Editing Needlepoint (section)

==Needlepoint stitches==
Most commercial needlework kits recommend one of the variants of [[tent stitch]], although Victorian cross stitch and random long stitch are also used.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tapestry-kits.com/recommended_stitches.htm|title=The Tapestry Kit Collection: Recommended Stitches}}</ref> Authors of books of needlepoint designs sometimes use a wider range of stitches.<ref>e.g. Gordon, Jill ''Take Up Needlepoint'' 1994 London, Merehurst {{ISBN|1-85391-330-8}}</ref><ref>e.g. Russell, Beth Traditional Needlepoint 1992 Devon, David & Charles {{ISBN|0-7153-9984-5}}</ref> Historically, a very wide range of stitches have been used including:

*{{ill|Arraiolos stitch|pt|Tapete de Arraiolos}} for [[Arraiolos rug]]s
*[[Bargello (needlework)]]
** Old Florentine stitch
** Hungarian ground stitch
** Hungarian point stitch
*{{annotated link|Brick stitch}}
*{{annotated link|Cross-stitch}}
** Upright cross stitch{{snd}}This stitch creates an almost crunchy texture and can be used on both single and double canvas. <ref name=":1" />
*(Victorian) {{annotated link|cross stitches}}
* [[Gobelin stitch]] – A slanting stitch worked over two horizontal threads and one perpendicular.
** Encroaching upright Gobelin stitch
*Long stitch - A pattern of triangles in double rows used on a single canvas.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Mary |title=Mary Thomas's dictionary of embroidery stitches |last2=Eaton |first2=Jan |date=1998 |publisher=Trafalgar Square Pub |isbn=978-1-57076-118-8 |edition=New |location=North Pomfret, Vt}}</ref>
*{{annotated link|Mosaic stitch}}
*{{annotated link|Parisian stitch}}
*{{annotated link|Smyrna stitch}}
*{{annotated link|Tent stitch}}es. Variants include:
** Basketweave, Continental and Half cross
* Whipped flower stitch

There are many books that teach readers how to create hundreds, if not thousands, of stitches. Some were written by famous stitchers, such as Mary Martin and Sylvia Sidney. However, {{cn span|the most popular and long-lived|date=October 2016}} is ''The Needlepoint Book''<ref>Christensen, Jo Ippolito, ''The Needlepoint Book'', 2015, New York, Simon & Schuster {{ISBN|0-684-83230-5}}</ref> by Jo Ippolito Christensen, Simon & Schuster. First published in 1976 by Prentice-Hall, the widely distributed text has been continuously in print and was revised in 2015. Over 425,000 copies have been sold as of 2023. It contains 436 stitches and 1680 illustrations in 560 pages.