What kinds of embroidery are there?

There are 18 kinds of embroidery methods, such as Qi Zhen and grabbing needles. At present, the commonly used needling methods are: Qi Zhen, loose sleeve, needle application, false needle, random needle (such as "Dr. Bethune" in "Random Needle Embroidery"), acupuncturing, yarn poking, needle picking, needle roller, punching, pressing needle, looping needle, pre-grasping and anti-grasping. From the original commonly used 10 to forty or fifty now. Qi Zhen is the basis of various needling methods, and the lines are arranged evenly and neatly, which is one of the basic needling methods. Random mending seems to be chaotic, but there are rules in chaos. It uses straight needles and horizontal diagonal lines of different lengths to organize transactions, so after blending, it can still retain the inherent colors of various color lines, and there is no limit to the number of color blending before the light, color and shape meet the requirements. Needle roller requires two threads to be tightly twisted into strips, which is flexible in thread turning and suitable for embroidering straight lines or curves; The beating is mainly still life such as embroidered core, flower heart and flower basket. Suzhou embroidery pays attention to the thickness of flower lines. A flower thread is roughly called "a pile" at 1/2 and "a trace" at112. "Split" is to divide a flower thread into several parts. Pay attention to the rational use of thread and the change of silk texture. According to different fabrics, colors and themes, not only the needles are transported flexibly and comprehensively, but also the yarn thickness is split, thus fully showing the texture of the object. The characteristics of Suzhou embroidery can be summarized as flat, neat, thin, dense, uniform, smooth, harmonious and bright. As far as the pure appreciation of artistic embroidery is concerned, it is composed of needles rather than pens. Techniques and stitches are characterized by four words: "harmonious and seamless, even ironing, clear silk floor, light and loose wool".

Xiang Embroidery Xiang Embroidery, as one of the four famous embroideries in China, is the general name of embroidery crafts centered on Changsha, Hunan. It is an embroidery craft developed on the basis of Hunan folk embroidery craft, which absorbs the essence of Suzhou embroidery and light embroidery, thus forming its own unique style, emphasizing realism, simplicity and beauty, and vivid image. It is characterized by fine silk, boiled with Gleditsia sinensis seed liquid, and then wrapped and wiped to prevent fuzz. Its fineness is better than hair, also known as "wool fine embroidery". Xiang embroidery is good at using dark gray and black and white in color matching, with appropriate contrast between light and dark, enhancing texture and three-dimensional sense, combining reality and reality in structure, and being good at using blank space to highlight the theme, which forms the elegant quality of Xiang embroidery as an ink painting. The traditional themes of Xiang embroidery are lions, tigers and squirrels, especially tigers.

Shu Embroidery Shu Embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China with a long history and tradition. It was recorded as early as the Western Han Dynasty. Also known as "Sichuan embroidery", it is the general name of embroidery products centered on Chengdu, Sichuan. With soft satin and colored silk as the main raw materials, it is rigorous and precise, paying attention to the use of needles, and there are more than 100 stitches. Common ones are needle roller, mixed needle and stand. Embroidery is generally quilt cover, pillowcase, clothes, shoes and painted screens. There are nearly 100 kinds of traditional needle embroidery techniques, and there are more than 30 kinds of commonly used needles, such as dizzy needle, cutting needle, pulling needle, sand needle and Shantou needle. Various needling methods are used alternately, varied, thick or thin, or virtual and real, showing the distance between yin and yang. These traditional skills are not only good at embroidering delicate meticulous paintings such as flowers, birds, insects and fish, but also good at expressing magnificent landscapes and portraying vivid characters. After liberation, Shu embroidery has made some innovations in stitches, such as "cross stitch" to show the texture of animals' fur, "spiral stitch" to show people's bun, and "covering the needle with reality" to show carp scales, which greatly enriched the expression form and artistic style of Shu embroidery.

Guangdong embroidery is also called Guangdong embroidery, including Chaozhou embroidery. It has a long history and has the largest collection in the Forbidden City in China, which is representative. Its composition is complicated but not chaotic, its colors are rich and dazzling, its stitches are uniform and changeable, its texture is distinct, and it has the charm of western painting by using colorful primary colors and light and shadow changes. It is a screen with a height of feet, as small as a purse sleeve, and is mostly used for sketching flowers and birds. According to folk customs, it has rich decorative flavor. It is characterized by a mixture of phoenix, pine crane, peony, ape, deer, chicken, goose and peacock.

Gu embroidery-refers to embroidery crafts, representing the ancient history of embroidery technology and style. In ancient times, during Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, people lived in "Luxiang Garden" in Shanghai, also known as "Luxiang Garden Embroidery". His granddaughter is called Han Ximeng. She is good at painting and embroidering ancient and modern famous paintings, especially wonderful. She is also known as Hanyuan Embroidery. She is exquisite in embroidery and skillful in using needles. Later generations inherited this embroidery method and took her as a disciple, specializing in embroidering all kinds of flowers, birds and animals.

Ta 'er Temple Pile Embroidery Ta 'er Temple Pile Embroidery is also called "cushion embroidery". According to the artistic shapes of different products, wool or cotton is used as the base, covered with various silks and satins, and then embroidered according to the drawings, and some of them are supplemented by local descriptions. The works drawn in this way are exquisite in relief, three-dimensional and similar in effect to relief.

Pad embroidery pad embroidery is a unique stitch in wet state. Before embroidery, cotton yarn is put on the pattern, and then embroidered on it, which has a relief-like three-dimensional effect.

Screen embroidery screen, also known as Smeek, mainly draws cloth into regular graphics with lines of various colors, which has the characteristics of strong three-dimensional sense, rich colors, vivid images and distinct layers. Smeek can be used not only for decoration, but also as an elastic band. This is an expressive embroidery process. Suitable for children's wear.

Luminous printing embroidery is a new type of machine embroidery produced by Xiang Xiu Factory in Changde City, Hunan Province, which combines luminous printing technology with machine embroidery technology. This kind of embroidery can present colorful patterns in weak light or darkness. Washing in warm water below 60 degrees Celsius and ironing with an electric iron below 300 watts will not be damaged. Make sure it does not contain radioactive substances, which is safe for human body.

Embroidery embroidery is a kind of handicraft embroidered with various colors of wool on special mesh linen. It is a new variety of arts and crafts since the founding of the People's Republic of China, mainly produced in Shanghai. Acupuncture methods include: thick needle, thin needle, thick and thin mixed needle, etc. Embroidery technology can freely adjust colors, especially it can fully display artistic effects such as oil painting, Chinese painting and color photography. Embroidery is exquisite, colorful, realistic and three-dimensional. Products are divided into two categories: embroidery paintings, wall hangings and other furnishings, as well as daily necessities such as sofa cover, cushion, chair back cover, piano stool cover, pedal cover and desktop cover. In addition, there are handbags, glasses covers, wallets, compact boxes, key bags and other flower pieces. Some of them are semi-finished products without soles, and wool is attached to the needles for consumers to process and make according to their own preferences.

Embroidering yourself or cross-stitch is really simple.