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The Palestrina stitch is a lovely double knotted stitch, that comes to us from its namesake city east of Rome, Italy. Palestrina is named after the 16th Century Renaissance Composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It is also known as the Double Knot, Old English Knot, Smyrna stitch, Tied Coral stitch and the Twilling stitch. Know …

The Montenegrin stitch comes to us from Montenegro, a Southeastern European nugget rich is history, royalty and romance. It is bordered by the Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania. This counted cross stitch deserves your time to learn and enjoy as you let it transport you back to the country’s 9th century beginnings …

The Barb stitch is a popular stitch used in Portuguese embroidery. It looks complicated but just incorporates the simple Buttonhole stitch sewn back to back and then weaves a contrasting thread through the center loops. It can be used when wide borders are called for and to interlock patterns together. Or it can be used …

The Long Armed Cross stitch can make you go a little cross eyed but once you get the hang of it, it’s super simple. Just pay attention to where you are on the fabric. This is an interwoven cross stitch that is similar to the Herringbone and Plait stitches. It’s also frequently referred to as …

The Barred Chain stitch is another stitch type that is simple to do but looks impressively complicated. It is a combination of the single Chain stitch and the Twisted Chain stitch and can be worked in straight and curved lines or circles. It’s also very useful for making borders. Work your design away from you …