Suzhou embroidery pays attention to the change of needle transport. At present, the commonly used needling methods are: Qi Zhen, loose sleeve, applying needle, true and false needle, disorderly needle, point, plucking yarn, sewing needle, needle roller, beating, snapping needle, gathering sleeve, positive and negative grabbing, etc. From the original commonly used 10 to forty or fifty now.
Suzhou embroidery can be divided into two types according to the stitch method: random stitch embroidery and plain embroidery.
Suzhou embroidery can be divided into two categories: one-sided embroidery and Shuang Mianxiu.
Suzhou embroidery can be divided into general category (tourism products), portrait category, greeting card category (patented products) and gift category.
The following is the traditional needling method and its application:
First, direct embroidery
1, straight needle: it is completely embroidered with vertical lines, and the thread lifting needles are all on the edge, all parallel, and the edges are neat. Color matching is based on one color line, and there is no sum color. Where the stitch is too long, thread nails are used, which later evolved into the method of laying needles and carving lines.
2. Needle winding: Embroider the pattern with diagonal short lines, and the needle starts here and falls there in the same direction.
Second, the needle:
Disc needle is a kind of needle method to represent curved body. Comprises a cutting needle, a connecting needle, a needle roller and a rotating needle. Among them, the cutting needle was the earliest, and later it developed into a rotating needle.
1, needle cutting: also called "pricker". The needle is connected with the needle and penetrates. The second stitch must be connected with the original eye of the first stitch, and the stitch should be as thin as fish roe. The so-called "three needles in a sesame seed" lies in this.
2, needle: straight needle thread can be elongated, but it will be thrown up because it is too long. The scissors can draw a long thread, but the stitch will be exposed.
3, needle roller: needle roller is also called curved needle, needle needle is tight and embroidered. The second needle is inserted in front of the first needle, pressing the thread, hiding the stitch under the thread, and the third needle is connected with the tail of the first needle, and so on.
4. Spinning needle: It is a stitch method of embroidery with a needle or a needle roller. When embroidering, use a short needle to coil the needle along the zigzag line of the garment body, which is even and dense, without exposing the stitch.
Third, the set of needles: began in the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. This tradition was further developed in Ming Dynasty, Yuangu Embroidery in Luxiang and Shen Shou in Qing Dynasty.
1, single episode: also known as flat episode. Its embroidery method is as follows: the first batch of needles starts from the edge and the edge is neat;
The second batch of falling needles is in the first batch, and the first batch needs to leave a gap to accommodate the second batch of falling needles; The third batch needs to go to the end of the first batch, and then leave the gap of the fourth batch of needles; The fourth batch is connected to the end of the second batch ...; After that, and so on.