Basic stitches that you must know to make smocking

Hello! After you have pleated the piece of fabric, you are ready to learn Smocking stitches. In this video we will learn basic stitches to embroider Smocking. It's an ideal tutorial for beginners who wants to learn this wonderful type of embroidery.

I invite you to practice these stitches and put your imagination to work and make different designs.

Part 1 (6 stitches)

1. Cable Stitch
2. Honeycomb
3. Stem Stitch
4. Double Stem Stitch / Alternate Stem Stitch
5. Cable Stitch Wave
6. Cable Stitch Wave with tip

Part 2 (10 stitches)

7.   Diamond Stitch

8.   Chevron diamond

9.   2-Step, one row trellis

10. 2-Step, one row trellis (mirrored)

11.  3-Step, one row trellis

12.  3-Step, one row trellis (mirrored)

13.  Crossover wave (half)

14.  Crossover wave

15. Full-space trellis: 5-step, one row trellis

16. Bullion Stitch