Pistil stitch is a variation of French Knot embroidery stitch and it is worked the same way as the french knot. As the name suggests it looks like the pistil of a flower. It is also called LONG TAILED ...
Knot stitches are special embroidery stitches formed by wrapping the thread around itself differently. The ones described here are primarily detached stitches (stand-alone), but there are also ...
Pictured here is a map of the Partition of Africa. Photo courtesy of Stuart Rankin via Flickr Commons. The Scramble for Africa began with the Berlin Conference (1884–85) and ended by the early ...