About the Crow’s Foot Stitch - Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials

About the Crow’s Foot Stitch

The Crow’s Foot is a pretty-looking stitch that looks like a small package. It is an extension of the Sprat’s Head with the fabric plucked on all three sides of the triangle. This results in a woven and raised effect. It is a stitch that can be enjoyed as a motif or used to fill and texture a pace. It can also be easily used on even weave fabric.

How to do the Crow’s Foot Stitch


Fig 1: Start from corner A and pluck a little fabric at the corner of B.	Fig 2: Then, move to C and pluck some fabric at that corner.

Fig 3: Go back in through A, very close to the earlier stitch, but on the outline.	Fig 4: Continue this process of working between each corner.

Fig 5: You will see a beautiful woven pattern emerging on all the corners.	Fig 6: At one point, you will see that the space is completely covered, but you keep going till your needle has passed through every part of the triangle’s outline.

Fig 7: Your stitches will now go over the existing ones.	Fig 8: Your finished triangle will look like this. It will show an inverted triangle inside, made from overlapping threads.