Bokhara Couching

Bokhara Couching

It is a decorative stitch worked with a single thread unlike usual couching that uses two threads. It is a wonderful way of giving landscape effects. Interesting patterns can be made by arranging the positioning of the couching stitches. The neatest effect is where the next row of couching stitches stitches are put half a stitch to the left of the ones on the laying stitch above.

This gives a diagonal effect. Bokhara couching is worked with one thread and needle. A straight stitch is made across the ground material and the needle and thread re-emerge to stitch the long thread down on the return. Small, slanting stitches are worked over the laid thread or yarn to hold it in place

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