• 1-thread system with hook needle

• Thread changer under the machine table

The moss embroidery is most likely to be compared with crochet. Moss embroidery machines are built differently than traditional embroidery machines, but use a similar embroidery technique. Moss embroidery is created by a one-thread system. In this system, the needle passes through the substrate and pulls the thread under the needle with the plate side upwards. Then, a loop is generated by a rotational movement of the needle on the upper side of the carrier material. The repetition of this pattern creates a dense, moss-like surface.

The illustration "Principle Moss Stitch Embroidery" (s.u.) clarifies this.

1. The hook of the needle points towards the embroidery direction in the direction of seam formation

2. Looping that build up on the surface of the textile for building a three-dimensional structure on the surface

The kettle embroidery is produced like the moss embroidery with a K-head, whose technical basis here is a one-thread system. In contrast to moss embroidery, the hook does not point towards the needle but in the direction of embroidery and thus also against the seam formation.

The diagram "Principle Chain Stitch Embroidery" (s.u.) illustrates this.

1. The hook of the needle points in the direction of the embroidery direction opposite to the direction of the seam formation

2. A continuous series of interlaced stitches forming a chain The kettleembroidery is often in the form of a framing of a moss stick area use