Woven Wheel Stitch Embroidery Tutorial
Learn how to master the woven wheel stitch, watch the step-by-step video, browse the illustrated guide and choose a project to practice.
One of my absolute favourite stitches, the woven wheel stitch is also commonly known by the below different names:
- Rose Stitch
- Woven Rose Embroidery
- Woven Spider Stitch
- Woven Web Rose Stitch
- Wagon Wheel Stitch
Woven Wheel Stitch - How To Video
To me, I will always call it the woven wheel stitch! It creates a beautiful circular raised pattern in the shape of a rose which is effective on its own and works in groups. It’s a straightforward embroidery stitch and a very therapeutic stitch to learn!
It’s great to watch clips of how stitches embroidery stitches, but I also find it helpful to see a step-by-step breakdown to learn a new stitch. Take a scrap of paper (back of an envelope, top of a cereal box), quickly sketch out the below circle template and practice the stitch!
Woven Wheel Step-by-Step Tutorial
Take a strand of yarn approx 40cm long and knot one end. Thread your needle and
pierce through the back of a circle through the centre (A).
Follow the illustrations to create the spokes of your wheel.
Note that woven wheels always need an odd number of spokes to work!
Finish the spokes and bring your needle to the front by piercing through the paper from the back. Ensure to pierce the paper about 0.25cm away from A. Then weave under and over the wheel's spokes in a circular fashion.
Keep weaving round and round! Once complete, tuck your needle under the woven stitches and pierce through to the back of the paper. This will allow you to jump across to centre (A) to start the next wheel and repeat!
Embroidery Projects Using Woven Wheel Stitch
The appeal of this stitch is that it looks very complicated if you don't understand how it's worked, but it is, in fact, straightforward. Here are three different projects which use this stitch:
Advent Calendars- Stitch Woven Wheel Baubles Each Day
Embroider a woven wheel stitch bauble to an advent calendar for each day of advent.
Christmas Cards- Stitch Woven Wheel Baubles To The Trees
Embroider the baubles to these tree cards. Each card kraft paper card used vegetable-based inks in the printing process.
Owl Embroidery - Stitch Woven Wheel Eyes
You can try this stitch at the centre of the owls' eyes. The eyes are a five-spoke wheel.
If you enjoyed the woven wheel blog post, why not check out one of our other stitch guides: