The Bayeux tapestry is embroidered in wool yarn on a tabby-woven linen ground 68.38 metres long and 0.5 metres wide ( 224.3 ft × 1.6 ft ) and using two methods of stitching : outline or stem stitch for lettering and the outlines of figures , and couching or laid work for filling in figures .
The Bayeux tapestry is embroidered in wool yarn on a tabby-woven linen ground using two methods of stitching : outline or stem stitch for lettering and the outlines of figures , and couching or laid work for filling in figures .