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Crochet Embroidery

Embroidery stitches worked onto finished crochet fabric to add faces, detail and colour that stitches alone cannot achieve.

Difficulty
Beginner
Category
Techniques
Common fibres
Embroidery thread, Cotton, Wool

Definition

Crochet embroidery applies needle embroidery — satin stitch, back stitch, French knots, duplicate stitch — to a completed crocheted ground.

Overview

It is how most amigurumi faces are made, and how fine detail such as whiskers, script and small florals is added without disrupting the crocheted structure.

Working over a firm, evenly spaced ground gives the best result; very open lace does not support dense embroidery well.

Characteristics

  • Applied after the crochet is finished
  • Allows detail finer than the crochet gauge
  • Fully reversible before the ends are secured

Typical uses

  • Amigurumi faces
  • Monograms and dates
  • Floral detail
  • Colour accents
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Surface CrochetSlip stitches worked on top of finished fabric to draw lines, outlines and lettering, much like embroidery with a hook.

Technique and product tradition

AmigurumiThe Japanese tradition of crocheting small stuffed figures in tight continuous rounds so the fabric is dense enough to hold a sculpted shape.

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