Echavez: Wave and Trellis Stitches (Smocking)

This refers to the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.

• Embroidery

• Cross Stitch

• Calado

This refers to a level stitch made up of cable stitches, moving up and then down incremented equally between the gathering threads.

• Wave stitch

• Trellis Stitch

• Cross Stitch

This is formed may be of different sizes, 3, 4 or 5 stitches are the usual numbers for the side of each trellis.

• Wave stitch

• Trellis Stitch

• Cross Stitch

Which of the following is the first step in making the wave stitch?

• Pick the next pleat (downward) halfway between the gathering threads in a up cable fashion

• Pick the next pleat (upward) halfway between the gathering threads in a down cable fashion

• Begin with a down cable.

Who introduced Smocking in the Philippines?

• Americans

• Japanese

• Spaniards