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Needlepoint Stitch Diagrams

Needlepoint starts with a single stitch, which is worked over a canvas mesh. This is where you'll find basic needlepoint stitch diagrams to help you get started, as well as diagrams for special stitches to increase your skills and enhance your needlepoint projects.
  1. Basic Tent Stitches (5)
  2. Crossed Stitches (6)
  3. Long Stitches (18)
  4. Surface Stitches (4)
  5. Textured Stitches (32)

Using the Needlepoint Stitch Journal

There are hundreds of stitches used in Needlepoint. A stitch journal is handy to refer to when looking for just the right stitch for a project, or to learn a new stitch.

Needlepoint Stitches At a Glance

Here you will find a list of the available Needlepoint Stitches, along with their Stitch Journal pages for you to print and enjoy. Scroll through the list to find the perfect stitch for your project!

PaintedHummer

PaintedHummer

ObliqueSlav

ObliqueSlav

Wicker Stitch

Wicker Stitch

Rhodes Stitch

Rhodes Stitch

Criss Cross Hungarian

Criss Cross Hungarian

Double Alternating Nobuko

Double Alternating Nobuko

Diamond Ray Stitch

Diamond Ray Stitch

Horizontal Brick Stitch

Horizontal Brick Stitch

T-Stitch

T-Stitch

Moorish Stitch

Moorish Stitch

Corduroy Stitch

Corduroy Stitch

Mosaic Checker

Mosaic Checker

Twill - Double

Twill - Double

Twill - Single

Twill - Single

Woven Plait stitch

Woven Plait stitch

Knotted Gobelin Stitch

Knotted Gobelin Stitch

Diagonal Chevron Stitch

Diagonal Chevron Stitch

Diamond Hungarian Stitch

Diamond Hungarian Stitch

Jacquard Stitch

Jacquard Stitch

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