Needle technique explanation: A type of needle technique that uses thin threads to fix floating threads vertically onto the embroidery ground. It can be the contour line of the pattern, or it can fill the pattern.
Application features: The embroidery thread used for nailing is relatively thin, and their color matching can be used to add tonal changes to the decoration. The equal spacing between the stitches will make it neat and beautiful.
The earliest physical evidence: unearthed from the Liao tomb in Yemaotai. (Tang Dynasty Embroidery Bag with "Lingdi Flower and Bird Patterns" and Embroidery Fragments with "Lingdi Patterns")
Needle technique description: Only circle the outline of the nail pattern.
Application features: Make the pattern appear neat and prominent, and also coordinate adjacent contrasting colors.
The earliest physical evidence: unearthed from the Liao tomb in Yemaotai.
Needle technique description: Wrap the entire block pattern with gold threads.
Needle technique instructions: Do not tighten the embroidery thread that has been nailed, let it hang loose and form a circle.
Needle technique explanation: namely wrapped stem embroidery. The embroidery thread of the circle nail tightly wraps around the floating thread, completely enveloping it, giving it a three-dimensional raised effect.
Needle technique description: In the middle of a long stitch embroidered with a flat needle, a single or several needles are horizontally nailed. The stitches are arranged in a straight line or in a fancy pattern, with a dual effect of pressing the thread and adding decorative patterns.
The earliest physical evidence: The earliest physical object to use this needlework technique was the Southern Song Dynasty imitation embroidery of the "Yao Tai Cross Crane Picture".
