Featherstitch or feather stitch and Cretan stitch or faggoting stitch are embroidery techniques made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib. Fly stitch is categorized with the featherstitches. ==Applications== Cretan stitch is characteristic of embroidery of Crete and the surrounding regions. Open Cretan... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Featherstitch