Friday Homework for Lesson 330: Pueblo Stitch (with some updates)

My friend Janie left a comment about the Pueblo Indians and the origin of the name of the stitch.

I searched the web and found:

Pueblo Indians are a group of Native Americans who live in the Southwestern United States, known for their distinctive, multi-story adobe villages commonly referred to as pueblos. They are descendants of the ancient Ancestral Puebloans (also known as Anasazi) and have a long history of settled agricultural life. Today, they reside primarily in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. 

Here is a link to Pueblo Indians' clothing.

In 'Ceremonial Costumes of the Pueblo Indians', which I have only had time to skim through, I found that 'heavy embroidery raises the surface and stiffens the garment...' on page 90. 

I didn't, however, note any information about a particular embroidery stitch. As Sunday Stitch School's  #330 Pueblo Stitch has a rich braided look, its 3D texture 'raises the surface...'.

Updated:  On pages 106 and 107 I found the following about Pueblo embroidery:

the embroidery was done by men, the cloth was stretched in a frame and the stitch was a simple Back Stitch, most of the thread was on the right side, picking up only a few on the underside.

If you are interested and have the time, please read this thorough description of the garments of the Pueblo Indians.

Janie also commented that she had heard Pueblo Stitch can also be called Split Ply Stitch. After some research, I found that there is a weaving technique with that name.

For an embroidery stitch, it also makes sense. 

Look what my dictionary says about PLY:

[usually in combination] a strand of yarn or rope: [as modifier] :  four-ply yarn. 

• the number of multiple layers or strands of which something is made: the yarn can be any ply from two to eight.

As the needle is loaded with two strands of thread and we are splitting those two strands for the Pueblo Stitch it makes sense to call Pueblo Stitch Split Ply Stitch. 
In my opinion, however, it would also apply to the ordinary Split Stitch as we are then splitting the two-ply twisted strand of a single strand of thread.
Isn't embroidery a most interesting subject?
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My homework:

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

Isn't Pueblo Stitch a most beautiful embroidery stitch?