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Keyboard Lettering: Refers to letters or words in embroidery that are input to an embroidery machine by a computer keyboard or keyboard directly on the machine by typing in the desired letters and adjusting the height, width, style, etc.

Lockstitch: 1. Type of stitch using a bobbin or shuttle and two threads in which the upper thread is drawn completely around the under thread to form a "lock". 2. Small stitches used to tie off the thread before a machine or manual trim in a design or lettering. Commonly used at the end of column stitches to prevent unraveling. See Tie in Stitch.

Logo: Short for logotype. Name, trademark or symbol of a company or publication.

Marking: Making of a mark on goods to be embroidered to aid in placement and position of the embroidery.

Merrow Machine: Commonly used machine to finish the edge of Emblems. See picture.

Monogram: A design of one, two or three letters consisting of the wearer’s initials. Traditionally three letters are used with the middle letter being the initial of the last name. See picture.

Moss Stitch: See Chenille.

Motif Fill: Fill Stitch with a repeating pattern as part of the fill, usually more open than pattern fills. See picture.

Needle: Small slender sewing instrument with an eye at one end to pass the thread through. See picture.

Needle Bar: Holds the needle in the machine, moves in an up and down motion.

Needle Plate: Plate covering the hook assembly, which has a hole in it for the needle to pass through. Also called a throat plate. See picture.

Needle Up: Similar to a jump stitch but without the take up lever movement and hook movement. Also called a slide stitch. Used for moving from one point in an embroidery design to another.

Network: Computer terminology for linking embroidery machines together, linking embroidery machines to a central computer or linking computers together to allow data sharing or data sending and receiving.

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