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Couching

Handmade & Other Papers

Couching

Couching

Paper

An embroidery stitch in which threads are laid on the surface of the cloth and tacked in position with small stitches of another thread, which may themselves be arranged or coloured to create a pattern. Decoration with metallic or metallic-wrapped thread is often couched both for economy (no precious metal is wasted on the back) and practicality (the metallic-wrapped thread is not fine or flexible enough to be easily pulled through cloth. Couching is the process of transferring a newly formed sheet of paper from the screen to a bed of damp felt or blanket and draining excess water away.