journey rather than a battle.  Many are hand dyed by me. All are threads I use. You may find a similar thread twist but no two are identical.

You will find my thread twisties in the Pintangle shop here.

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