ladder stitch

American

noun

an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.

Etymology

Origin of ladder stitch

First recorded in 1880–85

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ladder stitch

The embroidery is worked in button-hole stitch, overcast, satin, and ladder stitch.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

Illustration 121 is a variety of the slanting ladder stitch.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

The outlines are embroidered in overcast stitch or double overcast; the material is cut away underneath the ladder stitch between the outlines.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

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