Satin Stitch - Variants

Variants

Variants of the satin stitch include:

• Brick stitch, in which alternate rows of satin stitches are offset by half the stitch length. Worked in several related colors, brick stitch allows stepped shading. (Brick stitch is also the name of a beadwork technique.)

• Encroaching satin stitch, in which the top of each row of stitches is set between the bottom of the stitches on the previous row.

• Long-and-short stitch, used for fine shading; in the first row of satin stitches, every other stitch is half the length of its neighbors. Subsequent rows in related colors are all of the same length.

• Padded satin stitch, in which shapes are filled with rows of small running stitches which are then covered with satin stitches.